Arts week puts culture on display

2012-03-07 13:41:42

Michael Bloomberg, mayor of U.S. city of New York, kicked off on Tuesday New York City Arts Week, which is expected to attract more than 80,000 attendees.

Guo Jingming: man of many parts

2012-03-06 14:56:44

China's best-selling writer Guo Jingming is slim and suavely dressed in a creamy Western-style morning coat and a cute, white bow tie.

Old-school class

2012-03-06 16:10:40

A traditional private women's college keeps alive ancient ways of learning.

Cultural protection has no borders

2012-03-01 11:01:22

China is working to safeguard not only its own intangible cultural heritage but also that of the Asia-Pacific region.

Rewind and play

2012-03-01 11:00:59

The restoration of old films in China largely depends on government assistance, but it is not a straightforward process.

Field of dreams

2012-02-29 10:33:30

For 700 years, folk artists from around the country have flocked to a village in Henan to perform in the open air.

Read your leader

2012-02-28 08:10:08

The books China's government officials pore over are a guide to what they're thinking. Yang Guang reports.

Martial arts festival kicks off in Hong Kong

2012-02-29 11:08:35

The 10th Hong Kong International Martial Arts Festival opened at the Asia World-Expo, Hong Kong on Feb 25.

The bone collectors

2012-02-27 17:08:54

Oracle bones were medicine, not archaeological relics.

Chinese films less popular in the West

2012-02-23 17:49:29

Although the Chinese film industry has maintained a robust growth in recent years, Chinese films still fall flat in Western box offices, a new report finds.

Art exhibitions, events and lectures in Beijing

2012-02-22 13:43:44

It is a brief introduction of art exhibition, events and lectures in Beijing with detailed information.

A storyteller's true tale

2012-02-22 10:26:33

Lian Liru's neighbors were right about her, that she were meant to become a master in pingshu, a traditional form of storytelling in China.