The Billboard chart, the benchmark for US music sales, will next week start to include streaming in its measurements to reflect the rapid growth of services such as Spotify.
A charity in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, recently made national headlines with its video dictionary of Chinese sign language, which is reported to be the first of its kind.
Oxford Dictionaries picked "vape" - the act of smoking an electronic cigarette - as their new word of the year last week, with the affectionate "bae" and the more pragmatic "contactless" as runners-up.
A watercolor of graphic novel hero, Corto Maltese, sold at an auction for a record 391,800 euros ($485,500), just months after a Tintin strip set a new world high for a comic at 2.65 million euros.
Huanghuali wood, which comes from a tree species that needs 500 years to fully grow, is rare in the markets and most collectors refuse to sell it.
French fashion brand Carven consecutively opened the first two freestanding stores in Beijing recently, as it continues to expand its retail network in China since debuting in Shanghai last year.
Shen Shihua's fascination with The Peony Pavilion began in 1954, when she joined Zhejiang Kunqu Opera Troupe. Just 13 years old then, she couldn't fully understand the secret romance between the two leading characters, Du Liniang - a young daughter of a high official - and Liu Mengmei - a young scholar. However, she was touched by the love story and the beautiful style of Kunqu Opera.
It's difficult to tell whether you're enjoying a movie or a stage drama when you're watching Ghosts 2.0.
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber first tested the waters for musicals in the Chinese market by staging two concerts at the Great Hall of the People in September 2001, including many hits from his internationally acclaimed productions such as Cats and The Phantom of The Opera. The concerts endeared Chinese critics and audiences to musicals. More Webber musicals came to China in the following decade.
About a dozen years ago, Lu Buxuan shocked the nation when it was discovered he was a graduate of Peking University. He was a butcher. "How can someone with such an enviable education end up in such an unenviable position?" people asked.
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