The new home for Mainland panda pair

Giant pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Tuan play at a panda breeding base in Ya'an City in southeast China's Sichuan Province on Dec. 22, 2008, one day ahead of their scheduled departure. The panda pair will take a charter flight to go to Taiwan on Tuesday if the weather condition is ok.  YA'AN, Sichuan - A pair of giant pandas offered by the Chinese mainland are going to leave Ya'an Tuesday ...

Chinese Popular Music of 30 Years

  A file photo of the four Hong Kong pop kings, (from L to R) Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok, and Leon Lai.    As the 1990s saw the pop industry grow and boom in Chinese mainland, the Canto-pop scene managed to rally from the late 80s' downturn. And so came the era of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Canto-pop. While Canto-pop was struggling to keep afloat despite...

Actress Zhang Ziyi named China''s "most beautiful person" by media

   Chinese movie star Zhang Ziyi shoots new photos for the fashion magazine Bazaar. BEIJING, Dec. 19-- Actress Zhang Ziyi has placed first on a list of the 50 "most beautiful people in China." The fourth annual event was organized by The Beijing News, which announced the result in its Friday edition. Zhang, who starred in the films "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" ...

Santa Clause in Christmas race

     Santa Clause in swimming suits and Christmas hats participate in a race in Budapest, Hungary, Dec. 7, 2008. Starting from a skating rink in Westend City Center, people sang Christmas carol and ran to the Oktogon, which is hundreds meters away. The race is held to collect money for a children's hospital        Santa Clause in swimmin...

[Photo] Self-made "panda"

A girl walks a "panda" in a street of Wuhan, Hubei Province in central China, attracting the attention of lots of people around. The "panda" turns out to be a dog wearing pandas' makeup! A "panda" attracts many puppies. This "panda" turns out to be a dog wearing pandas' makeup! "A panda" attracts a dog. It turns out to be a dog wearing pandas' ...

[Video] View: 2008 Guangzhou Auto Show

Background The 6th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition opened on November 19. "Hi-tech Promise Future" as the theme with continuing "High Quality, International and Comprehensive" orientation, the organizers pay more attention to improve the quality of exhibition, to present an excellent pageant of auto industry for domestic and oversea visitors. Auto Guangzhou 2008 is cover...

[Video] Red Cliff II Movie Trailor Release

Trailor of the second part of Red Cliff. It will be on screen in Jan. 2009 in Chinese.   Red Cliff second part trailor 

[Video] VOD for Leisure: Skeleton Dance

Short CG clip made by Chinese DIYer Skeleton Dance (source: Sina)

[Video] Kungfu Show: Film Clips Of Bruce Lee

The video below is clipped from movie production of BRUCE Lee, the famous Chinese kungfu star. Though Lee had left his fans for about 30 years. But audience all arround the world could recall his strong and vigorous style clearly.  BRUCE Lee Even arround 30 years after Bruce Lee's death, he was crowned by Time magazine as one of " 20 major ...

Learn Foreign Languages for Fun

IT'S not just pupils who are benefiting from a Halifax school's language college status. For the past five years, students from eight to 80 have been learning French, Spanish, German, Italian, and even Mandarin Chinese at after-school classes at Crossley Heath School. As well as learning for fun, there is the chance to take a GCSE or learn Chinese for business use. Studying Chinese ...