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Pianist Lang Lang is on his game in Rio
2014-07-15 09:37
Acclaimed Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang said he wanted to bring Chinese music to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil as a personal gift to celebrate the sporting event.

Canada opens biggest Chinese cultural festival
2014-07-14 14:07
People in Toronto will finally get to see a piece of China without hopping onto a plane as Canada's largest-ever celebration of Chinese arts and culture officially kicked off Friday evening.

Unveiling of Buddha draws Tibetan faithful, tourists
2014-07-14 10:04
It was quite a coincidence that French tourist Claire Gaubert witnessed the unveiling of the Buddha in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Sunday, the last day of the three-day ceremony.

A swinging good time
2014-07-13 10:56

The Beijing Dance Festival will feature avant-garde local and international performances. Chen Nan reports. Chen Nan The Beijing Dance Festival—the biggest open platform of modern dance in China—will kick off on July 13.

Pearl S. Buck's former residence opens to public
2014-07-13 09:28
The famous American writer Pearl S. Buck’s former residence in Nanjing University has been renovated and is now open to the public. Former U.S. president George H.W. Bush toured the Pearl S. Buck House in October, 1998. He explained that like millions of other Americans, he had gained an appreciation of the Chinese through Buck’s writing.

Guilin to offer 72-hour visa-free stays
2014-07-13 09:15
The city of Guilin in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is expected to become the ninth Chinese city to offer international transit passengers 72-hour visa-free stays. The visa-free scheme will take effect on July 28, according to the municipal government.

Bringing the past back to life
2014-07-11 15:41
The cases in Jingdezhen's exhibition hall are full of delicate porcelain pieces, all apparently from ancient royal collections. Appearances are misleading, however, because every piece is of modern manufacture.

100 Volti works arrive at World Art Museum
2014-07-11 15:10
One hundred works by French sculptor Volti have arrived at Beijing's World Art Museum. The Mediterranean style featured in the sculptures and drawings is giving Chinese art lovers a rare view into the world of French art.

The city that's all fired up about ceramics
2014-07-11 14:59
The revival of traditional pottery-making techniques has resulted in renewed interest in an ancient city's kilns and provided a boost for local tourism.

Milan Kundera's new book gets Chinese version
2014-07-11 14:04
"Necessity, weight, and value are three concepts inextricably bound: Only necessity is heavy, and only what is heavy has value," Milan Kundera wrote in his book The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), a book that never fails to appear on the best-seller list in China whenever a new translated edition comes out.

China, US forge concrete agreement on culture exchange
2014-07-11 10:06
China and the United States forged a set of practical agreements on people-to-people exchanges as the world's two biggest economies held wide-ranging annual talks on Thursday.

Cambodian, Chinese culture, economy association launched
2014-07-10 16:28
The Cambodia-China Culture & Economy Association (CCCEA) was inaugurated here on Thursday with an aim to further promote ties in culture, economics, trade, investment and tourism between the two countries.
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