It is needless to say that fantasy is one of the world’s most popular genres of films and TV shows. Chinese drama makers take this to a whole new level. In C-dramas, there are several segments within ...

A Yangtze finless porpoise appears to "smile" at the Baiji Dolphinarium at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Wang Chaoqun Over the last 1,400 years, populations of the Yangtze finless porpoise have ...

Popular Chinese actor Xu Kai has been receiving praise from critics and viewers for his portrayal of Yue Jin Zhao in the ongoing fantasy drama Sword & Fairy 4. The anticipated drama premiered on ...

Ancient poems tell the story of an iconic aquatic species' demise over 1,400 years, reveals new research. Endemic to China’s Yangtze River, the Yangtze finless porpoise is known for its intelligence ...

As Qixi Festival, often called China's Valentine's Day, approaches, the stars appear not merely as celestial bodies, but as timeless symbols of love and longing in classical Chinese poetry. For ...

Lapina's book, River Snow: Anthology of Ancient Chinese Lyrics, was published in 2024 and quickly garnered several major honors, including the Latvian Poetry Days Award, the Latvian Book Art Award ...

A close-up of a smiling Yangtze finless porpoise at the Baiji Dolphinarium of the Institute of Hydrobiology. (Wang Chaoqun/Chinese Academy of Sciences) (CN) — The ever-smiling Yangtze finless porpoise ...

Over the last 1,400 years, populations of the Yangtze finless porpoise have dramatically declined in China. But intensive surveys of its range only span the last couple of decades, leaving lots of ...