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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Rise of 'China-chic' wins fans around world

The traditional Chinese-style performance by singer and dancer Liu Yu amazes audiences. Rivers to the East The profound emotional impact of Chinese culture on foreign audiences extends far beyond the confines of the dance stage. Seven years ago, video blogger Li Ziqi gained global popularity on You-Tube with videos showcasing traditional Chinese culture and lifestyle, leading her to set a …

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Rise of 'China-chic' wins fans around world

China Daily

The traditional Chinese-style performance by singer and dancer Liu Yu amazes audiences. Rivers to the East The profound emotional impact of Chinese culture on foreign audiences extends far beyond the confines of the dance stage. Seven years ago, video blogger Li Ziqi gained global popularity on You-Tube with videos showcasing traditional Chinese culture and lifestyle, leading her to set a …

China Chinese Journey Chinese Culture

Rise of 'China-chic' wins fans around world

China Daily

The traditional Chinese-style performance by singer and dancer Liu Yu amazes audiences. Rivers to the East The profound emotional impact of Chinese culture on foreign audiences extends far beyond the confines of the dance stage. Seven years ago, video blogger Li Ziqi gained global popularity on You-Tube with videos showcasing traditional Chinese culture and lifestyle, leading her to set a …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bye, Bezos: People Are Leaving Amazon’s Goodreads For A New Book-Reading App

Huff Post

Illustration: Jianan Liu/HuffPost; Photo: Getty Images The StoryGraph is a Black woman-owned book-tracking app that many people are flocking to from the Amazon-owned Goodreads. “It was based off of, ‘Where’s the gap in the market?’” The StoryGraph does indeed address gaps in Goodreads’ product, while also being a necessary space for people interested in social change. “I think especially after …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Amazon side hustle: Self-publishing classic books has become a weird new way to “retire early.”

Slate

The man in the video says there’s a simple reason why I’m not rich. “I’m a competitive beast.” But unlike the many other would-be influencers linking mindset with unbelievable wealth, Pye isn’t hawking crypto or herbal supplements. “Every student I teach learns more about the world that was and the world that is,” he wrote in an email celebrating a …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Women writers bond over words

China Daily

Book lovers in a group photo with the four Asian women writers in Beijing last month, after attending their dialogue, organized by the Beijing October Arts and Literature Publishing House. One of the most popular literary activities last month was a dialogue between four Asian women writers — Gong Ji-yeong from South Korea, Li Zishu from Malaysia, and Qiao Ye …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

10 Chinese online literature works added to British Library collection

China Daily

LONDON -- The British Library expanded its Chinese collection on Thursday by adding ten online novels by Chinese authors, including Lord of the Mysteries, Soul Land, and The Joy of Life. These novels, originally published on platforms operated by Yuewen, a Chinese online literature company, were donated to document the cultural significance and rapid development of internet literature in China. …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

10 Chinese online literature works added to British Library collection

China Daily

LONDON -- The British Library expanded its Chinese collection on Thursday by adding ten online novels by Chinese authors, including Lord of the Mysteries, Soul Land, and The Joy of Life. These novels, originally published on platforms operated by Yuewen, a Chinese online literature company, were donated to document the cultural significance and rapid development of internet literature in China. …

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2 months ago

Popular Chinese influencer Li Ziqi makes surprise online comeback

China Daily

Li Ziqi, one of China's most popular influencers, made a surprising comeback on Tuesday afternoon after she stopped posting videos for more than three years. Li resumed posting online with two new videos showing how she transformed a shed into a woodland cloakroom and making wardrobe doors using the intangible cultural heritage Chinese lacquerware techniques across social media platforms, including …

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2 months ago

Popular Chinese influencer Li Ziqi makes surprise online comeback

China Daily

Li Ziqi, one of China's most popular influencers, made a surprising comeback on Tuesday afternoon after she stopped posting videos for more than three years. Li resumed posting online with two new videos showing how she transformed a shed into a woodland cloakroom and making wardrobe doors using the intangible cultural heritage Chinese lacquerware techniques across social media platforms, including …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Online entertainment bolsters cultural prosperity

China Daily

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Online entertainment bolsters cultural prosperity

China Daily

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dead at 83

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Riggio’s near-half century reign began …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Books, bags and lots more fun

