Co-produced by Henan film and TV group, Huayi Brothers and Tianma Film, new high-profile historical-action flick Saving General Yang has commenced shooting this week, hot on the heels of the announcement of the final casting…
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Delicious dishe served at the restaurant of Lujiang Harbor View Hotel. Photo: Zhao Dan/GT Just one-and-a-half hour’s flight from Shanghai, Xiamen, the island city near the southern tip of Fujian Province is a great destination…
Colm Tóibín at this year’s Shanghai Book Fair. Photo: Courtesy of 99 Reader Club When asked to look at the camera, and not with a “pretend” smile, Colm Tóibín was happy to oblige. “Oh good,…
JIUQUAN, Gansu – China’s experimental satellite, which was launched by the Long March II-C rocket Thursday, failed to enter the designated orbit due to a rocket malfunction. The rocket carrying the SJ-11-04 orbiter experienced problems…
Vice-Premier Li Keqiang (center) talks with Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang during the centenary ceremony for the University of Hong Kong on Thursday. [Edmond Tang / China Daily] HONG KONG – Vice-Premier Li Keqiang…
GUANGZHOU – The children of migrant workers, who reunite with their parents during the summer holidays, are at risk of being injured or killed in accidents. Migrant workers’ children were involved in 90 percent of…
GUANGZHOU – Cheng Dongwei looked disappointed when his mother once again told him on QQ chat: “No, you can’t go out until I get home this evening.” A minute before, the 11-year-old boy had used…
The Forbidden City, or Palace Museum accrued two more scandals Thursday on top of its expanding series of humiliating snafus this year, this time the alleged loss of 100 ancient books and allegations of tax-dodging…
A controlled trial has found that Chinese herbal medicine decoction maxingshigan-yinqiaosan has a similar efficacy to oseltamivir in reducing time to fever resolution in people suffering mild H1N1 influenza virus infections. Carried out by a…
BEIJING – Think tanks are predicting the film industry in China will see a 30 percent increase in its box-office returns in 2011, just a year after those returns had risen by 64 percent. In…