Many people know that foreign countries have more libraries than China.
After the phenomenally successful A Bite of China series, a new food documentary, Once Upon A Bite - observing global fare and Chinese food across the world - has become an instant hit.
An ongoing festival in Beijing not only points to the present of the country's craft beer but also to its past and future.
There was a time when online literature - full of elements such as time-travel, harem intrigues, tormented love and killings - was largely seen as "vulgar" in China.
Most of us sit in front of a computer every day. But have you ever imagined what it would be like if the internet were an actual world and you could step inside it - traveling between websites and applications as if they were cities or countries to be explored?
LOS ANGELES - "I have been to the Golden Angel Awards for the past several years and each year they get bigger and better," producer Larry Namer said at the awards ceremony, following glittering red-carpet arrivals.
Iranian director Majid Majidi is known for making films centered on children. His 1997 classic, Children of Heaven - about two young siblings who share a pair of tattered sneakers - was the first Iranian film nominated for an Oscar in the best foreign language category. His other acclaimed films include The Color of Paradise, a best feature winner at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1999, Baran (2001) and The Willow Tree (2005).
In 1972, Dong Jianping, a 16-year-old junior middle school dropout began working as a truck driver at Liaohe Oilfield in Northeast China's Liaoning province, but his career took an unforeseen turn when he demonstrated English skills quite by accident.
As ballet dancers breeze across the stage and fling their lithe figures into a tour en l'air, the audience cheers at each entrechat, allegro and pirouette, awed by their ultimate demonstration of elegance, strength and control.
The Exchange and Cooperation Forum for International New Era Art Education was held at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing late last month, bringing together the heads of music schools, educators, musicians and students from countries including France, Spain, the United Kingdom and Ukraine, in an effort to share the collective experience of art education and promote future exchange programs.
It had rained the day before the race. "On your marks!" came the order. As the crack of the starter's pistol broke the tension, the temperature was around 21 degrees, and there was breeze on the beach - it was the most perfect day to race in the event's 40-year history.
A hand-drawn children's book chronicling Dubai's history was launched in Beijing in late October.
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