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Six decades as a conduit of culture

2015-01-16 07:10

At the age of 80, Mei Zhaorong, former Chinese ambassador to Germany and former president of the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs, still keeps his finger on the pulse of China's economic and social development.

A filmmaker's breakthrough

2015-01-02 06:26

On the closing day of the 9th Rome International Film Festival in October, the Marcus Aurelius Award for the festival's best movie went to Xu Ang's debut film Twelve Citizens.

A Serbian falls for China

2015-01-02 06:26

Nadezda Markovic's romance with China began as a preschooler, when she received a beautiful red greeting card embossed with golden Chinese characters that had been sent from her mother's cousin living in China.

Music man's chance to add to the harmony

2014-12-19 09:12

Guido Tielman arrived in Chongqing carrying nothing more than a guitar and a small suitcase, but these days he walks around with the weight of the Netherlands on his shoulders.

Bringing Tibet to the world

2014-12-19 09:12

The Chinese photographer Zeng Yi, who counts penetrating images of Tibetan life among his body of work, says his first encounter with the Tibetan people was not very pleasant.

China's innovative farmhand

2014-12-12 09:12

Rob Hulme can only dimly imagine his grandfather's farm life, reliving it by poring over his diary: "At 3 am, I released the 40 horses from the fence, then I fed them before I led them to pull the plough." The diary was written in the 1920s.

For art's sake

2014-12-12 09:12

What to do? What to see? What to buy? Which TV shows or movies to watch? What's the next big thing?

The love of brothers and sisters

2014-12-05 08:48

Fang Gang had been to the club twice before, but as he entered this time, he felt different.

Chinese coach bounces around world

2014-12-05 08:48

Wang Dayong, 69, a Chinese retiree, arrives early wearing his red and blue sporting outfit and sneakers at a ping-pong club at the Brussels-Centre Sportif d'Auderghem on Wednesday and Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings.

From town of the bard to Beijing

2014-11-28 08:29

Thirty-something British actor Adam Palin has become one of the most regular Western faces in recently produced Chinese historical dramas.

Building on two cultures

2014-11-28 08:29

Dutch architect John van de Water came to Beijing in 2004 with the belief that architects have a responsibility to explain to people and to try to convince them of what is good and what is not.

A 'painfully blinkered view'

2014-11-21 08:45

Is the new Silk Road Economic Belt a sign of China's political expansion? Will war break out in the South China Sea? British economist Peter Nolan shrugs off both questions with a firm "No".

For Lang Lang it's encore encore

2014-11-21 08:45

For the musician Lang Lang it seems to have become so routine: posing for photos as he flashes his piano-wide smile and attending seemingly endless red-carpet events and galas decked in the smartest suits with the swishest ties, all the while chatting away to all and sundry in effortless Chinese or English.

Friendship forged in war and peace

2014-11-14 12:09

A little more than 100 years after the outbreak of World War I, a group of German veterans' descendants visited Qingdao in Shandong province.

Maths, the Chinese way in the UK

2014-11-14 12:09

Teachers of some of the world's brightest minds in maths are for the first time imparting their knowledge to students outside the borders of China.

Friendship still strong, envoy says

2014-11-07 11:44

Although German car companies face stiff penalties over antitrust violations, that will have no impact on economic ties between China and Germany, according to the country's Ambassador to China, Michael Clauss.

Award-winning light touch

2014-11-07 11:44

Yan Lianke has been presented the Franz Kafka Prize in Prague, becoming the first Chinese author to win the award, established in 2001 in honor of one of the 20th century's most influential writers. The prize recognizes anyone "whose work addresses readers regardless of their origin, nationality and culture".

Czech leader moots visa-free entry

2014-10-31 14:11

Chinese citizens should get visa-free access to the European Union, putting an end to often-lengthy application procedures, says Czech President Milos Zeman.

'Helping others is also helping yourself'

2014-10-31 14:11

When Gary C.K. Huang joined the Rotary Club 32 years ago, he never imagined that he would become the president of this international organization. Nor did he think much about the charitable services to which it is committed.

Opening the lens

2014-10-24 14:27

Her camera has captured villagers who live the centuries-old lifestyle of hunter-gatherers in the shadow of modern banks, traditional opera scenes in which ancestral ghosts appear as human figures that dispel evil and bring auspicious influence, and shamans telling fortunes in a muddy Guizhou street.

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