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Lu Guang, an award-winning Chinese photojournalist and US green card holder, is missing following a visit to Xinjiang. His wife Xu Xiaoli detailed his disappearance in a lengthy statement posted on Twitter on Monday, saying she had not heard from him...
Milan has made great contributions to its culture in the past decade and continues to invest in and promote its cultural heritage, Domenico Piraina, the city’s cultural promotion department director, said at a symposium during an exhibition of Shanghai...
The 2019 Yangtze River Delta International Cultural Industries Expo dropped its curtain last Sunday.
The four-day event highlighted more than 870 cultural and art institutions, attracted almost 130,000 visitors and accomplished a volume of contracts over 5 billion yuan (US$711...
An avant-garde dramatic arts production is redefining the meaning of “roadshow.”
It’s called “Remote Shanghai,” and if you’re game, put on a pair of headphones and join a group venturing into the theater of the streets, with a machine voice...
In the digital era, book publishers are searching for ways to keep the public reading, especially in the lucrative children’s book market.
The recent China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair highlighted many of the new trends.
Publishers want to make printed...
The world’s top ballet dancers will be gathering in Shanghai for the “Gala of St Petersburg Ballet Stars” at Shanghai Oriental Art Center on Tuesday.
Eight programs featuring both ballet classics and modern pieces will be performed. Among them, Pas...
Chinese writer Zhao Lihong has received multiple awards from home and abroad in recognition of his creative achievements.
The Shanghai Writers’ Association presented a Medal of Honor to Zhao on Tuesday.
Nicolae Dabija, chairman of the Academy of Sciences of the...
Hot Stuff Coming
The Hungarian architect who painted last stroke on iconic Bund waterfront
Famous architect Laszlo Hudec has quite rightly attracted a wide amount of attention during the past decade. A prisoner of a World War I...
How a Buddhist master’s blood created the ‘Tree of Great Merit’
Against the azure skies of a valley near Lusar Town lies the legendary “Tree of Great Merit.” This sandalwood tree is situated in the...
Design Shanghai gathers talent from around the world
Design Shanghai, Asia’s leading international design event, will be held from March 12 to 15 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center.
The...
Curtain opens on experimental opera festival
The 2021 Shanghai Experimental Xiqu (Traditional Opera) Festival, now in its fifth year, kicked off yesterday.
The festival, organized by the Shanghai Center of Chinese...
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