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Beijing Culture Free Port poised for art market
2014-09-23 14:42
The Beijing Culture Free Port, which opened on Aug 25, offers new opportunities for art dealers, and could turn the capital city into the third-largest art market in the world.

The Chinese Coins and Beautiful China photo exhibition kick off
2014-09-23 13:29
The Chinese Coins exhibition and Beautiful China photo exhibition at a history museum in Romania.

The Beijing Declaration of China-Arab Culture Ministers Forum
2014-09-23 11:31
We, the culture ministers and minister representatives from China and member states of the Arab League, at the gracious invitation of the Culture Ministry of the People’s Republic of China, gathered here in Beijing at the start of the China-Arab Friendship Year of 2014 and 2015, to attend the China-Arab Ministers Forum of the third Arabic Arts Festival under the framework of China-Arab Cooperation Forum, co-hosted by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and the Arab League Secretariat.

Chinese films at the 14th Pyongyang Int’l Film Festival
2014-09-23 10:19
The 14th Pyongyang International Film Festival opened on Sept 17. Five Chinese feature films will be screened in the competition.

China Ethnic Culture Week unveiled in Poland
2014-09-23 10:05
To celebrate the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Poland, a music concert was launched on Sept 19.

Chinese goes viral in Australia and New Zealand
2014-09-23 10:03
A report released by Australia Research and Advisory Committee shows that people speaking Mandarin Chinese make up more than 1.5 per cent of the population in Australia, and that Chinese has been the largest commonly-used second language in Australia.

Preserving Mongolian throat singing
2014-09-23 09:16
At 7 am daily, lawyer Kui Jiliang puts on his designer suit to head to work in downtown Beijing. But before that, for about 15 minutes, he practices khoomei, an ancient throat-singing technique of the ethnic Mongolians and Tuvans, in which the vocalist is able to sing in two voices simultaneously.

Sinologists pay visit to cultural sites in Beiing
2014-09-22 17:09
The second session of "2014 Visiting Program for Young Sinologists" opened in Beijing in September. Thirty-eight excellent young sinologists from 25 countries such as the US, Russia, the UK, Egypt, India and South Korea were invited to this session. During the program, sinologists went to Ming Tombs and the Juyong Pass of the Great Wall to experience Chinese culture and landscape.

Chinese cultural exchanges in Egypt
2014-09-22 17:17
China was invited to attend an eight-day cultural activity in Cairo on Sept 9. The activities hosted by the Library of Alexandria included an opening ceremony, exhibition and training class.

Vice-Premier Liu Yandong visited China Cultural Center in Paris
2014-09-22 16:46
China’s Vice-Premier Liu Yandong inspected the China Cultural Center in Paris on Sept 18, and visited the exhibition of renowned Chinese artist Wu Guanzhong.

Pingyao Int'l Photography Festival kicks off
2014-09-22 15:50
The 2014 China Pingyao International Photography Festival (PIP) kicked off in Pingyao, Shanxi province on Sept 19.

Folk dough figurines art in N China
2014-09-22 13:05
There is a custom in North China's Shanxi Province. People make dough figurines to celebrate the festivals, weddings and funerals. Dough figurines have other names such as: "flower buns", "Lamb buns", etc. Dough figurine in every place has different names and features.
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