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Costumes are an important symbol of social civilization. Besides satisfying the living needs of people, costumes also represent the culture of particular periods and areas. In the modern times, due to various factors, the Shanghai fashion has formed its own unique style, occupying an important position in the development history of Chinese costumes.

Artists stage the grand gala Road to Revival to celebrate the 60th birthday of the People's Republic of China

Comedians from the UK performing on stage. By Jennifer Eden After producing back-to-back successes in Beijing eight years ago, Asia's popular Punchline Comedy Club is returning to the city with three of the UK's most sidesplitting comedians in its stride. Originally fi nding success with shows at...

British author Mike Gayle鈥檚 popular books. Mike Gayle By Du Guodong Those seeking a light-hearted look at life and love and wanting a humorous perspective on issues common to most of us today, may be familiar with the entertaining novels of Mike Gayle, an expert in expressing inner emotions fro...

NLC celebrating its 100th birthday. Photo: CFP By Jack Wang The National Library of China (NLC) is celebrating its 100th birthday Wednesday. With the theme of "Pass on Civilization, Serve the Society" the centennial anniversary of the founding of NLC entails a series of activities such as exhibit...

China has achieved much in its fight to alleviate poverty and a new strategy looks to build on that success

By Zuo Maohong As the summer movie season gets into full swing, some entertainment companies are so upbeat about the industry that they're planning to increase the number of screens on the Chinese mainland over the next six months. Golden Harvest (GH), the Hong Kong film entertainment company, i...

By Xu Shenglan China's top magicians are sharpening their wands in preparation for the World Championships of Magic (WCM) scheduled to kick off in Beijing Sunday. Fu Yandong's large-scale original magic show Blue and White Porcelain. A total of nine Chinese magicians have been performing in a th...

A group of Germans are touring around the world – by car. They departed Germany and drove through Poland, Latvia, Russia, and Mongolia, and on Thursday they arrived in Beijing. After China they will head to Iran, Uzbekistan and other places in Central Asia and across the Pacific before even...

China's Grammy-nominated soprano Song Zuying and her illustrious friends bring the Bird's Nest back to life