Conductor Tan Dun led China's National Symphony Orchestra on Sunday night at Beijing's National Center for the Performing Arts. The orchestra performed Tan Dun's percussion concerto.
Children learn to meditate in a training class organized by a Zen Buddhist center in Zhengzhou in Henan province, July 5, 2016. The class included programs including chanting, meditation, etiquette, Shaolin kung fu, usually under the guidance of scholars or monks.
Chinese philosophy has become the third most popular course at Harvard University, behind Intro to Computer Science and Intro to Economics.
More than 60 scarecrows were set up at an art festival opened in a manor in Kunming in Yunnan province on Tuesday, attracting many visitors.
A team of researchers have been working on new glues that are inspired by mussels for fetal surgery, in which anatomical defects are repaired before birth.
Beijing health authorities will spend a year monitoring the overweight and obesity rate in the city's schools as part of an effort to reduce the number of fat children.
A painting from the collection of American actor Johnny Depp, 53, fetched $6.8 million to top a London auction on Wednesday night.
The World Stroke Organization recently announced in Beijing a global partnership with the world's leading medical technology, service and solutions company Medtronic to increase stroke awareness and to support patients.
Kids wearing Han-style costumes, or Hanfu, learn traditional Chinese etiquette during a summer camp in Beijing, capital of China, July 4, 2016.
The 11th Panchen Lama, Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, performs an abhiseca -- a Tibetan strength-giving ceremony -- for thousands of monks and pilgrims at the Zhaxi Lhunbo Lamasery in Xigaze, Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, July 4, 2016.
Artist Wang Min, 41, likes drawing with bright colors and a sense of humor in her watercolors.
Over 200 Xinjiang students in Egypt were awarded scholarships here on Monday for their academic attainments during the 2014-2015 school year.