Flower sales blossom for Valentine's Day

Prices and sales rose at flower markets this week as couples prepared to celebrate Valentine's Day on Thursday.

Chinese design titled world's 'Most Beautiful Book'

Instead of using traditional printing paper to make a book, a Chinese publishing company used food wrapping paper and as a result, recently won the 2019 "Best Book Design from all over the World" competition held in Leipzig, Germany.

Pang Ho-cheung to direct 'Deer and Cauldron' trilogy

One of the best-known Wuxia (martial heroes) novels, "The Deer and the Cauldron" by the late legendary writer Louis Cha, will be made into a trilogy franchise by Hong Kong director Pang Ho-cheung, it was announced at the Berlin Film Festival on Monday.

Ethnic Lahu tunes of Yunnan inspires band Shanren's new album

A new documentary follows the band Shanren into rural Yunnan, where they draw inspiration from ethnic Lahu music.

Musical 'School of Rock' to kick off China tour

The award-winning musical "School of Rock" will hit the stage in Shanghai on Feb. 22, marking its Asian premiere and the start of the musical's three-month China tour.

China sees progress in revitalizing traditional crafts

​China has seen progress in its effort to revitalize traditional crafts and turn them into targeted measures for poverty alleviation, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Newspaper collector keeps 'diary' of China

​Liu Yuzhi, a retiree in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou province, has collected more than 500,000 newspapers in his self-built libraries, China Daily reported Wednesday.

Chinese holiday films steal limelight of American hits in San Francisco Bay Area

​Having waited in line at the box office of a movie theater in Union City, California, Charlie Yang finds his movie won't screen until Friday.

New York award ceremony highlights China-themed photos

​More than 150 photographers gathered in New York on Tuesday to share their stories of China and the Lunar New Year told through the lens of a camera.

Chinese, Egyptian companies sign contract on publishing, translation

​China's Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Company and Egypt's Dar Al-Shorouk Publishing House Group signed on Tuesday a protocol and a cooperation contract in the field of publishing and translation at the headquarters of the Chinese Cultural Center in Cairo.