China publishes golden book to show rare calligraphy work:
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[World News]: Beijing, Dec 27 : China has published a book in pure gold to mark the 111th birth anniversary of Chairman Mao Zedong, displaying his calligraphy skills.
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A rare piece by renowned Chinese artist Xu Beihong has smashed the record for a Chinese oil painting, selling for HK$53.9 million (US$6.9 million) at a Christie's auction in Hong Kong on Sunday.
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The authors of a banned book that accuses Chinese communist officials of mistreating peasants have been awarded a 50,000 euro (US$61,500) journalism prize by a Germany-based group.
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An ambitious international project to decipher 1,000-year-old moldy pages is yielding new clues about ancient Greece.
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Yixing ware is the focus of a small but fascinating exhibition at the China Institute gallery.
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A hand-written, illustrated book of  wizardry by Harry Potter author JK Rowling fetched a record  1.95 million pounds ($3.98 million) at auction in London on  Thursday, nearly 40 times its expected price.
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"Still Life," a Chinese film about   ordinary people set against the giant Three Gorges Dam project,   was the surprise winner of the Venice Film Festival's coveted   Golden Lion award on Saturday.
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A CITY will hold its traditional Chinese New Ye
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JAKARTA , Indonesia -- It wasn't so long ago that Chinese writing was banned from public places here and Chinese schools and newspapers were prohibited. But walk into the former office of Suharto, the retired Indonesian strongman who maintained these laws in an effort to integrate the ethnic Chinese community, and a large decorative poster of Chinese characters greets visitors.
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How much is an Olympic gold medal worth? For China's newest sports stars, fresh from triumph in Athens and idolized by a sports-crazy public, the country's ongoing rush to capitalism means they can cash in like never before.
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The Chinese movie "Sanxia Haoren," or "Still Life," on Saturday took this year's Golden Lion, the top award at the Venice Film Festival.
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An ambitious international project to decipher 1,000-year-old moldy pages is yielding new clues about ancient Greece as seen through the eyes of Hyperides, an important fourth-century Athenian orator and politician.
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Getting a book published isn't the rarefied literary feat it once was.
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The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has put out draft rules to encourage a book building process with investors - a radical departure from past practice.
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The acclaimed Chinese-American author Iris Chang was eulogized in simultaneous ceremonies in northern California, Washington and Nanjing, China, after her apparent suicide earlier this month.
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Polish officials say that legal documents compiled in a new book bolster their ownership claim of drawings by Renaissance master Albrecht Durer that were looted by the Nazis during World War II.
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A financial portal is born in China.