The China Cultural Center in Laos launched the first event of the 2025 "Happy Chinese New year." The opening ceremony of a special exhibition "Laos Through the Eyes of Yunnan Artists" was held at the China Cultural Center in Laos on Dec 27, 2024.
The Happy Chinese New Year temple fair, co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China and the Chinese Embassy in Laos, and co-organized by the China Cultural Center in Laos and the Hubei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, was launched on Jan 17.
On Jan 8, the Spring Festival Celebration for the Year of the Snake commenced with a launch ceremony held at the Irish National Botanic Gardens in Dublin, Ireland.
The Nepal Tea-Tasting Festival: Strengthening Nepal-China Cultural Bonds, co-hosted by the Nepali Embassy in China and the Silk Road Cities Alliance, was held on Friday in Beijing.
Some 30 middle and primary school students from Shenzhen, Guangdong province, visited the embassy of El Salvador in Beijing on Jan 16.
FREETOWN — David John Francis, former minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation of Sierra Leone, released his book on China-Sierra Leone relations with a ceremony on Jan 8 at the Chinese embassy in Freetown, the country's capital.
In the fall of 2012, Nishida Satoshi, a Japanese exchange student from Kyoto, was captivated by a double act comedy show at Beijing Language and Culture University.
According to one version of the ancient Greek mythology, Hermes, the messenger god who was also the deity of commerce, travelers and boundaries, once encountered two snakes fighting. Using a staff, he separated them, and the snakes coiled around the staff in perfect balance, transforming themselves, together with the rod itself, into a symbol of harmony and peace befitting Hermes' role as a mediator.
SHANGHAI — A group of students from Columbia University in the United States recently had an opportunity to visit Chinese electric carmaker Nio's delivery center in Shanghai, where they engaged in a lively discussion.
Amiddle-aged Chinese cardiologist friend told me two years ago that after tasting alcohol from different countries, he could finally appreciate baijiu, a name that encompasses the whole spectrum of different Chinese spirits.
The frigid -20 temperature in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Sunday afternoon did little to deter tourists from boiling with excitement and marvel at the Harbin Ice and Snow World.
Envoys to China and their spouses from 11 countries including North Macedonia, Argentina, Sri Lanka, and Egypt, visited Luniao town, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Dec 29 and 30.