NEW YORK - In the new documentary The Quest of Alain Ducasse, the esteemed French chef steps off a small plane in the middle of the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. As he stands pondering the vast emptiness, a motorcycle suddenly appears, as if out of nowhere, carrying two men. The bemused chef chuckles: "There are customers everywhere."
The China Social Sciences Press recently turned 40. To mark the event, 300 scholars and publishing professionals from around the world gathered in Beijing to celebrate.
Four years after her A Dream of Red Mansions piano concerto, renowned Malaysian pianist Claudia Yang recently debuted her latest work, Twelve Chinese Folk Fantasies for Piano and Orchestra, a series of modern adaptations and compositions of Chinese folk songs.
The curtain has dropped on the first SCO Film Festival, an event that gathered together talent from the 12 Shanghai Cooperation Organization member and observer states to boost cultural exchanges and cinematic cooperation.
China's rapidly expanding film industry is regularly setting new records. As of June 16, the country's box-office takings surpassed 30 billion yuan ($4.6 billion) 35 days earlier than last year, according to the live tracker Maoyan.
Most online writers face a similar struggle when it comes to seeing their work being adapted for the screen - the uncompromising "battle" between imagination and reality, whether it's the practicalities of filming, or budget constraints.
NEW YORK - Nine Hong Kong films, including two world premieres, one North American premiere, and three New York premieres, will be featured at the upcoming 2018 New York Asian Film Festival in Lincoln Center, New York City.
Two years ago, a 19-year-old sheepherder from Qinghai province in the country's northwest, laid down his crook and traveled all the way to East China's Fujian province, to pick up a paintbrush and pursue his dream of becoming an artist.
When the graduation season gets underway in June, it's time for Wu Bi to bid farewell to his alma mater, Peking University, and also the seedbed of his passion for acting and playwriting.
On June 13 the New England Journal of Medicine retracted and republished a landmark study on the Mediterranean diet - and issued five other corrections - after an obscure report last year scrutinized thousands of articles in eight journals published over more than a decade and questioned some of the methods used.
The alarm rings. Violinist Ray Chen opens his eyes and gets up from his bed. After getting dressed, he says: "Today is a special day!" This is how a video which Chen directed unfolds.
"Susie, it's just so stressful!" my friend Marni complained to me at dinner a few weeks ago.
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