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

The Frankfurt Book Fair forms a platform for Sino-German cultural exchange

A multimedia exhibition, Germany for Beginners, is being held at Beijing's Xicheng Library. Organized by the Goethe Institute and Federal Center for Political Education of Germany, the exhibition aims at introducing German history, culture and politics to people unfamiliar with the country. The e...

By Barry Cunningham Although China is trying to bury cold war clichés such as "Western moral decadence," there are times when that old term seems to fit the current pop trash culture of the US and Europe. When the French foreign minister said there was something "a bit sinister" in the cas...

Singers performing Macbeth. By Mao Renjie Giuseppe Verdi's opera classic Macbeth will open the much-anticipated 12th Beijing Music Festival (BMF) this evening. One of the largest-scale annual cultural events in the capital, the festival features 21 classical music performances and presents a ran...

By Guo Ying The first Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Culture and Arts Festival will be staged in Beijing next month with more than 40 ASEM members taking part. The event is aimed at showcasing the diversity, innovation and cooperation of Asian and European cultures in the arts sphere. The festival is...

Qiang women dance before a Diaolou, traditional Qiang stone watchtower. By Guo Ying While the damages caused by natural disasters are irreparable, hope continues. Following the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan, the worst hit minority group, Qiang, is promoting their rich cultural heritage in a stage...

Cai Guoqiang, a contemporary Chinese artist best known for his design of the 2008 Olympic Games鈥� fireworks display, has won the 2009 Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in the art and culture category. The news was announced yesterday with the official award ceremony scheduled to take place in Fukuoka ...

By Guo Ying Young, refreshing and full of individuality, this is what modern dance means to dance legend Willy Tsao. Tsao believes that in China, a country known for its history and traditional art forms, modern dance is adding color to the city鈥檚 rhythm and cultural scene. Sky presented by Be...

By Xu Shenglan Scenes from Marry An Honest Man. The age of the 鈥渉onest man鈥� has finally arrived. Amid a rapidly changing society and seemingly paradoxical culture of consumerism during a global financial crisis, stable and reliable are now what the ladies want, as explained in Marry An Hones...