Classic theater productions' adaptations are inevitably compared with the originals - for better or for worse. This perhaps explains the mixed reviews of contemporary director Meng Jinghui's take on Teahouse, based on the original by novelist and playwright Lao She (1899-1966) - a household name in China.
It is 5 am and Tadashi Suzuki is awake. The Japanese theater director enjoys walking in Wuzhen, the ancient town of canals located in Tongxiang, Zhejiang province.
Dressed in a tuxedo, actor Zhao Lixin, with his signature black curly hair, steps onto a stage on the set of the popular TV show, The Wonderful Read, in Shunyi district, Beijing.
China's national spirit has become a focus of publishing recently.
In early January, when the first temporary Sinan Bookshop - a literary "pop-up" performance venue that ran for 60 days starting on Nov 6, 2017 - shut up shop, many visitors hoped that the cozy wooden structure would become a permanent fixture.
When Natalia de la Ossa from the London Review Bookshop arrived in Chengdu for the International Bookstore Forum in mid-September, it seemed natural for her to offer local readers their selection of the best English-language titles around after the bookshop launched its section at the Sinan Bookshop in Shanghai in April.
Do you believe in the magic of stories? Du Shuang, volunteer-turned-chairwoman of the charity Growing Home, has used her five years of experience to answer this question with a forceful, "yes".
PARIS - Only one in 20 children in the United States meets recommended health guidelines on sleep, exercise and screen time, and nearly a third are outside of the advised levels for all three, according to a study published recently.
BEIJING - China has specified the definition and diagnosis standard for internet addiction in its latest adolescent-health-education guideline.
Three-year-old Cheng Zexuan dressed like a clown and sitting on a pony parades together with seven other kids in the center of the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest.
NEW YORK - An exhibition featuring Chinese typewriters and word processors is currently under way in New York, offering unprecedented insight into the still-evolving history of one of the world's oldest living languages.
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