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City commits to learning for a lifetime

2026-03-20 09:42

In bustling Shanghai, a quiet "revolution" in education is underway. More senior residents are willing to learn digital skills to bridge the gap between their golden years and the era of rapid digital transformation, where smartphones, artificially intelligent facilities, and smart home devices have become integral parts of daily life.

Museum exhibits the rise and strength of female artists

2026-03-20 09:26

Echoes of Her Century: A Global Exhibition of Women's Art, currently on view at the Long Museum West Bund in Shanghai, brings together works by nearly 200 female artists from more than 20 countries and regions, spanning from the early 20th century to the present.

Things you may not know about the Spring Equinox

2026-03-19 17:13

The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. The Spring Equinox (chun fen), as the fourth term of the year starts on March 20 and ends on April 4 this year.

2026 Jing'an Flower Festival merges culture, tourism and sports

2026-03-19 11:38

The 2026 Jing'an Flower Festival, or Huazhao Festival, began last weekend in Shanghai's Jing'an Daning Functional Area, with Daning Park as the main venue.

Finely balanced tea captures the flavor of 'chun fen'

2026-03-19 11:17

Spring Equinox heralds the precious first flush of leaves from the misty mountains of eastern China.

The Bell & Drum Towers: Fresh out of the oven

2026-03-19 10:37

What if Chinese pastries were like gingerbread houses or mooncakes met croissants?

Ding Zhi: A promise brewed in every cup

2026-03-19 10:20

He made a promise to earthquake-orphaned children in 2008. He's kept it ever since.

Eastern philosophy flows through China pavilion at Malta Biennale

2026-03-19 09:05

Built in the 16th century, Fort St Elmo, at the tip of Malta's Sceberras peninsula, once bore witness to the conflicts and occupations of different civilizations in the country's diverse history. These days, this heritage site in Valletta — also home to the National War Museum — has become a stage for cultural diversity, serving as one of the locations for the ongoing Malta Biennale.

The star who bridged two worlds

2026-03-19 08:52

A golden helmet decorated with beaded strands and pom-poms, white silk embroidered with peacocks and peonies, and ancient costume charts in English and Chinese placed side by side, each item tells the story of a historic cultural encounter nearly a century ago.

Handmade heroics

2026-03-19 08:10

One night in 2024, director Yuen Woo-ping sat in a tent in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, closely supervising a perilous scene for Blades of the Guardians.

Discovering beauty and history in a desert corner of China

2026-03-19 07:56

Camels have a reputation as bad-tempered, irascible beasts, but as mine slowly padded through the dunes of Mingsha Mountain in the middle of Northwest China's Dunhuang desert, I felt we had an affinity, the only sound being her feet hitting the deep sand.

Overseas visitors offered vision of the future

2026-03-19 07:11

Smart glasses and AI integration are the big draws at country's top consumer electronics expo.

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