• Customs to celebrate Dragon Boat Festival
    2024-06-20

    [PhotoIC] China's Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu, is just around the corner. Also called the Double Fifth Festival, the holiday, which falls on June 7 this year, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar. It is one of the oldest festivals, not only in China but ...

  • Befriending the Black Dog of fate
    2024-06-20

    Black Dog, which won Un Certain Regard's top award at this year's Cannes Film Festival, centers on the special bond between Erlang, a man released from a 10-year sentence on parole, played by actor Eddie Peng, and the titular canine.[Photo provided to China Daily] Redemptory tale is gritty...