I come from Tajikistan, a mountainous land in Central Asia, where Tajik — a variety of Persian — is my native tongue. Early on I learned Russian, then English, but Chinese seemed like a mountain I'd never climb. When I arrived in China, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, I could recognize characters but could hardly speak. I was quiet, tentative, anxious about making mistakes. Motivation? It wasn't enough. What I lacked was structure.
BAKU — The Sea Breeze Circus arena in Azerbaijan's capital Baku was buzzing with excitement earlier in December, as more than 1,000 spectators witnessed the debut performance of an acrobatic troupe from Liaocheng, Shandong province.
Educators and students gathered in early December at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to share their experiences of teaching and learning Chinese.
In a quiet Beijing hutong, Ahmed Nasser AlAnzi watched as a street vendor completed a sale with a simple scan of a QR code, a beep and a nod marking the transaction done.
When Karyna Kovalevska, an 18-year-old from Ukraine, first visited China in 2019 as part of a Confucius Institute summer exchange program, she never imagined the country would one day become her second home.
When I arrived in China to teach law, I didn't expect to come home with so much tea. Nor did I expect what the tea would come to mean.
The "Finest Cultural Gifts From China" Cultural and Tourism Trade Promotion Campaign, themed "Creativity Illuminates Life", was held in late December at the Macao Fisherman's Wharf.
The past year not only marks 50 years of diplomatic relations between China and the Pacific Island country of Fiji, but also celebrates 170 years of deep personal ties between the peoples of the two countries.
Two Frenchmen offer an intimate view of the country's landscapes, cities and people, Ma Jingna and Hu Yumeng report in Lanzhou.
Against the backdrop of towering, otherworldly sandstone pillars and peaks at Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Hunan province, a group of inbound tourists stands transfixed, their eyes soaking in the sweeping, mist-shrouded landscape.
China's box office experienced a banner year of skyrocketing ticket sales for animated films in 2025, bookended by two powerhouse sequels: homegrown phenomenon Ne Zha 2 ignited the market early in the year, while Disney's Zootopia 2 powered a year-end surge, underscoring the genre's potent and enduring appeal in the world's second-largest market.
For Zhou Yu, the question began as a quiet uncertainty: Could a drama set in China's insurance industry possibly find an audience overseas?
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