"Hm.com might not be famous in China, but a lot of people are using Tmall, it is important for consumers to reach H&M products first."
As Beijing grabbed the global spotlight with the opening of the 2008 Olympic Games, British artist Sarah Morris began to shoot a movie detailing scenes from local life during the event, which was later screened in many cities outside China.
In 1960, when John Kennedy and Richard Nixon participated in one of their televised presidential debates, two chairs present in the recording studio wasn't of much value to the viewers.
An emperor and his favorite consort used to admire a delicately carved ornament made of jade that was probably part of her dowry.
During the explosion of trade between Britain and East Asian countries in the 17th century, tea was introduced to the country and rapidly superseded coffee as the national drink, albeit with the novel addition of a dash of milk and some sugar.
Pablo Picasso once said, "It took me four years to paint like Raphael (the Italian Renaissance painter), but a lifetime to draw like a child", and "All Children are born artists. The problem is to remain an artist as we grow up".
Qingming, or Tomb Sweeping Day, is one of the most important traditional festivals in Chinese culture, and it's not surprising that this day - either the sorrows of mourning the dead, or the joys brought about by the vibrant atmosphere of springtime - inspired numerous ancient poetic souls.
LONDON - Every culture has its uniqueness. The challenge for the British Museum to be an encyclopedic one is to showcase not only the exclusiveness of cultures but the coherent interconnectivity among them, says the British Museum's director Hartwig Fischer.
An array of rare artifacts that once lay neglected in the storerooms of Italian museums, were finally given the chance to say "ciao" to the world at their global debut at the Capital Museum in Beijing last week.
The Birds, a comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, which has been adapted into a Chinese play of the same name, will make its debut at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on April 26. Running through May 2, the play is the NCPA's first in-house production of an ancient Greek comedy and will be directed by dramatist Luo Jinlin.
As Chinese publishers, writers and illustrators attend the 55th Bologna Children's Book Fair as guests of honor for the first time, besides the original titles they brought with them, they are also offering the residents of the northern Italian city a glimpse of Chinese culture and life.
Figurines of guards play traditional instruments in front of a miniature model of the Temple of Heaven, against a holographic background of ancient buildings and dark storm clouds.
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