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China's radio, TV, film industry's revenue rises sharply in
2006
XInhua News, June 19,
2007 - The total revenue of China's radio,TV and film industry
increased 18 percent to 110 billion yuan (about 14.4 billion
U.S. dollars) in 2006, said a report released by the State
Administration of Radio, Film and Television on Tuesday. The
revenue of the radio and TV sector rose 17 percent, while that
of the film sector grew 19 percent, setting a new record,
according to the report. The number of China-made movies
reached 330 in 2006, up 27 percent over the previous year. And
China produced 82,300 minutes of cartoons, nearly double the
2005 volume, said the report. (Click
for full report.)
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Culture Events and Reports |
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Bond
Goes to China
Jan. 31,
2007 - "Bond" heads to China. Actor Daniel Craig, the new Bond star walked
around Beijing's forbidden city before Monday's premiere of "Casino
Royale" in China."Casino Royale" is the 21st Bond movie and the first one
to be shown on the big screen in a country with the world's largest
population. Chinese authorities rejected the last Bond movie "Die Another
Day" because it depicted North Korea as a gangster haven. This time, Sony
submitted the movie to Chinese censors early to clear the content. Many in
China have already seen "Casino Royale" before its cinema release there.
China's pirated d-v-d business is a booming one. The movie's director says
he found a black-market copy of the movie on d-v-d for sale on the street
for the equivalent of one dollar.
- The Rolling
Stones to make China debut in April Xinhua News - The
Rolling Stones will make their first ever visit to China to
perform in Shanghai on April 8. The rock greats will play at
Shanghai Grand Stage, which has more than 8,500 seats. The
Shanghai performance is produced by WPC Piecemeal Inc.,
Concert Productions International and The Next Adventure,
promoted locally by Emma Entertainment and sponsored by
Deutsche Bank. Jonathan Krane, CEO of Emma Entertainment, says
that the Shanghai concert is part of the Rolling Stones'
"bigger bang" world tour. The tour opened in Boston in August
2005 and has already attracted more than 1.5 million fans in
the United States. The Rolling Stones are among the better
known Western rock acts in China. "It's better late than
never", says Li Yi, a 30-year-old Shanghai local. "Many young
Chinese love to listen to a lot of Rock and Roll music, which
has been synonymous with a rebellious attitude." Ticket
prices of the Rolling Stone's Shanghai concert range from 300
yuan (37.5 U.S. dollars) to 3,000 yuan (375 U.S. dollars).
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China to set up Confucius
institutes in Russia
Xinhua, Oct. 18, 2006 - Chinese Education Minister Zhou Ji said on
Tuesday that China will set up several Confucius Institutes in Russia
next year to cope with the growing demand from Russian people to learn
Chinese. The Confucius Institute is a non-profit school specializing
in Chinese language education and cultural communication. Zhou said
the Russian government also attaches great importance to Chinese
language education and the two governments have signed an agreement
specializing in supporting language teaching in both countries.
According to Zhou, there are about 10,000 people in Russia learning
Chinese, up 40 percent on last year. On the upcoming China Year in
Russia, Zhou said, the two sides will strengthen cooperation in
language education. China will provide different types of textbooks
and reading materials for different levels of learners and teaching
staff will also be provided with extra teaching materials, Zhou said.
A Chinese language competition will be held in Moscow next year, the
minister added. China has helped to introduce Chinese as a degree
course in Russian universities and supported the establishment of a
Chinese language center in Russian universities, Zhou said. China will
also provide audio-video teaching materials and a Chinese testing
service to facilitate teaching and learning Chinese in Russia, he
added. "Language is the bridge of friendship. To expand Chinese
teaching abroad is conducive to stepping up understanding between
China and the world," Zhou said.
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Classics Losing Out to
Pop Culture
China Internet Information Center, Aug. 29, 2006 - China's literary
classics are losing out to popular culture as far as teenagers are
concerned, according to a report of the Guangzhou Daily on
August 21. Before the school summer vacation started this year, Ms Li
drew up a "reading schedule of literary classics" for her daughter, a
senior secondary school student. But by the end of the vacation, her
daughter had only read ten pages of A Dream of Red Mansions,
a novel published in the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) by Cao Xueqin,
just one of the classics Ms Li had hoped her daughter would plow
through. A hapless Ms Li lamented: "What's the matter with these
middle school students now?" (Click
for full report)
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Local artists perform traditional dance during the
celebration of Chinese Lantern Festival in Xining, capital of
northwest China's Qinghai Province, on Feb. 16, 2008. The
Chinese Lantern Festival, or 'Yuanxiao Festival', which takes
place on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the first night
of the new year with a full moon, falls on Feb. 21 this year. (Xinhua
Photo)
A woman with her baby in arms looks at a
lantern displayed on a square in Fuzhou, capital of south
China’s Fujian Province on Feb. 16, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
Chinese Style International Wedding Before
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