At the opening of a Beijing exhibition dedicated to late print artist Wu Shi (1912-98) in 2011, noted author and scholar Shu Yi said Wu Shi's works show an admiration for Qi Baishi, the modern master of classic Chinese art. It was from Qi that Wu Shi inherited the core value of xieyi, a style of drawing the spirit of subjects and privileging the spontaneity of the lines.
When Yury Tavrovskiy was a student at St. Petersburg State University in the 1960s, he learned Chinese language and calligraphy, read poems from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and novels of essayist and translator Lu Xun (1881-1936), and also studied the oracle-bone inscriptions of ancient China.
BEIJING - Frequent rainfall across China has not been able to dampen the enthusiasm for rock music this summer.
ROME - A seven-goal thriller won by never-say-die Napoli over full-throttle Fiorentina. An entertaining six-goal draw between Roma and Genoa. Inter Milan's authoritative 4-0 shutout of Lecce in Antonio Conte's debut.
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It was a sunny morning in Abuja on April 21 as a group of residents - mostly local tribal chiefs - gathered for a ceremony. Amid their applause and cheers, a Chinese man was declared "Wakilin Ayyuka", a local honorary title that translates as "engineering chief".
By the middle of August, the fishing season in the South China Sea reopens after a 108-day hiatus.
Red Lobster, one of the world's largest seafood restaurant chains from the United States, has opened operations in Beijing in the vibrant Taikoo Li Sanlitun mall.
It is 3 pm on a weekday and most of the spaces at the Knowledge and Innovation Community commercial hub in the northwest of Shanghai are devoid of people.
In the wake of the overwhelming reception to the food documentary A Bite of China in 2014, many similar shows have been produced and aired in the country to showcase the diversity of China's culinary culture.
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