The club, called "Lao Wai Jiang Zhongwen" Toastmasters, or Chinese-speaking foreigners Toastmasters, is a Mandarin language club for advanced Chinese language learners who want to practice their Chinese and public speaking.
Musicians more than most have to know the score, literally. And drummer Mattia Cecchetto and guitarist Armen Simon Pour Ahmadabadi know the score. The two Italian musicians played together when they were 3-year-old toddlers. They have performed as a band for almost a decade, and moved to China in 2018, where they worked for different bands, and also wrote and produced songs.
Bobby Orillaneda, a senior researcher at the Philippine National Museum of Anthropology, fell in love with ancient Chinese ceramics in 1999 when he joined a shipwreck excavation in Palawan, an archipelagic province in the Southeast Asian country.
On July 29, the "China-New Zealand Friendship Envoy-In Commemoration of Kathleen Hall's 125th Birthday" was held, co-organized by the Beijing People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the New Zealand-China Friendship Society and the Chinese Bethune Spiritual Research Association.
Amid the setting sun and gentle sea breeze, Heros Di Bartolomeo, an Italian photographer, sips kung fu tea with several friends sitting on the balcony of his two-story red brick building as part of his usual routine, putting an end to a busy day like many others in the ancient city of Quanzhou.
The dance drama "Confucius" will be among the virtual activities at the 49th edition of the International Cervantino Festival.
Gabriel de Moras, aged 40, is a Brazilian from Rio de Janeiro. He is now working as a martial arts instructor in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Inspired by the internationally acclaimed kung fu star Bruce Lee, he has developed a genuine interest in martial arts and Chinese culture. He even has a Chinese name, "Mo Xiaolong".
With the rapid development of China's online literature landscape, Chinese online novels have created a huge fan base overseas.
Any stranger talking to Misiutkin Vladislav on the phone for the first time would consider him a native of Shenyang, the capital of Northeast China's Liaoning province.
"Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021" opened to public in the Macao SAR on July 15, with its main exhibition "Advance and Retreat of Globalization" being unveiled on the same day.
After a recent health episode, I've been told by my doctor to take it easy and reduce stress. Problem is, I enjoy my work and sometimes that means I take on a bit too much and don't realize I've done so until my body gives me a wake-up call.
An ongoing exhibition at the Power Station of Art has brought together artists, botanists and philosophers to tell about their bonds with trees, one of the oldest living organisms on the planet.