China Daily

The 20th Shanghai Book Fair, held from Aug 14 to Tuesday, attracted 298,000 visitors to the Shanghai Exhibition Center. GAO ERQIANG/CHINA DAILY One of China's biggest annual publishing events draws crowds from all over the country in search of something new, Zhang Kun reports. The 20th Shanghai Book Fair, one of China's largest annual fairs for readers and the publishing …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Books, bags and lots more fun

China Daily

The 20th Shanghai Book Fair, held from Aug 14 to Tuesday, attracted 298,000 visitors to the Shanghai Exhibition Center. GAO ERQIANG/CHINA DAILY One of China's biggest annual publishing events draws crowds from all over the country in search of something new, Zhang Kun reports. The 20th Shanghai Book Fair, one of China's largest annual fairs for readers and the publishing …

China Shanghai Book

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Books, bags and lots more fun

China Daily

The 20th Shanghai Book Fair, held from Aug 14 to Tuesday, attracted 298,000 visitors to the Shanghai Exhibition Center. GAO ERQIANG/CHINA DAILY One of China's biggest annual publishing events draws crowds from all over the country in search of something new, Zhang Kun reports. The 20th Shanghai Book Fair, one of China's largest annual fairs for readers and the publishing …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Books, bags and lots more fun

China Daily

The 20th Shanghai Book Fair, held from Aug 14 to Tuesday, attracted 298,000 visitors to the Shanghai Exhibition Center. GAO ERQIANG/CHINA DAILY One of China's biggest annual publishing events draws crowds from all over the country in search of something new, Zhang Kun reports. The 20th Shanghai Book Fair, one of China's largest annual fairs for readers and the publishing …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Books, bags and lots more fun

China Daily

The 20th Shanghai Book Fair, held from Aug 14 to Tuesday, attracted 298,000 visitors to the Shanghai Exhibition Center. GAO ERQIANG/CHINA DAILY One of China's biggest annual publishing events draws crowds from all over the country in search of something new, Zhang Kun reports. The 20th Shanghai Book Fair, one of China's largest annual fairs for readers and the publishing …

China Book

6 months, 1 week ago

Micro-short dramas tasting global success

China Daily

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY While ReelShort surged to the top of the entertainment charts in the United States, short drama platform Top-Short outperformed Netflix in Japan, replicating the success of the micro-short drama format across international markets. The global popularity of micro-short dramas is not surprising, as they meet contemporary demands for cultural and entertainment consumption — low entry barriers, minimal …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bookstore owner brings passion for reading to rural areas

China Daily

Visitors chat at a rural bookstore at Weichang Manchu and Mongolian autonomous county in Hebei province in early June. XI'AN — Jiao Meining, 47, took a particular liking to a picture book titled That Book Woman, based on the true story of female librarians traversing mountains to deliver books to children in the rural United States, which went on to …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bookstore owner brings passion for reading to rural areas

China Daily

Visitors chat at a rural bookstore at Weichang Manchu and Mongolian autonomous county in Hebei province in early June. XI'AN — Jiao Meining, 47, took a particular liking to a picture book titled That Book Woman, based on the true story of female librarians traversing mountains to deliver books to children in the rural United States, which went on to …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

AI-powered livestreaming rivalries heating up

China Daily

A seller promotes products through livestreaming in Haian, Jiangsu province, during this year's June 18 shopping gala. GU HUAXIA/FOR CHINA DAILY Competition in China's booming livestreaming e-commerce sector has intensified during this year's June 18 shopping carnival as major online retailers ramped up efforts to promote sales and entice a more diversified customer base via livestreaming fueled by advances in …

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7 months ago

Learning online adds to appeal of Chinese

China Daily

A competitor displays calligraphy during a Chinese language contest in Ljubljana, Slovenia, last month. "We include various aspects of Chinese culture in our courses, such as traditions like the Spring Festival, martial arts, and Peking Opera. Tan, who has experience teaching Chinese in classrooms, believes online education allows more people to learn, and with the help of AI, online courses …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese online short dramas seek ever-growing success

China Daily

The filming of a costume drama-themed miniseries in Hengdian World Studios, Zhejiang province, in March. Last year, the market size of China's online short series was 37.39 billion yuan, soaring 268 percent from a year earlier, with the market expected to exceed 100 billion yuan by 2027, according to data compiled by iiMedia Research, a China-based business analysis firm. Boasting …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Opening a door to a timeless world

China Daily

Jiang Chengbo, 97, spends about six hours every day in his store that sells valuable ancient books. The store is tucked away inside a small alley in Suzhou's Pingjiang Historic District. Yet, age alone has done little to change his decadeslong habit: every day, he will spend about six hours sitting by the glass door of his store, tucked away …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Opening a door to a timeless world

