TAIPEI - The pastime of flying lanterns goes back centuries in China, where they are symbols of peace and good fortune, but that tradition is now under attack.
Starting in August, a concert tour featuring Taiwan singers Chyi Yu and Michelle Pan Yueh-yun will make it rounds in the Chinese mainland.
When it comes to superhero movies, there's a perception that you've got to choose between DC's gritty, dour offerings or Marvel's winking humor. But five cartoon wannabe heroes armed with fart jokes are trying to change that.
A road that crosses the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest desert, is being built by hundreds of workers from all over the country work day and night.
The Swiss fine watch maker Jaeger-LeCoultre is dedicated to the restoration of Chinese films.
LOS ANGELES - "I love food. I love drawing food in a beautiful way. Dumplings are symbols of the Chinese family and I wanted my film, Bao, to be a celebration of family," China-born, Canadian director Domee Shi told Xinhua in a recent exclusive interview.
Claude Bernard, a 19th-century French physiologist, said, "A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof that it furnishes."
Among the many fans who watched C��line Dion's June 2 performance at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas was a musician who enjoys the same level of fame back in her home of China.
She was one of the most well-known TV hosts of the country, appearing in national galas such as CCTV's annual Spring Festival gala and the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
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