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Universal Music Group expands in China

World-leading music giant Universal Music Group (UMG) announced a significant expansion of its recorded music operations in China on Monday with the launch and relaunch of multiple labels.Universal Mu

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'Breaking Through' leads China's highly-anticipated sports films

Though the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics have just ended, there are plenty of Chinese sports films on the horizon promising to keep the athletic spirit alive. One of the most anticipated productions is B

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China steps up protection of intangible cultural heritage

China has rolled out new measures to strengthen the protection of the country's intangible cultural heritage (ICH).Efforts should be made to bolster the ICH census and recording system, said a gui

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Chinese film Cliff Walkers screened in Australian capital

The Chinese blockbuster Cliff Walkers was screened in the Australian National University (ANU) on Wednesday evening.Co-organized by the ANU Film Group (ANUFG) and the Chinese embassy in Australia, it

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Tibetan drama graduates stage Hamlet in Lhasa

"To be or not to be, that is the question" -- Tonzhub Cering repeated the classic soliloquies from British playwright William Shakespeare's play Hamlet during his rehearsals. Tonzhub Cering acts

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New project aims to boost diversity of genre films

Gathering some of China's most commercially successful filmmakers, the Golden Key Project -- a new movie pitch program launched in June -- has recently announced it will cut the red tape to help y

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Splendid Tibetan sand mandalas displayed in Lhasa

Colored sand mandalas of Tibetan Buddhism's five major sects, including Gelug, Kagyu, Sakya, and Kadam, were exhibited at the Tibetan Buddhist History Exhibition Hall of the Tibetan Buddhism Colle

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Release date set for highly anticipated Chinese film on courageous CPV battle

The Battle at Lake Changjin, a highly anticipated film following the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) in a courageous battle during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953), is

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Quanzhou added to UNESCO World Heritage List

East China's port city of Quanzhou, once hailed as the very great and noble city by the Italian explorer Marco Polo, won UNESCO World Cultural Heritage status Sunday, bringing the total number of

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Ancient Chinese ceramics in Philippine museum witnesses Quanzhou's glory along Maritime Silk Road

Visitors view ancient Chinese ceramics at the Philippine National Museum of Anthropology in Manila, the Philippines, July 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali) Bobby Orillaneda, a senior researcher

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Space tech to monitor World Heritage Sites focus of UN event

A side event of the 44th Session of UNESCO World Heritage Committee was held on Monday focusing on the adoption of space technology on the monitoring and conservation of World Heritage Sites.The Inter

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French exhibition in Beijing promotes cultural exchanges

The exhibition From Courbet, Corot to Impressionism — The World of Light and Shadow from Normandy, France was launched at the Beijing World Art Museum in Beijing on July 17, as part of the Fifteenth F

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A manifesto of progress

People visit an exhibition about The Communist Manifesto at the National Museum of Classic Books in Beijing. [Photo by Wang Ru/China Daily] Exhibition highlights book that launched the movement

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World Heritage Committee opens 44th session in east China

The 44th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO kicked off Friday in Fuzhou, capital of east China's Fujian Province, to review world heritage items online for the first time.The sessio

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Study reveals 14 living descendants of Renaissance maestro Leonardo da Vinci

Renaissance painter, sculptor, and architect Leonardo da Vinci died more than 500 years ago, but his direct bloodline lives on in the form of a handful of people including an artisan, a surveyor, and

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A series of struggles and successes

The new documentary A Long Cherished Dream features Chang Kaiyong, secretary of a village Party branch committee, pursuing a xiaokang society. [Photo/China Daily] A grand picture of the times i

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TV drama on CPC co-founders tops China's popularity chart in H1 2021

The Age of Awakening, a critically-acclaimed TV drama revolving around Chen Duxiu and other co-founders of the Communist Party of China, was China's most popular film or TV show in the first half