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PNCA cultural show mesmerises Chinese

ISLAMABAD - The National Performing Arts Group (NPAG) of Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) on Sunday presented colourful performances in a cultural show arranged in the honour of visiting 100-member Chinese youth delegati [...]

Posted On : May, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Leaders aim to expand 'influence' of Chinese culture

China's leaders have agreed guidelines aimed at preserving "cultural security" and expanding Chinese soft power, state media reported at the end of a key meeting of Communist Party chiefs. The country will strive to improve [...]

Posted On : Oct, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Keeping traditional Chinese culture alive

After all, you don't see people playing Chinese instruments like the two-stringed erhu or the bamboo flute or writing beautiful calligraphy with brushes dipped in water, like you do in Beijing. In Taiwan, it's more common to [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Taking Chinese culture to the world

Confucius Institutes not only teach language but also provide a clearer view of the emerging nation BEIJING - With the aim of promoting international cooperation, since 2005 Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) has joined with 17 fo [...]

Posted On : Sep, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Celebration of Chinese culture rings in Year of the Rabbit

About 300 hundred people celebrated Chinese culture Saturday night in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. People of all ages and backgrounds joined members of the Chinese American Student Association in welcoming and celebrating the Year of [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Chinese Lantern Festival traditions and culture

The Lantern Festival or Yuan Xiao Festival (simplified Chinese: pinyin: Yuánxiāojié) or Shang Yuan Festival (simplified Chinese: pinyin: Shàngyuánjié) in China is a festival celebrated on the fifte [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Shen Yun: Ambassadors of Chinese Culture

A week after China’s paramount leader Hu Jintao was received here, for a state visit dominated by talk of business and trade, another China was on display at the Kennedy Center. Performances by Shen Yun, a classical Chinese dance c [...]

Posted On : Feb, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Chinese Culture Minister meets Japanese, South Korean counte...

Chinese Culture Minister Cai Wu met with Seiichi Kondo, Commissioner for Cultural Affairs of Japan, Yu In-Chon, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South Korea on Tuesday in Japan's Nara for the 3rd China-Japan- South Korea Mi [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Chinese Tibetan Culture Week kicks off in Spain

The "2010 China Tibetan Culture Week" was launched here Monday with an exhibition of traditional paintings and colorful pictures of Tibet. Dong Yunhu, deputy director of the Chinese State Council Information Office, said it was [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Indian, Chinese culture to take centre stage at Scotland fes...

The cultures of India and China will be the main highlight of the Edinburgh International Festival, which will take place in Scotland next year. Festival director Jonathan Mills came up with the idea to feature the two countries in the m [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Chinese Culture Year in Italy chance to boost cultural excha...

Chinese and Italians enjoy two "complementary cultures" that share the same "imperial grandeur" and look forward to boosting exchanges, an Italian top official told Xinhua in an exclusive interview ahead of the openin [...]

Posted On : Oct, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Traditional Chinese Qingming Festival

Sweeping ancestors’ tombs and celebrating the arrival of spring is an ancient Chinese tradition and is one of the most important Chinese holidays called Qingming Festival. This year it falls on April 5. The Qingming Festival o [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Chinese Embassy launches series of cultural events in Israel

The Chinese Embassay kicked off a series of cultural events in Israel on Monday to mark the 60th anniversary of Chinese independence and the 17th anniversary of Sino-Israeli ties. The events, to be held under the banner "Experience C [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

Tea and Chinese Cultural Aesthetics

Pei-kai Cheng, founding director and professor of the Chinese Civilisation Centre at the City University of Hong Kong and author of the recent two-volume publication, The Complete Annotated Collection of Chinese Tea Books, explores the cu [...]