As more educational and scientific institutions look to forge bonds with China, Shenzhen in Guangdong province is preparing to welcome the Monash Technology Transformation Institute.
A 5,000-year-old jade cong used in rituals of Neolithic Liangzhu culture in today's Zhejiang province may hold the key to unlocking the splendor of the lost and once influential civilization.
The National Library of China serves as a state museum of classic books. Its vast and comprehensive collections - ranging from millennia-old oracle bones, the ancient manuscripts of Dunhuang, epigraphs and rubbings, historic documents in the languages of ethnic groups to manuscripts by renowned authors - stand as handwritten testaments to human civilization.
A deer totem is painted on a yellow gravel road that leads to the Kyrgyz pavilion at the Beijing Horticulture Expo.
Exotic art performances, a world-heritage photography exhibition and gourmet food opened visitors' eyes to what Asia has to offer at the recent Asian Culture and Tourism Exhibition.
At a time when people are increasingly dependent on mobile phones, Ryder Carroll is encouraging people to make plans with pen and paper.
Chronicler Inca Garcilaso de la Vega - whose name is less well-known in China than in some other parts of the world as compared to Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes and English playwright William Shakespeare - died on April 23, 1616, the same date as the two other literary icons.
For Oscar-winning composer Tan Dun, his ideas about traditional Chinese cultural values - such as loyalty, righteousness and honesty - often derive from the stories his grandparents told him when he was a child.
When the Georg Solti Accademia program returned to China this year, eight young Chinese bel canto singers received one-on-one tutoring from Italian musicians during an event at the National Center for the Performing Arts that took place from May 9 to 13.
BEIJING - Holding two bamboo mallets, one in each hand, and alternately hitting the strings on a trapezoid-shaped wooden instrument, Liu Yuening is consumed by the reverberating notes.
MADRID - More than ever, Diego Simeone will be put to the test as coach of Atletico Madrid next season.
DOHA - Qatar inaugurated the first of its seven new stadiums for World Cup 2022 on Thursday, just weeks before a crucial FIFA summit will decide whether to expand the tournament and potentially push it beyond the tiny Gulf state's borders to accommodate a larger format.
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