Cultural exchanges between France and China will be celebrated
with 100 events in 10 Chinese cities from next month during the
China-France Cultural Exchanges Festival.
The festival will bring the visual and performing arts to
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing, Dalian, Wuhan,
Xi'an, Qingdao and Kunming cities from April 20 to June 11, said
Olivier Guyonvarch, from the French Embassy in China, which
sponsors the festival.
"It will give French and Chinese artists the opportunity to
meet, free from the physical boundaries of their countries, and to
combine their traditions and modernity, their similarities and
differences," he said.
Some events would take place in Kuala Lumpur and Pinang,
Malaysia, he said.
The celebrations have been an annual event since 2003.
(Xinhua News Agency April 1, 2006)
