Saturday, July 12th, 2008
The eighth Chinese Cultural Festival kicked off here on Friday with shows of China's traditional lion dance and shadowboxing.
The festival, co-organized by Cuba's Ministry of Culture and the Chinese Embassy in Cuba, was held in the ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Sanshui District in Foshan, South China's Guangdong Province, was recognized as a "Chinese Longevity Town" by the Gerontological Society of China (GSC) on June 26, 2008.
It is the first "Chinese Longevity Town" in Guangdong Province.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
About 40 exhibits using the horse as a subject are on display starting from Friday at the Hong Kong Museum of Art.
The exhibition, Story of the Horse, features artifacts of different dates and in various medium ranging from Chinese ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
The popularity of the Wucai Children's Chorus, a troupe from the vast Hulun Buir Prairie in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is easy to see from its performance schedule.
Wu Hongjie, an official in charge of publicity with Hul ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
A policeman in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin was awarded best actor at the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival on Sunday for his unaffected performance in a domestic film.
It was the first time for Ma Guowei, who has ...
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Crude futures rebounded Friday on concerns about supply in the Iranian, Nigerian, and Chinese oil markets.
Light, sweet crude for July delivery rose 2.69 U.S. dollars to settle at 134.62 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile E ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
An agreement to establish a Confucius Institute in Barcelona was signed here on Monday, local media reported.
Chinese Ambassador Qiu Xiaoqi and representatives from Casa Asia, the University of Barcelona and the Autonomous Universit ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Three decades have passed since the Philadelphia Orchestra's historic Beijing tour, and now the orchestra is back to the same venue with the same repertoire, collaborating with a new Chinese performer.
Young pianist Lang Lang headli ...
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