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FRANKFURT, Oct 20 - Governments threatening to cap the pay of bank bosses in retribution for the financial crisis might be better off linking their earnings to the more humble salaries of the central bankers...

LONDON, Sept 21 - Britain's prime minister and chief financial regulator took aim at wealthy bankers and traders on Sunday, calling for big-money bonuses to be examined in the wake of the financial market crisis....

Chinese language and culture, a new online option is now available from the National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (NOCFL). NOCFL's Confucius Institute Online is attracting avid learners with thousands of interesting audio and video presentations on Chinese language and cultur...

By Wu Ziru Preparations are well under way for the Fifth Lianzhou International Photo Festival, with the theme Presence and Representation focusing on news photography this year, the organizer revealed Monday. Scheduled to be held from December 5-15 and organized by the Department of Culture and...

Cantonese Opera or Yueju Opera which originated in Guangdong Province, was recently included on the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List after a joint application from Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao. This is the second style of Chinese folk opera listed as a world heritage after Kunqu Opera i...

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping inspires and underscores the importance of cultural exchanges during his most recent tour to Europe

By Gao Jie Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) kicked off their Chinese-Russian Undergraduate Art Festival last Thursday, with 2,000 students participating from both countries set to run until November 2. Over 50 students from Moscow, Caucasus, Central Asia and China will exchange cultural ...

By Wen Ya Students from all over the globe participate in the opening ceremony of the International Culture Festival held at Renmin University of China on Sunday morning. Photo: Courtesy of Gao Zixia Over 150 students representing 40 countries manned rows of exotically decorated booths to parti...

In the past few years, a debate has emerged as to whether China should resume the old way of writing Chinese characters to preserve its culture. This year, Pan Qinglin, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top advisory body, made an aggressive proposal, calling to abolish the use of current simplified Chinese characters within 10 years.

As the Guest of Honor, China showcases its literature, culture and traditions at the world's largest book fair