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Chinese New Year celebrated in Auckland

Thousands of people from across New Zealand celebrated the upcoming Chinese New Year at the 2021 Chinese New Year Festival and Market Day event in Auckland on Saturday.

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Beauty of lacquer art on show at exhibition in Hangzhou

A Ming Dynasty black lacquer box on show. [Photo provided to China Daily] China's long history of using natural lacquer to make daily objects more beautiful and durable is evident in the lacque

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China's January box office tops 3 bln yuan

China's box office for January 2021 had topped 3 billion yuan (about 468 million U.S. dollars) as of Tuesday, a figure higher than that for the same period in the previ

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Actress Zhang Ziyi's TV debut applauded overseas

The Rebel Princess, the first TV drama starring the A-list actress Zhang Ziyi, who shot to international fame through Ang Lee's Oscar-winning film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has recently won

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The zither comes hither

About a year ago, guqin (Chinese zither) player Sun Ying and singer Yang Huahua met by chance at Modern Sky, one of the country's largest record companies, in Beijing, where both were working on th

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Bringing a world of sound around the globe

The China NCPA Orchestra performed in the world premiere of the 23-minute cinematic-musical production, See Me: A Global Concert, which opened the World Economic Forum on Jan 24.Marin Alsop, one of th

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Folk art exhibition in Beijing offers festive air

The exhibition shows the vibrant, bold palette of folk art, the simple forms and shapes to deliver primitive beauty and the profound cultural meanings being implied. [Photo provided to China Dail

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International Fiber Art Biennale opens online

The poster of the 11th From Lausanne to Beijing International Fiber Art Biennale features a QR code to scan to enter the exhibition. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn The 11th From Lausanne

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Books tell story of historic friendship with Central Asia

Relations with Tajikistan and Kazakhstan stretching back millennia documented.Two books telling the history of China-Tajikistan and China-Kazakhstan friendship, respectively, were released recently, a

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Shaanxi shadow play finds takers

Chang Zhi Gui, starring Wang Jinfa, is an experimental shadow play funded by a Tsinghua University's cultural-heritage project. The show is staged in a church in Yan'an, Shaanxi province. [Photo

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Exhibition in Shenzhen spotlights passion for Chinese zodiac

Han Meilin displays his latest artworks, such as bronze bulls in his ongoing solo exhibition about Chinese zodiac art at the Nanshan Museum in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. [Photo provided to Chi

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Giving history a bright future

Ma's new book Fifteen Days Between Two Capitals. [Photo provided to China Daily] Mixing fact, fiction and imaginative writing, author uses creative license to render the people and places of Mi

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China's box office opens 2021 with record revenue

China's box office continued robust growth into 2021 after scoring a record high for New Year's Day earnings.China's total box office revenue in the first 10 days of 20

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Chinese-born director's 'Nomadland' wins big in US

Chinese-born female director Chloe Zhao's feature film Nomadland turned out to be a big winner on Saturday at the annual National Society of Film Critics Awards with four trophies, continuing to s

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China's box office soars as new year dawns

China's box office sales from Dec. 28, 2020, to Jan. 3 this year topped 2.13 billion yuan (about 330 million U.S. dollars), up 93 percent week on week.More than 56 mill

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Online project will chronicle nation's dance history

Beijing Dance Academy will launch a yearlong project, Dance For People, in 2021, which will see 100 dance productions presented online.Selected from performances created by dancers and choreographers

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Protection of ancient cliff painting, carving goes digital in China

Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region has adopted digital technology to preserve ancient cliff carvings and paintings on the brink of disappearance.Protection workers have scanned more t