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Life Upclose

by NEWS Plus · 100 episodes

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A weekly feature show where we discuss people, lifestyles and China's ever-changing society.

Latest episodes

  1. Phone conversation between President Xi and Trump

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  2. China wildlife celebrate arrival of spring

    China is home to many of the world's rare wild creatures, the giant panda and Chinese pangolin to name just two of them. Along with the arrival of spring in most parts of China, re…

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  3. Challenges ahead for China's potentially lucrative music industry

    It's no doubt that China looks like an Eldorado for people working in the music industry: 1.4 billion inhabitants and their ever-improving living standards. Currently, the country…

    24 min ↗
  4. China Springtime Outdoor Sports Features Low-carbon Concept

    As warm spring breezes begin to wake nature in most parts of China, residents are opening their doors and coming out of winter in more ways than one. Outdoor activities are definit…

    24 min ↗
  5. Opportunities at Home: Chinese migrant workers return to the countryside

    Amid the deepening economicand social reforms, the Chinese government has begun to abolish some of the policies thatprevented farmers-turned migrant workers from becoming full-stat…

    24 min ↗
  6. Private Nursing Homes and Volunteer Service Help Tackle China's Aging Problem

    Along with its eye-catching economic growth in recent decades, the world's most populous nation has also been aging rapidly. Having long passed the international threshold of an "a…

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  7. Chinese Libraries and Museums Explore Ways to Better Serve Readers

    China with its enchanting ancient civilization is home to many of the world's fascinating cultural heritages. Cultural institutions across the nation are now exploring various ways…

    24 min ↗
  8. China Domestic Cartoon and Animation Products Gain Fans

    China's locally-produced comics or "Guoman" in Chinese have seen a rapid rise in popularity thanks tothe internet and efforts in creating derivative products of classical cartoon c…

    24 min ↗
  9. China Speeds up Afforestation to Build Beautiful Country

    Amid a national drive of environmental protection, many regions in China have been speeding up tree-planting efforts: new forest farms and parks are being built near cities; and in…

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  10. Willy Tsao--"Founding Father of Modern Dance in China"

    China and its rich cultural relics are territories into which the art of modern dance, evolving in the West since the early 20th century, has been reaching its tentacles and in ret…

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  11. Skilled Jobs in Catering Hotcakes for Migrant Workers

    Hundreds of millions of Chinese people are getting back to work as the annual celebrations of the Spring Festival come to an end. As usual, many of them are flocking to big, afflue…

    24 min ↗
  12. Fun and Reunion: China Celebrates Spring Festival of 2017

    The annual celebrations of the Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, are now underway all across the vast land of China. Mass-scale travelling, family reunions, and temple fairs ar…

    24 min ↗
  13. Oasis of Leisure and Rest: Chun'an Promotes itself as Global Green City

    Choking, smoggy air frequently appears in many cities in China, with residents having to tolerate the pollution from time to time. As a result, more and more people are seeking fre…

    24 min ↗
  14. Happiness in Twilight Years: Smart Elderly Care in Luoyang

    The Chinese population is rapidly aging after decades of the "one child" policy, greater life expectancy and other factors. How to provide quality care for the huge number of senio…

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  15. Renewal of Tradition: The Modernization of Kun Qu Opera

    China is home to many of the world's intangible cultural heritages, for instance Kun Qu Opera, a traditional Chinese opera which dominated the country's theatre from the 16th to th…

    24 min ↗
  16. "Slow for a Better Life" in Yaxi Town

    At the moment, more than half of the 1.3 billion Chinese people live in the cities. But urban life isn't always attractive. The fast-pace and hustle and bustle of crowded cities of…

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  17. From Nuisance to Resources: China Explores Ways to Treat Kitchen Waste

    How to treat the kitchen waste has become a problem for individual Chinese families as well as the nation as a whole. As well as mass scale industrial treatment, one seemingly insi…

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  18. China's Middle Class Look to Affordable Artworks

    China's art market has seen a boom since the early 2000s with the expansion of the Chinese economy producing a number of super-rich businessmen. It's become a normal picture for Ch…

    24 min ↗
  19. Back to the Countryside: China's New Generation farmers

    The hardships and poverty stereotype of rural farm life is embedded in the minds of many parents in China, who are keen for their children to find decent jobs in the cities rather…

    24 min ↗
  20. Changting Village: Manmade Seaside Beach Attracts Tourists

    China is the world's most populous nation on earth. A lot of these people have managed to make a lot of money--and they are creating a tourism boom at home. In a bid to capitalize…

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