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Treat for fans as Wagner work to be staged in Beijing

[2017-10-23 07:38]

In 1967, the first Salzburg Easter Festival presented a production of Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung, also known as Ring Cycle, conducted by Herbert von Karajan (1908-89).

Reliving Chongqing's wartime past

[2017-10-23 07:38]

Surrounded by two rivers, the mountain city of Chongqing attracts droves of tourists with its blend of 360-degree landscapes, spectacular night views and delicious spicy food.

Chinese couple drives through 19 countries in vintage car

[2017-10-23 07:38]

Driving between their hometown in Southwest China's Guizhou province and London, a couple has left tracks in dozens of countries over the past seven years, and plans to continue their dream of driving around the world in a vintage car.

How China became China

[2017-10-21 07:52]

Chiming music rings out. Women with willowy waists dance, throwing their arms, enveloped in billowing long sleeves, this way and that.

Dou Wan, an enigma wrapped in a shroud

[2017-10-21 07:52]

For one who was given such an ostentatious sendoff when she died, the most surprising thing about Dou Wan is just how much about her is shrouded in mystery.

In the footsteps of my dynastic forerunner

[2017-10-21 07:52]

Qin, whose first emperor united China for the first time, and Han, the dynasty believed to have laid the foundation for Chinese culture and civilization, had what today we might call a love-hate relationship.

A German writer's perspective on China's soul-touching stories

[2017-10-21 07:52]

With its long history, China has always been a treasure trove of soul-touching sagas of epic proportions.

Studying Chinese enriches Vietnamese students' lives with cultural values

[2017-10-21 07:52]

HANOI - Studying Chinese, one of the world's most spoken languages, has not only brightened the career paths for Vietnamese students, but also enriched their lives culturally with impassioned values. "Learning Chinese is so much fun because I can come to understand many good songs and rhythms," said Ha Kieu My, a third-year student at the Hanoi-based Foreign Trade University, who was a finalist at the 2nd Chinese singing contest held by the Confucius Institute in Vietnam on Wednesday night.