A four-day magic show featuring young Chinese performers was staged during the National Day holiday at MGM Shenzhen in Guangdong province, bringing together stage magic, close-up tricks, mime, and acrobatics.
At 23, Cao Wenhao has spent most of his life learning how to fly, tumble, and balance onstage.
At the Great Bao'en Temple Ruins Museum in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, a young boy sits with his parents in a DIY corner making a bracelet. He tells Doubao, an AI-powered app, his birth date, star sign and other details. The app suggests a combination of beads. Following the recommendation, he chooses his beads and then strings together a one-of-a-kind bracelet.
To ease feelings of anxiety, sometimes all it takes is a simple game — such as tossing a marshmallow.
Some moments seem ordinary when they happen: a first cry, a first love, a first goodbye. Only years later, when looking back, do they reveal how much they shaped us.
China will host two major national festivals celebrating poetry and Peking Opera in October, bringing performances, discussions and public programs to Zhejiang and Hubei provinces.
The 2026 Latin American Art Season, organized by the China International Culture Association and China Arts and Entertainment Group, brought vibrant performances to Beijing's Chaoyang Park on Oct 6-7.
In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens famously wrote: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
Many may regard this dynasty as having endured one of the darkest periods in ancient Chinese history. Yet civilization also reveals its resilience in times of upheaval.
The country's beer market is no longer growing through simple volume expansion. Instead, the sector is entering a new phase where companies are competing for share through premium products, stronger brands and more targeted consumer occasions.
For much of the past decade, success in China's coffee market was measured by two numbers: how many stores a company could open and how cheaply it could sell a cup of joe.