Hungry Ghost Festival essentials, and 5 Chinese superstitions to heed this month
This has led to a practice that has now become tradition – for the whole of the month, people pay their respects to the dead to ensure they are at …
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Beijing’s art scene eyes global revival with Gallery Weekend Beijing in 798 Art District
As big signboards around the city declare, the 798 Art District wants to be “The Global Art Destination”. 798 Art District was hoping to lure back international visitors by holding …
Bonsai burglars: Japan sees surge in tiny tree thefts, prompting ‘angry’ growers to boost security
“They came early in the morning of May 8, at around 1.30,” said Yusei Sasaki, who represents the third generation of the Sasaki family to manage the business. “They took …
5 of the greatest Chinese cultural exports, from foods and tea to calligraphy and Confucianism
Chinese history has produced many cultural exports, particularly to East and Southeast Asia. Here are five of the most significant: 1. Hanzi (Chinese characters) Calligraphy dates back 3,000 years in …
Baidu CEO says its AI model bests OpenAI’s GPT-4 in Imperial Chinese poetry, citing famed Tang-era style
Baidu’s Ernie 4 artificial intelligence (AI) model, one of China’s leading large language models (LLMs), has outperformed similar technologies from US peers in generating Chinese texts such as those in …
‘A truly remarkable phenomenon’: How a medieval imperial exam helped dismantle the aristocracy in Tang-era China
“Our paper shows that even in a decidedly pre-modern society like medieval China, some institutional transformation like keju could activate the link between education and political success,” said Erik Wang, …