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Protecting the recent past
2014-05-08 10:03
There has long been a debate among members of the public about whether the giant Soviet-style buildings constructed in Beijing during the 1950s and old factories in Northeast China should be counted as historical relics.

Tapping world's fastest-growth art market
2014-05-08 09:29
Auctioneer looks to China to build on record industry sales for last year

Indie Power
2014-05-07 10:34
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke urges his peers in the Middle Kingdom to chase more projects than potential Hollywood blockbusters. Xu Jingxi reports.

Ancient ethnic documents in need of protection
2014-05-05 12:35
Ancient documents of the Miao and Dong ethnic groups in southwest China's Guizhou Province need protecting as they are being ruined from natural and man-made disasters.

Suspension of US series upsets Chinese viewers
2014-05-05 09:24
China's TV watchdog, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT), refused to comment. It reiterated last month an existing rule stipulating that online programs be censored before being made available for viewing.

Collectibles clean up
2014-04-29 15:42
China’s rapid economic development has ignited a collection craze. Chinaware, jade articles, bronzeware, paintings and calligraphy, furniture, stamps, coins – all abound in the collectibles market these days.

Forgotten opera gem restored
2014-04-27 11:38
Peking Opera master Ma Yuqi will never forget the production of Mei Yu Pei he saw in 1958. It has long been his dream to return the classic to the stage, and now he has found the perfect place.

China’s great love for small movies
2014-04-23 16:53
More and more companies in China are discovering weidianying, or micro movies and short films, as a promising platform for online advertising.

E-market challenge for paper books
2014-04-23 16:52
Faced with the pressure from e-books, the publishing industry is undergoing a revolution in the way they produce paper books—upgrading the binding and layout to turn books into collector items, say booksellers and publishing industry observers.

Tapping the foreign film market
2014-04-23 10:31
Chinese filmmakers are walking a tightrope between localization and globalization. Finding a happy medium is surprisingly like cooking fish.

’80s generation respects tradition
2014-04-23 10:05
Once labeled as rebellious and spoiled, the generation born in the 1980s in Shanghai appears more respectful of tradition than the public commonly believes as reflected by their attitudes about work, marriage and children, a Fudan University survey concluded Tuesday.

The bard in Beijing and beyond
2014-04-18 09:16
William Shakespeare was placed on a pedestal when his name first appeared in Chinese publications around 1839. Great scholars and artists have since made numerous attempts to bring the "Swan of Avon" to a Chinese-speaking audience.
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