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nsiders reveal the underside of Indian film industry
It took a minute for Malhaar Rathod, then an aspiring teenage actress, to realize what the 65-year-old Indian film producer was asking her to do - and to make the…
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Banning Huawei would leave UK trailing behind on technology: Chinese ambassador
Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom Liu Xiaoming on Sunday said that banning Huawei means back-pedalling for Britain, which would leave the country trailing behind on technology. Liu, who made…
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Chinese photographer bags prestigious Lumix Award in Japan
"Take Care," a project on golden monkeys shot by Chinese photographer Zhang Qiang, has won the Lumix Award of the 2019 Nature's Best Photography Asia Awards in Tokyo, Japan. Zhang…
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Book of Xi’s speeches on celebrating 70th anniversary of PRC published
A compilation of Chinese President Xi Jinping's speeches marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) has been published by the Foreign Languages Press.…
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US drinkers hopped up for IPA beers
In bars across the US, one product - whether in bottles or on tap - that has become an absolute necessity for maintaining "cool" status: India Pale Ales (IPAs). Over…
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Rapper Juice WRLD dies after medical emergency in Chicago
Rapper Juice WRLD, who launched his career on SoundCloud before becoming a streaming juggernaut and rose to the top of the charts with the Sting-sampled hit “Lucid Dreams,” died early…
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Spring Festival gala to be staged in Houston
A Spring Festival gala is going to be staged in Houston, the fourth largest U.S. city, on Jan. 11, 2020, the organizer said at a press briefing on Saturday. The…
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China’s first science fiction academy opens in Chengdu
Sichuan University in the city of Chengdu established China's first science fiction research academy last week. The institute, which was set up in partnership with the Sichuan Association for Science…
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Mountaintop action film “Wings Over Everest” out in China on Friday
A new Chinese action-adventure film set in the Himalayas comes out in cinemas in China on Friday. "Wings over Everest" tells the story of Team Wings, a group of rescuers…
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Crystal Liu makes it onto Hollywood Reporter’s list of rising stars
Chinese actress Liu Yifei, also known as Crystal Liu, has been included in a list of 25 young talents likely heading for stardom on both the big and the small…