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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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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
Valentine's Day
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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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