China Daily

Jiang Chengbo, 97, spends about six hours every day in his store that sells valuable ancient books. The store is tucked away inside a small alley in Suzhou's Pingjiang Historic District. Yet, age alone has done little to change his decadeslong habit: every day, he will spend about six hours sitting by the glass door of his store, tucked away …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Opening a door to a timeless world

China Daily

Jiang Chengbo, 97, spends about six hours every day in his store that sells valuable ancient books. The store is tucked away inside a small alley in Suzhou's Pingjiang Historic District. Yet, age alone has done little to change his decadeslong habit: every day, he will spend about six hours sitting by the glass door of his store, tucked away …

8 months ago

Elon Musk says X users can post movies on platform to earn money

India TV News

Elon Musk is regularly introducing new features to his social media platform X. Now, the billionaire said that subscribed users can post movies, TV series or podcasts on the platform and earn money via monetisation. Musk made the comment while replying to his sister Tosca Musk who co-founded the streaming service Passionflix, the tech billionaire said that users can now …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Influencer publishing is having a big moment with social media celebrities writing books

The Hindu

Last month, Penguin India, the largest English language books publisher in the subcontinent, threw a party in Mumbai. According to entrepreneur Ankur Warikoo, famous for his YouTube videos on personal finance — his most popular video is on “how to pay a 25-year loan in just 10 years” — when he first decided to pen a book, “I was writing …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Teacher-turned-livestreamer inspires viewers to fall in love with books

China Daily

Scenes from livestreamer Dong Yuhui's promotion of literary magazines. Hundreds of thousands of bookworms tuned in to Xinhua's livestream interview with teacher-turned-influencer Dong Yuhui on the eve of this year's World Book and Copyright Day, which fell on Tuesday. Two years ago, Dong was an ordinary livestreamer pitching agricultural products to online consumers on East Buy's Douyin channel, which was …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Taiwan native loving life as livestreamer

China Daily

Wu Shen-hwa discusses work with one of his company's livestreamers at his studio in Fuzhou, Fujian province. "The mainland's supply chain advantage is quite obvious," Wu said, specifically noting the better quality and high cost performance of mainland goods. During his entrepreneurial life in Fuzhou over the past decade, Wu said he has personally enjoyed the support and care that …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese online literature starts new chapter overseas

China Daily

Wu Yiqin, vice-president of China Writers Association After more than two decades of development, Chinese online literature has not only become one of the pillar resources of the pop culture market in China, but it is also an important way for people from different cultures to learn about each other, and communicate in the comment sections. By the end of …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese online literature starts new chapter overseas

China Daily

Wu Yiqin, vice-president of China Writers Association After more than two decades of development, Chinese online literature has not only become one of the pillar resources of the pop culture market in China, but it is also an important way for people from different cultures to learn about each other, and communicate in the comment sections. By the end of …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

SDU graduate showcases traditional culture through creative short videos

China Daily

Zhu Tiexiong, a graduate of Shandong University, has garnered widespread attention on the internet for his dedication to promoting traditional culture through the creation of short videos. During this year's Spring Festival Gala, Zhu made a memorable appearance at the Xi'an branch by transforming into a martial character from Qin Opera using special effects within 11 seconds. The videos also …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

SDU graduate showcases traditional culture through creative short videos

China Daily

Zhu Tiexiong, a graduate of Shandong University, has garnered widespread attention on the internet for his dedication to promoting traditional culture through the creation of short videos. During this year's Spring Festival Gala, Zhu made a memorable appearance at the Xi'an branch by transforming into a martial character from Qin Opera using special effects within 11 seconds. The videos also …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Harvest reaps rewards of livestream

China Daily

Scenes from livestreamer Dong Yuhui's promotion of literary magazines. On Wednesday, one of the country's top livestream influencers Dong Yuhui, invited two writers and the editor-in-chief of Harvest magazine to his Douyin program, Time With Yuhui. Harvest's editor-in-chief Cheng Yongxin said throughout the hard times facing all printed publications, the magazine has never run any "What brought us to this …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

From high schooler to highlighter

China Daily

Lahongsang brings joy to her audience by recording her life through videos. "I'm not exactly sure what draws people to my videos, but many viewers say watching my videos makes them happy, so maybe that's it." "The inspiration for this video came from my own embarrassing experience when my pants were stained with menstrual blood, and I was made fun …

