China Daily sat for a Q&A with Joel Martinsen, translator of Liu Cixin's novel, Ball Lightning, as well as the internationally best-selling The Dark Forest, the second book of the Three Body trilogy. Martinsen refers to Liu as Da Liu, meaning big Liu, just like the author's Chinese fans.
"We immerse ourselves in the region and therefore understand the problems much better," Kazak actress Samal Yeslyamova said at the second Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival held in Shanxi province in China from Oct 11 to 20.
Classic theater productions' adaptations are inevitably compared with the originals - for better or for worse. This perhaps explains the mixed reviews of contemporary director Meng Jinghui's take on Teahouse, based on the original by novelist and playwright Lao She (1899-1966) - a household name in China.
It is 5 am and Tadashi Suzuki is awake. The Japanese theater director enjoys walking in Wuzhen, the ancient town of canals located in Tongxiang, Zhejiang province.
Dressed in a tuxedo, actor Zhao Lixin, with his signature black curly hair, steps onto a stage on the set of the popular TV show, The Wonderful Read, in Shunyi district, Beijing.
China's national spirit has become a focus of publishing recently.
In early January, when the first temporary Sinan Bookshop - a literary "pop-up" performance venue that ran for 60 days starting on Nov 6, 2017 - shut up shop, many visitors hoped that the cozy wooden structure would become a permanent fixture.
When Natalia de la Ossa from the London Review Bookshop arrived in Chengdu for the International Bookstore Forum in mid-September, it seemed natural for her to offer local readers their selection of the best English-language titles around after the bookshop launched its section at the Sinan Bookshop in Shanghai in April.
Do you believe in the magic of stories? Du Shuang, volunteer-turned-chairwoman of the charity Growing Home, has used her five years of experience to answer this question with a forceful, "yes".
PARIS - Only one in 20 children in the United States meets recommended health guidelines on sleep, exercise and screen time, and nearly a third are outside of the advised levels for all three, according to a study published recently.
BEIJING - China has specified the definition and diagnosis standard for internet addiction in its latest adolescent-health-education guideline.
Three-year-old Cheng Zexuan dressed like a clown and sitting on a pony parades together with seven other kids in the center of the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest.
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