Dang Yifei from China's Shanxi province has become the world Go champion for the first time after winning the 21st LG World Go Championship in Seoul on Feb 8.
The centerpiece of experimental calligrapher Wei Ligang's ongoing Beijing exhibition is a 45-meter-long scroll titled Phoenixes and Dragons that the Beijing-based artist completed in 2012.
Shanxi contributed two discoveries to China's vital new archaeological finds in 2016, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences announced at an archaeology forum on Jan 10.
Ma Zuoji, professor of Shanxi University’s Literature School, poet, editor and scholar, known throughout China, passed away in Taiyuan, Shanxi province on Jan 7. He was 95 years old.
