Jaap van Zweden can still recall how he saved extra cash to buy New York Philharmonic tickets when he was studying at the Juilliard School in the United States.
In 2010, Guangzhou's gross domestic product hit a record 1,000 trillion yuan ($160 trillion), putting it in third place among cities on the Chinese mainland, following Shanghai and Beijing.
Mexican director Guillermo del Toro's home, which is located in the outskirts of Los Angeles, has a bronze statuette of the Chinese mythological superhero Monkey King.
While Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft is the face of a fearless female warrior, Academy Award-winning actress Alicia Vikander is bringing a new image of the video-age heroine to life.
After a sales surge in February, the Chinese box office is expected to continue its momentum in March, boosted by the release of a slew of quality imports, with Marvel Studios' latest superhero film Black Panther being one of the most anticipated offerings.
The sound of the suona (the traditional Chinese double-reed woodwind) typically reminds people in China about weddings, festivals and life in the countryside, but Hu Chenyun, a young musician in Shanghai, wants to play it at a rock show.
It is like the 1990s' long-running American TV series ER, but the emergency room is moveable. And, everything that happens in the series is real - no script and no acting.
Job-hopping is now a buzzword for young Chinese - those in their 20s, in particular, change jobs more frequently than previous generations.
According to a report jointly released by Peking University, Tsinghua University and China Youth University of Political Studies in 2016, 57 percent of fresh university graduates changed jobs more than twice within the first three years of working, while 32 percent of the students changed jobs even more frequently.
Everywhere Beijing-based cellist Chu Yibing goes he carries along with him a traditional balm famous for its sharp odor and power to relieve fatigue.
Three Indian students Ali Raheman, Adlin and Pavan who have been studying in Xi'an Jiaotong University, recently got a business license for their company in Xi'an, the capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province.
To attract more visitors amid a sluggish book business in China, many bookstores are renovating furnishings and decorations, and are selling coffee, cake and cultural products such as bags and postcards, as well as hosting events or lectures.
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