In second place over the holidays was Detective Chinatown 1900, which reunites director Chen Sicheng with actors Wang Baoqiang and Liu Haoran, with Hong Kong star Chow Yun Fat and US actor John Cusack ...

Has any movie studio ever made crying as big a part of its brand identity as Pixar? True, parent company Disney has long ...

He changed his Chinese name many times ... What could be a more sublime act?” “Fundo-shi” (“poop-soil master”) Izawa is something of a celebrity in Japan, publishing books, delivering lectures and ...

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This is the Sunni viewpoint. A minority believed that Ali, the Prophet’s son-in-law should lead the community. These Muslims came to be known as Shi’a, which means ‘Party of Ali’ ...

Wang Kunlin’s “2181 Overture,” adapted from Chinese writer Gu Shi’s Hugo Award-shortlisted ... to search for her lost daughter through a book she left behind. Sun Xiao’s “Somatization ...

a new book telling the stories of forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation saw its copyright exported to ­Russia. As a bridge for spreading Chinese culture, Chinese books are ...

The Chinese character on the envelope, “hok,” means good luck. Photo by Mae Mu on Unsplash Much like giving ang bao during Chinese New Year, some people also give food as a gesture of goodwill.

Not all characters from superhero films debuted in a comic book. Some, like Phil Coulson and Renee Montoya, moved into comics once they first appeared in a movie or TV show. Senate confirms Pete ...

Character AI, a startup that lets users chat with different AI-powered characters, is now testing games on its desktop and mobile web apps to increase engagement on its platform. The games are ...

Web users recently noticed that the program was randomly displaying Chinese characters, as well as code that appeared to be written in several other languages. Most people will only pay attention ...

Four of the 10 writers held an open seminar in which about three dozen were kids that they "hope to influence the most", ...