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11 months ago

Korean bookstores in L.A. are dying. Here’s how one survives

LA Times

Joe Choi stood inside Aladdin Fullerton bookstore, flipping through “Introduction to Business Management” in Korean. Min-woo Nam is the owner of Aladdin Fullerton, one of the last remaining Korean bookstores in Southern California The front table showcases bestselling Korean novels as well as American novels translated into Korean, such as “Crying in H Mart: A Memoir” by Michelle Zauner and …

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11 months ago

Social media helping young people read ‘proper’ books, says Waterstones chief

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Waterstones managing director James Daunt said social media is reinforcing the reading of …

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11 months, 1 week ago

This week’s best podcasts – including maternity discrimination, Gok Wan’s childhood and scamfluencers

The Independent

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Busy book fair shows draw of children's books, traditional culture

China Daily

Readers browse books at the Beijing Book Fair on Jan 11. The Beijing Book Fair, held from Jan 11 to 13, reported a record high of over 100,000 visits as China's book market continues to thrive. According to the annual report on the book market issued under the guidance of the Publishers Association of China and the Book and Periodicals …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Busy book fair shows draw of children's books, traditional culture

China Daily

Readers browse books at the Beijing Book Fair on Jan 11. The Beijing Book Fair, held from Jan 11 to 13, reported a record high of over 100,000 visits as China's book market continues to thrive. According to the annual report on the book market issued under the guidance of the Publishers Association of China and the Book and Periodicals …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Book fair shows flourishing market, charm of traditional culture

China Daily

The Beijing Book Fair features 400,000 books from 720 exhibitors, drawing publishers, authors, and readers nationwide, on Jan 11, 2024. The Beijing Book Fair, held from Jan 11 to 13, reported a record high of over 100,000 visits as China's book market continues to thrive. Charm of traditional culture In the almost 400 diverse activities held during the book fair, …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Book fair shows flourishing market, charm of traditional culture

China Daily

The Beijing Book Fair features 400,000 books from 720 exhibitors, drawing publishers, authors, and readers nationwide, on Jan 11, 2024. The Beijing Book Fair, held from Jan 11 to 13, reported a record high of over 100,000 visits as China's book market continues to thrive. Charm of traditional culture In the almost 400 diverse activities held during the book fair, …

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1 year ago

Comics redrawing reading habits

China Daily

The book cover of Chinese comic titles that are sweeping the market, gaining popularity for introducing knowledge of traditional culture and for offering emotional support to readers. "At that time I knew nothing about the people, places and historical background in the game, so I started reading books about WWII and found that I had to first read about WWI …

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1 year ago

Comics redrawing reading habits

China Daily

The book cover of Chinese comic titles that are sweeping the market, gaining popularity for introducing knowledge of traditional culture and for offering emotional support to readers. In recent years, the domestic market has seen comic books that popularize knowledge — especially about traditional Chinese culture — or that provide emotional support have become popular, largely due to competition that's …

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1 year ago

Bookstores explore new ways to remain relevant in digital age

China Daily

The 2024 China Bookstore Conference was held in Beijing on Jan 9 to discuss the role of innovation in the development of physical bookstores. For years, traditional physical bookstores have been actively seeking to change since they are facing difficulties due to the rise of the internet, and especially of online marketing, which has become the main channel through which …

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1 year ago

Bookstores explore new ways to remain relevant in digital age

China Daily

The 2024 China Bookstore Conference was held in Beijing on Jan 9 to discuss the role of innovation in the development of physical bookstores. For years, traditional physical bookstores have been actively seeking to change since they are facing difficulties due to the rise of the internet, and especially of online marketing, which has become the main channel through which …

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1 year ago

Bookstores explore new ways to remain relevant in digital age

China Daily

The 2024 China Bookstore Conference was held in Beijing on Jan 9 to discuss the role of innovation in the development of physical bookstores. For years, traditional physical bookstores have been actively seeking to change since they are facing difficulties due to the rise of the internet, and especially of online marketing, which has become the main channel through which …

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1 year ago

Top 10 words making a buzz in online literature

China Daily

China Literature Group exhibits artistic renditions of 150 of its online literature IPs in Dongguan Library on April 22 last year. A list of the "Top 10 Buzzwords in Chinese Online Literature in 2023", co-released recently by The Paper, a digital newspaper, and the country's largest online literature content provider, China Literature Group, displays trendy ways that young people tackle …

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