Summertime sporting snaps: Russia
With the summer of 2015 coming rapidly to a close, we take a look at some of Russia's favourite outdoor sporting activities.
View ArticleCulture to boost UK-China ties
The British government has unveiled a new $10 million programme to fund British art projects, exhibitions and educational initiatives in China.
View ArticleNo Chinese language barrier for Serbian theatre group
With less than two weeks’ notice, the Yugoslav Drama Theatre managed to successfully perform a production of Molière’s "Imaginary Invalid" at the International Festival held in August at the Beijing...
View ArticleConfucius in 60 seconds
We often hear people quote Confucius, but who was he and what did he really say?
View ArticleXi Jinping praises British culture and literature in speech
Chinese President Xi Jinping talked about the Chinese love of British culture and literature when addressing a group of guests in London's financial district on Wednesday, Ifeng TV reported.
View ArticleChinese ethnicities in 60 seconds
The Chinese population is made up of 56 distinctly different, integrated ethnicities.
View ArticleCan ageing be happy and active?
One in three people born in 2015 is likely to live to 100, says a recent forecast by the Finnish pension fund. World population ageing will bring new challenges to global economies and social security...
View ArticleGallery: Can aging be happy and active?
Sociologists recognize good relations between grandparents and grandchildren to be mutually beneficial for their wellbeing. In Finland they try to bridge the generation gap by bringing children and old...
View ArticleChallenging the definition of ageing
How we define “old” reveals much about who we are, where we come from and, last but not least, our own age.
View ArticleChina captured by a Russian photographer wows the world
gbtimes talks to Russian photographer Vladimir Proshin, named the “Photographer of the year” at SIPA 2015 with his winning entry featuring Chinese fishermen.
View ArticleXi Jinping emphasises patriotism as part of Chinese dream
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for citizens to have what he called correct views on history, the nation, the state and the culture, in a bid to strengthen Chinese identity.
View ArticleChinese bronze drum breaks world record
The world’s biggest bronze drum made its public debut in Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on January 10.
View ArticleChina-UK Year of Culture closing ceremony takes place
The China-UK Year of Culture came to an end on January 19 at a closing ceremony in London's Potter Fields Park.
View ArticleShaanxi to offer 13 years of free education
The northwestern Chinese province of Shaanxi announced plans on January 25 to offer students up to 13 years of free education.
View ArticleConfucian scholars call for halt to church expansion
Officials and Confucian scholars have called for the suspension of a proposed church expansion near China’s largest and most renowned Confucius temple in Qufu city, Shandong Province.
View ArticleSpring Festival fair kicks off at Temple of Earth
The Spring Festival fair has kicked off at the Temple of Earth in Beijing, offering visitors a variety of cultural shows, food, crafts and entertainment.
View ArticleAncient murals unveiled for Year of the Monkey
China's Dunhuang Academy has unveiled six murals depicting the Monkey King and Buddhist monk Xuanzang to the public for the first time to celebrate the Year of the Monkey.
View ArticlePhoto of the day: A walk among history
Visitors walk among sculptures commemorating Chinese soldiers who perished during the anti-Japanese war at the Jianchuan Museum in Dayi County, Sichuan Province.
View ArticleDisney’s Zootopia is Western propaganda, says Chinese military newspaper
Disney’s computer-animated film Zootopia has been labelled invisible propaganda that could “encroach upon” China’s cultural territory by Liberation Army Daily, a Chinese military newspaper.
View ArticleChinese men wrestle in cherry tomato pit
Villagers from Tianyang county, in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region held a celebratory wrestling match in a pool of cherry tomatoes.
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