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When patriotism is about art

[2018-12-25 07:29]

Zhang Boju (1898-1982) and Pan Su (1915-92) are acknowledged as a model of a happy couple in modern China. They both hailed from well-connected families, shared an interest in the arts, and were known as charismatic and learned.

Beijing museum displays the prosperity of Baroque-era Poland

[2018-12-25 07:29]

From 1618 to 1648, the Thirty Years' War, which originated from conflicts between Protestants and Catholics in Central Europe, grew to be one of the most destructive wars in human history.

Gut drones, livestreams and T-Rex

[2018-12-25 07:29]

Wuhan is often called 'China's Chicago', and its Optics Valley is hailed as the country's 'Silicon Valley'. Erik Nilsson explores its high-tech zone, including what he sees as 'China's Hollywood for the mobile-internet age'.

Greece expects to see a big rise in number of Chinese visitors

[2018-12-25 07:29]

ATHENS - Greece will greet more tourists from China in 2019, after an increase of over 22 percent in the first nine months of 2018, both Greek and Chinese officials tell Xinhua.

Royal inspiration

[2018-12-25 07:29]

Beijing's Forbidden City, which is the former imperial palace of China and is now officially known as the Palace Museum, will soon welcome the Year of the Pig following the Chinese zodiac.

Imperial exhibition attracts a large audience in Athens

[2018-12-25 07:29]

The unprecedented exhibition on Chinese emperor Qianlong (1711-99), currently running at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, has attracted over 50,000 visitors, offering a memorable experience of the culture and history of China, says Dimitrios Pandermalis, president of the museum.

A question of connections

[2018-12-24 07:31]

A group of scholars recently discussed the cultural exchanges that have taken place in Beijing over the past 40 years' reform and opening-up.

Stage set for growth as music business finds rhythm in China

[2018-12-24 07:31]

When Zong Xiaojun went to the United States to study as one of the first Chinese students in Miami University with a major in music business and entertainment industries in 1995, he met his professor, Maurice Oberstein, who was also a record company executive then.

Creature Comforts

[2018-12-22 06:59]

In a 21st-century age where immortality has now become the mantra of every Silicon Valley tech zillionaire as they seek to "cure" death - Google founder Bill Maris said he wants "to live long enough not to die" and famed angel investor Peter Thiel has promoted the notion of transhumanism - the ability to evolve beyond the body's limitations, aided and abetted by technological additions, is the gain line for Gen-Z humanity and beyond.

All dressed up

[2018-12-22 06:59]

When thinking about traditional Asian dress, what's the first item that comes to mind? Is it the Japanese kimono, the Korean hanbok or the Chinese cheongsam?

A shopping paradise comes true

[2018-12-21 07:46]

I encountered - and then joined - an army of life-size, saxophone-playing, dancing, robotic Santas in Yiwu. I happened across these automated, musical Kris Kringles in the planet's biggest mall in Zhejiang province's Yiwu, a city known as the "supermarket of the world".

Evonik's deep roots in Chinese market continue to grow as country flourishes

[2018-12-21 07:46]

Evonik Industries, the world's leading specialty chemicals company, has pledged its long-term commitment to China as the country further pushes its reform and opening-up.

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