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Exhibition Shows Influence of French Arts
"Awakening: The French Influence in Chinese Arts" exhibition has opened at the China National Museum of Fine Arts in Beijing as part of the Year of France in China.
French Photo Show
Visitors look at pictures from the French Photographs Exhibition, which ends on April 17, at the Shanghai Art Museum.
Objectif Paris to Open in Beijing
Objectif Paris, a celebration of the history of photography in Paris, will open on Saturday in Beijing.
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Picasso
Print works by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso will go on show at the Beijing Imperial City Art Gallery starting this Saturday, featuring 264 authorized prints in eight series.
Highlights of French Culture Program in Shanghai
As part of the components of the ongoing "Year of France in China", which themed easier cultural communications between the two nations, French Culture in Shanghai is now on the stage in the Chinese biggest city. Earlier, I talked to CRI Shanghai correspondent Lin Lin on what's going on there.
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Picasso Prints to Go on Show
Exhibition Shows Influence of French Arts
French Photo Show
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v French Dancers Perform for Old People in Hangzhou
v French Electronic Music Artist Jean Michel Jarre Plays in the Forbidden City
v "Sylvia" Opens the France Culture Year in China
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Three Days of French Flavors
Movie about Yiger Cubs Preludes French Culture Year
French Fireworks Show Presented in Wuhan
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"Although the word 'France' is not connected with the daily necessities of ordinary Chinese, the French culture is well known in the country. Philosophers like Rousseau and Montesquiou are bignames here."

"The French place high value on the role food plays in their lives, which is very similar to the way we view food in China. And both cultures also boast of a wide variety of cuisines."

"One of the most important people in my life is (well, was) a French girl of Chinese origin. She has very good Mandarin pronouncination. But French culture is probably one of the shallowest in Europe, and I think it might have repressed some of her wonderful qualities -- of course you can say something similar about her Asian roots if you want. So I guess she just didn't want to be my friend anymore! But Emilie Simon's songs still remind me of the fun we had together in London and Paris!"
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Producer: Gao Qian
Pagemaker: Li Meng
Designer: Avida