When the tea bowl met the tea stand
An exhibition in New York brings art, history and religion together Few people who pass a tea set now on display in the Asian gallery of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York would give it a second glance,…
Chinese cuisine, TCM & martial arts best represent Chinese culture
Foreigners believe Chinese cuisine, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and martial arts are the elements that best represent Chinese culture, according to the 2018 China National Image Global Survey released Friday. Among the overseas respondents, 55 percent picked Chinese cuisine as…
Reading course boast goes viral, stirs doubt
Finding it too difficult to read all the reference books recommended by the professor? No worries. An education company in Beijing says it can teach students how to read and remember more than 100,000 words in minutes. A video of…
Festival of intangible cultural heritage makes its debut
The Seventh International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage kicked off on Thursday in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China’s Sichuan province. More than 40 performing groups from home and abroad showed their stuff for some 3,000 spectators during the festival’s opening…
K-pop star’s death prompts closer look at depression
South Korean K-pop star Sulli, who has long been subjected to abusive online comments, has been found dead at her home on the outskirts of Seoul on Monday, local police said. The body of the 25-year-old was discovered by her…
South Korea will be first big test for Team China
China’s national women’s team will launch its quest for an Olympic berth against South Korea next month. The schedule for the Nov 14-17 Asia-Oceania pre-qualifying tournament in Malaysia was revealed on Twitter on Thursday. Team China has been drawn in…
US, Turkey reach agreement on truce, safe zone in northern Syria
ISTANBUL – The United States and Turkey on Thursday reached an agreement on a five-day truce and the establishment of a safe zone in northern Syria, where the Turkish forces had been fighting against the Kurdish militia, following talks between…
Lizhi to give sound support to popular online game
Lizhi, a Chinese audio content platform, announced a strategic cooperation with the popular online game One Love Forever on Oct 10, allowing users to play games in an immersive way with Lizhi’s advantages in voice. It also marks the company’s…
China’s first ‘floating opera house’ sets sail
The new Shangyin Opera House celebrated its grand opening on Sept 15 with an original opera production He Luting, one of the most influential composers and music educators in modern Chinese history. The composer, who was born in 1903 and…
Landmark study indicates Semenya has advantage
IAAF says research justifies decision to bar Olympic champ LONDON – The governing body of world athletics on Wednesday welcomed the results of a new study showing high testosterone helps women run better, saying it justifies the decision to bar…