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Two popular Chinese TV series are causing family fights over the remote control this winter: The Line with its cast of young, good-looking men who appeal to yunger audiences (particularly girls), and Ji Xiaolan, a Qing Dynasty costume drama that is hooking older viewers. The Line The story of The Line takes place in Guning, [...]

Although Su Cong is the only Chinese citizen to win a Golden Globe, a Grammy award, and an Oscar, he’s not the only one to be honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

If you think your friends know more about Chinese culture than you do, stump them with this one: name the only Chinese citizen ever to win an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a Grammy Award.

A low-budget Chinese film named “Chuncao and Her Mother” will make a public debut in Dubai on Feb. 23, to be graced by the presence of famous director Yang Yazhou and actress Tao Hong. From Feb. 17 to 21, the National Peking Opera Company will also go to Dubai together with the folk instrumentalists band [...]

Just as President Obama has a very low-key brother in China, the most technically and militarily sophiscated 3-D Avatar also has a very low-key brother in China. His name, Afanti, somehow almost similar to Avatar’s Chinese translation “Afanda”, nowadays is being jokingly tossed around among many Chinese viewers who have a sharp eye for fun [...]

Every year on the night before the first day of the Spring Festival, CCTV’s annual Gala draws more viewers than any other television program all year, more TV viewers than any other event on the planet with the possible exception of the football World Cup final match. Much like New Year’s Eve TV shows in [...]