There are MORE THAN 300 types of Chinese operas but two POPULAR varieties are major standouts The Mandarin word for opera is xiqu, which in English means “theater of song”. but this translation does…
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“If social order is like an iceberg, then laws, policies and systems are only the part that sticks out of the water, and moral principles are the block below the water. When there is no…
SHENZHEN, Guangdong – While many of China’s universities are advertising to attract attention from college candidates ahead of the annual college entrance examination in June, one university is noticeably absent from a list of colleges…
Yale philosophy professor Shelly Kagan, who looks somewhat nerdy, has been affectionately called “Professor Desk” by his mainland fans ever since they saw him in a videotaped lecture sitting cross-legged on a lecture desk, talking…
Senior Chinese official Li Changchun has called for greater efforts to be made to reform the system that hinders the development of the country’s cultural sector and boost the transformation of cultural development system. Li,…
Local celebrations of the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month were officially launched in Chicago Tuesday with a grand reception hosted by the the city’s commission on human relations at the Chicago Culture Center. “Throughout the…
by Marzia De Giuli TURIN, Italy, April 29 (Xinhua) — A particularly heated round of the “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, was held in Turin…
A delicate tea set produced in China’s capital of porcelain, Jingdezhen, and embedded with rich culture traditions, is expected to arrive at Buckingham Palace for the royal wedding this week, media reports said. The gift…
Edit by Bo Peng One of the most famous TCM pharmaceutical companies—The Foci Pharmaceutical Company(佛慈制药), based in the city of Lanzhou in Gansu province, is applying for the Swedish drug administration to authorize one of…
After a ten-day excavation, archeologists are now starting to transfer the exposed relics from the tombs to labs for further examination. The Zhang Anshi mausoleum complex was recently found in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. After a…