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.
Thomas Jay Pritzker, chairman of the Hyatt Foundation, which established the Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1979, started his collaboration with Tsinghua University in 2011 on a program to enable students to learn from the world's leading architects. The program was launched to cultivate Chinese architects.
A tutoring program for Hong Kong students studying finance in Beijing kicked off in late October.
The Shanghai New Media Lab of Fudan University has partnered with several media groups to set up three new labs that will explore new educational models to tackle technological challenges.
A handbook on lifelong learning, which was revised by UNESCO and its member states during a forum in Shanghai from Oct 18 to 19, will be published in 2019, making it the first global guideline for the comprehensive management and pragmatic development of lifelong learning.
The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, is showcasing porcelain ware of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), a period considered among the best in Chinese ceramic-making.
In China, people with even a basic knowledge of Chinese history will understand the historical significance of Anyang in Henan province.
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