In one of his late masterpieces, The Feast of the Gods, Italian painter Giovanni Bellini placed three pieces of blue-and-white porcelain at the center of the composition, using them as striking decorative accents.
Dear You, a Teochew-dialect film produced in China's Guangdong province, won the Best Director award at the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) International Film Festival over the weekend.
A delegation of content creators and bloggers from countries including Germany, Italy, Russia and the UK visited the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda in Shuozhou, Shanxi province.
At a copper mine in Zambia, workers are singing.
The figure evokes a pivotal moment in Chinese history, first captured 90 years ago by American journalist Edgar Snow.
KUNMING — The 10th China-South Asia Expo held in June in Kunming, capital city of Southwest China's Yunnan province, featured Bangladesh as the "theme country" this year. For 51-year-old Bangladeshi restaurateur Mohammed Uddin, the sight of bustling throngs of South Asian merchants and enterprises converging at this trade event stirs a complex mix of heartfelt pride and gentle envy.
A cellist performs amid lush botanical displays at the Shanghai Natural History Museum's Window of Nature zone as the first group of participants sits in quiet meditation.
In a workshop in Southwest China's Sichuan province, a discarded aluminum can left behind by a guest at a village homestay is melted down and recast as a snow leopard, using the ancient craft of Lima copper casting. The intricate technique has been practiced by Dawa Drolma's family for seven generations. It involves blending gold, silver, tin, zinc and other metals.
The 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Dialogue of Civilizations was held on Tuesday in Bishkek, where around 200 representatives from governments, media, cultural institutions and academia across SCO member states underscored the importance of dialogue and mutual learning among civilizations.
A symphonic concert titled Everlasting Friendship lit up the stage at the Trung Vuong Theater in Da Nang, Vietnam, on July 10.
As the final notes faded through the concert hall in Krakow, Poland, the audience rose in sustained applause, celebrating a performance that brought together European classics and Chinese melodies through the rich sound of the horn.