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                ( Artist Zhang Lingrui ) Zhang Lingrui is an extraordinary artist making phenomenal waves across the Chinese art scene. He has cultivated his passion and talent for painting since early childhood. As a young adult, he studied oil painting at China’s most prestigious art institution, the China […]

The London Book Fair 2023 recently took place at the Olympia London exhibition centre, attracting over 30,000 attendees from across the world who came to experience one of the world’s largest book fairs. More than 200 Chinese delegates from publishing houses and corporations exhibited thousands of copies of Chinese books. The event provided a platform […]

“On the Train of Autumn ” is a powerful collection of essays written by Zhang Huaicun, the renowned British Chinese painter, poet, children’s author and illustrator. Originally published in Chinese in 2017, the book is a beautiful narrative of memories that transcend 2 very different countries and cultures. It begins with her childhood in the […]

Last year, Kris Kashtanova typed instructions for a graphic novel into a new artificial-intelligence program and touched off a high-stakes debate over who created the artwork: a human or an algorithm. Reuters News says. “Zendaya leaving gates of Central Park,” Kashtanova entered into Midjourney, an AI program similar to ChatGPT that produces dazzling illustrations from […]

It is difficult to find the appropriate words to describe British Chinese artist Li Mang’s inspirational artistic accomplishments with justice—-notes by Jian Sun Li Mang was born in Shenyang, a city in northeast China 60 years ago and has lived in the UK for over 30 years. Since he was a child, Li’s purpose in […]