Join travel agents from around the world as they explore China's Fujian province.
The exercise Vriens described is zhanzhuang, or standing meditation — a foundational qigong practice that emphasizes breath, stillness, and awareness.
An academic platform that integrates academic seminars, resource sharing and collaborative exchanges for young Sinologists worldwide has recently been established at Renmin University of China in Beijing.
ISTANBUL — In 2025, a string of porcelain-themed exchanges gave fresh impetus to China-Turkiye cultural and economic ties, rekindling a centuries-old artistic dialogue. Porcelain, long both a shared craft and a traded luxury, once again served as an effective bridge between the two civilizations.
This is your chance to get published! "My China Moments" — an international collection of essays, videos and visual works compiled by China Daily — is now open for submissions. The initiative seeks diverse stories and insights from foreigners in China.
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.