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Language should be a matter of choice
2014-05-26 09:46
Making every college student pass a uniform test of English has created an unexpected fallout, which a new testing system under consideration may rectify.

Bonds of wisdom
2014-05-25 13:34
China's most celebrated sage has become the emblem of the country's soft-power drive and of its people-to-people diplomacy in Africa.

Orchestra of old friends
2014-05-21 09:35
In 1973, the Philadelphia Orchestra became the first such group from the United States to play in the country since the founding of New China in 1949. It was a landmark moment and the start of an important relationship that continues to this day. Chen Jie chats with the diplomat who made it happen ahead of the orchestra's 2014 tour.

French Institute ready for June reopening
2014-05-21 09:11
Laurent Fabius, French Foreign Affairs minister, attended the inauguration ceremony on May 18 in Beijing.

Online TV programs boom amid control concerns
2014-05-21 09:11
Chinese people have been watching television shows exclusively on the Internet for the past five years, but it is only now that the industry is consolidating, according to Shang Na, chief of the video section of Sohu.com.

More is less as China seeks to promote its literature
2014-05-20 13:29
Chinese literature has played a key role in communicating Chinese values and cultural traditions to the Western world, and needs to be promoted more aggressively, a British academic says.

Billionaires rush to buy at Art Basel HK
2014-05-19 13:34
Billionaires beckon for $10,000 passports and works by emerging painters at Art Basel Hong Kong. Frederik Balfour reports.

A hard look at heroes - and their heroics
2014-05-19 11:10
When acts of altruism are exaggerated, they become hollow. The shift from a tradition of melodrama to a growing need for truth and complexity reflects a move up the curve of civilization

China playing bigger role in fur design
2014-05-19 08:52
Yang Chen has studied fur design for two years at the Tsinghua Kopenhagen Studio, where she learns from Danish experts and uses Danish fur.

Pride of place
2014-05-13 10:47
An ancient Chinese masterpiece tops a British newspaper's list of best Asian novels, but experts on both sides of the globe lament the low visibility of contemporary Chinese works.

The city that's not forbidden, just avoided
2014-05-13 09:34
The number of foreign visitors to Beijing has been falling for several years, leading travel industry experts to examine ways of bringing them back.

Knowing your audience
2014-05-08 11:19
"We are an Internet company, so we focus on providing service, not products," says Zhang Zhao, CEO of Le Vision Pictures, the filmmaking arm of LeTV Informational Technology Company.
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