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US President Joe Biden signed the "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" into law on Thursday which bans imports from China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on the pretext of so-called forced labor being used to produce goods in the region, fully displaying the farce being played by the US administration, the two political parties, Xinjiang separatists outfits and other anti-China elements. It seems the United States has not been able to break free of the illusion of being the "beacon of...

The controversy over a student making public what he thinks was an erroneous remark made by a college teacher in class has been simmering on the internet. The teacher, surnamed Song, told her journalism major students at Shanghai Aurora College that the officially recognized number of the Chinese people killed by the Japanese army after the fall of Nanjing, then capital of China, was "not supported by statistics". She said the number was not credible because there is no record of the names of...

Artist Wang Yimo with her project Theater on Earth nominated by curator He Guiyan won the 2021 Jimei x Arles Discovery Award. Wang Yimo will receive a prize of 100,000 yuan and will be invited to hold an exhibition at the 2022 Rencontres d'Arles in France. Zhong Weixing, judge of Jimei x Arles Discovery Award and founder of Chengdu Contemporary Image Museum, said that Theater on Earth is a site-specific portfolio set in a deserted former power plant. Wang Yimo integrated animation, perfo...

Xu Beihong, one of the preeminent figures of the 20th-century Chinese art, is known for rendering a heroic, unyielding spirit to his subjects. The human figures under his brushes, whether it is a mythological character, an ancient philosopher or a rural woman, often sparkle with courage and wisdom. His depictions of other lives, such as roosters crowing in rains, flying birds embracing fierce winds and wounded lions, also become symbols of dynamics. The Peon Art Museum Chongqing will open on ...

US, Iran signal compromise may be hard to find as nuclear talks resume Talks aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal resume on Monday, but the language from the key players, Iran and the United States, suggests any breakthroughs in Vienna will be hard won, experts say. Though the adversaries have expressed a willingness to reconcile key differences related to a 2015 nuclear deal, their demands heading into the negotiations are still "not much different" from those expressed in the earlier rou...