"I can see that the door of the Chinese film industry is now wide open," says Japanese film director Yojiro Takita as he sits on a sofa in a Beijing hotel.
Before a show at the National Centre for the Performing Arts on May 21, groups of artists in ethnic costumes began dancing jovially in the theater lobby, turning the space into an unlikely venue for an impromptu celebration of folk culture.
Among the myths and legends of the Zhuang ethnic group, Liu Sanjie, a folk singer known as the "Song Fairy", is perhaps one of their most iconic figures. With her songs, it is said, she gives a voice to the impoverished and people who suffer from inequality as she sings about her yearning for love.
Jackie Chan, the iconic action star behind more than 200 movies, is using his celebrity power to earn recognition for stunt performers in cinema. The long-ignored group faces challenges while shooting, including injuries, and is often not given enough time on the big screen.
China will hold a series of events to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the discovery of oracle-bone inscriptions, the Ministry of Education announced recently.
HAVANA - A contemporary Chinese art exhibition was inaugurated recently in Cuba's capital, Havana, offering local people an opportunity to learn about the Chinese view of life and see artworks up close.
In terms of making an impression, three works at the entrance of 5 Colours Foundation's booth at the 2019 Art Chengdu International Art Fair could be described as impressionist.
It wasn't the presents the visitors brought with them, nor the time off classroom lessons that made the biggest impression among pupils at a rural primary school in southwestern Guizhou province.
HANGZHOU - More than 7,000 Chinese bookworms in the Yangtze River Delta region took part in this year's reading marathon, or "readathon", on May 25 to promote reading among the public.
NEW YORK - A book featuring the story of a Chinese entrepreneur made its debut at BookExpo America on May 29 as the annual gala of the publishing industry kicked off in New York City.
More than 700 students from 160 high schools and universities from countries and regions including Britain, Germany, Canada, Japan, Cambodia, Indonesia and China, participated in the 2019 Beijing International Model United Nations, held over May 23-26 by the China Foreign Affairs University.
The University of Sydney and Fudan University on May 25 signed a memorandum of understanding to form the Brain and Intelligence Science Alliance aimed at fostering greater levels of cooperation in data science, neuroscience and artificial intelligence.
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