Artificial intelligence and chatbots are increasingly answering a human need for intimate companionship but emotional perils lurk, Wang Qian reports.
As more than 1,000 significant relics have been unearthed from new sacrificial pits at the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site in Southwest China, overseas research institutes, museums and international organizations have congratulated China on its new chapter of archaeological discoveries via video messages.
Seventeen years ago, I brought my sweet cat, Darcy, home from the animal shelter. I never had a cat before, but as soon as I sat in the cat room at the shelter, this tiny kitten climbed into my lap, purring away. I didn't choose her. She chose me.
Sylvain Laurent had initially aspired to become a cook, but his father wanted him to become an engineer instead. As it turned out, following his father's advice has not been a bad move-the Frenchman is today the executive vice-president of French software corporation Dassault Systemes.
Nuclear expert Peng Shilu once said that he only did two things in his entire life: one was to build nuclear submarines, and the other to build nuclear power plants.
Once filled with chaotic pig farms, one village has turned into a tourist getaway.
"I've been living with his works since I was a child," says Xu Qingping, 75, referring to his father, Xu Beihong (1895-1953), one of the most prominent figures of 20th-century Chinese art.
A yellow-glazed animal roof ornament displayed in the Jiexiu Museum, North China’s Shanxi province, has attracted lots of attention from visitors.
On Nanhu Lake in Zhejiang province's Jiaxing rests one of China's most famous water vessels-the Red Boat.
A new version of Golden Mask Dynasty, an iconic stage show at the Beijing Happy Valley amusement park, premiered on May 28, using modern technology to tell a mythological story.
As one of the most renowned writers in his era, Zhou Libo took Yuanbao village -- previously called Yuanmaotun, in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province --- as the subject of his classic novel The Hurricane, depicting the country's first village where Communist Party-led land reform started in late 1940s.
Strokes of Wonder, an exhibition at the National Art Museum of China until June 6, displays some 100 paintings from its collection, reflecting Ren's accomplishments in the figure-painting genre.