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Chinese TV creates wave of foreign fans

As many Chinese TV and film makers come up with new ideas and abandon the stereotype of learning from foreign counterparts, a new wave of Chinese culture is sweeping the world, gaining attention from foreign viewers.

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Zoo animals cool off in hot summer

A tiger takes a shower to stay cool at a zoo in Jinan, East China's Shandong province during a stretch of hot weather, July 11, 2017.

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Hotter than hot: Flaming Mountains

During the trek approaching the mountain, visitors will find the soles of their shoes soften in the intense heat. With the hot sun overhead, the red mountain looks like a fiery dragon.

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Sc-fi thriller set to hit mainland screens

After winning an award at the Houston Worldfest International Film Festival in the United States for sci-fi thriller Reset, Yang Mi was in Beijing to promote the film.

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Consort Chunhui's portrait by Italian painter breaks record at auction

A Large Imperial Portrait of Consort Chunhui by court painter Giuseppe Castiglione of the Qing Dynasty's Qianlong Period, this week sold for $HK 137.4 million ($17.7 million), the highest auction record for a Chinese imperial tailoring portrait.

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Sino-Japan tensions rise over China's Nanjing Massacre memory application

Tensions between the two Asian giants, China and Japan, are running high after the Japanese government tried to block China's application to UNESCO to list documents relating to the 1937 Nanjing Massacre and "comfort women", or the 200, 000 sex slaves taken by Japanese troops during World War II, in the Memory of the World program.

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Migration of the Hani people to Yunnan is inspiration

After a successful debut at Honghe Grand Theater in Yunnan province, the music drama Muomaamei, which depicts the story of the Hani ethnic group's migration, will be staged in Beijing this weekend.

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Paintings highlighting traditional Chinese villages exhibited in Moscow

A Chinese painting exhibition that highlights ancient Guizhou villages opened in Moscow'sChina Cultural Center on October 5.

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Mainlanders bypass HK for Golden Week

Hong Kong is losing its luster for the increasingly affluent, sophisticated mainland tourists during the National Day holiday.

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Hot spots impose caps on visitor numbers during holiday period

The iconic Tian'anmen Square in central Beijing is usually filled with flowers, pot plants and topiary, but on Thursday there were some new installations: hundreds of toilets. There are now 445 portable toilets in eight locations in the square, and 132 assistants are on hand to point visitors in the right direction.

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Surfing in the air

​Are you bored with long flight without access to the Internet? This may soon be history as Chinese airlines take steps to boost their inflight Wi-Fi networks.