For Wang Yuanyuan, being a big fan of Taiwan pop icon Jay Chou not only means going to his concerts and keeping up with his latest news, but also sleepless nights and starvation.
The then 18-year-old artist Wang Ximeng from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) painted A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains, one of the most important pieces in China's fine art history. Centuries later, an 18-year-old singer, Chinese singer-actor Yiyang Qianxi, one of the members of the Chinese boy band TFBoys, pays tribute to him in a song.
When asked why he was moving to China nearly two decades ago, Hugh Peyman said it was because "it was the greatest show on Earth".
NEW YORK - Chloe Garcia Roberts, managing editor at Harvard Review, has completed her translation of the works of Chinese poet Li Shangyin (813-58) and the book will debut this month.
The 15th Shanghai Book Fair will take place from Aug 15 to 21 at the Shanghai Exhibition Center, as well as 100 other venues all over the city.
Drinking beer and eating clams has long been a way of life for people in the coastal city of Qingdao, and now tourists can pull up a seat and join the locals in celebrating the tradition.
The InterContinental and Global Gourmet hosted an international wine and food fair in Beijing recently, with a particular focus on letting visitors taste wines from all over the world.
Growing up poor can force young people to mature fast and become independent very quickly.
MONTEVIDEO - Uruguay's Confucius Institute has seen demand expand so quickly that, according to the rector of the University of the Republic, or Udelar, more teachers are urgently needed just three months after it opened its doors.
A recent survey found that the subject matter of books about Chinese culture in the overseas market falls largely within the realm of traditional, rather than contemporary, culture - a trend that may not be presenting an accurate reflection of modern-day China.
With China and Japan signing a treaty on film coproduction earlier this year, the two countries - now the world's second-and third-largest movie markets, respectively - have seen a rise in cinematic exchanges.
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