The feverish ambitions of young Chinese seeking entry to the prosperous film industry also infects foreigners, especially those with Asian roots.
In the Year of the Dragon, China surpassed the United States as the world's biggest trading nation. In the Year of the Snake, China should rise to the occasion and promote Chinese knowledge.
The world's leading basketball league staged a Chinese New Year Celebration campaign during the annual break which featured a series of events and broadcasts in China as well as Chinese New Year-themed celebrations in the United States.
With the rise of the middle class in China, the country's box-office revenue has skyrocketed in recent years, and foreign companies are stepping up the production of works made jointly with Chinese filmmakers.
Out-earning their high-budget domestic competitors and Hollywood blockbusters, the box office success of low-budget Chinese comedies is no laughing matter.
The temple fair is a social gathering in China.
On one of this winter's coldest nights, we ignored the glittering merchandise and headed straight for the other end of the supermarket, where my son's school, the SMIC Private School of Beijing, was holding a charity performance.
Shaolin Temple brings the grace and agility of 32 warrior monks from Henan province's Songshan Mountain.
'The Grandmaster' vs 'Lost in Thailand'
Tai Chi of Wudang Part Nine Tai Chi of the World
Tai Chi of Wudang Part Seven Astronomical Signs
Tai Chi of Wudang Part Eight Wandering About at Leisure Between Heaven and Earth
Tai Chi of Wudang Part Six Wind，Void and Tao
Tai Chi of Wudang Part Five Follow the Order of nature
Tai Chi of Wudang Part One The Visible and the Invisible
