As the pandemic continues to affect people worldwide, it is often the most vulnerable who face the greatest challenges. Despite difficulties there have been many signs of resilience, hope and moments of unity where people from many varied backgrounds have come together to take part in cultural experiences.
PHNOM PENH-Thoeun Sannikthik, a third-year student at the Royal University of Agriculture (RUA) in Cambodia, was glad to be one of the participants in a Chinese-organized training workshop on standardized banana production technologies, saying that the course was very valuable for agriculture students.
From time to time, Lei Rongzhen relives the moments when she was invited to join the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing in 2019.
The adage about Peking Opera still rings true: one minute of performance on stage requires 10 years of practice offstage. This sums up the rigorous training required for Peking Opera, the vivid, highly stylized ancient Chinese art form with a history of more than 200 years, which combines music, dance, drama, acrobatics and martial arts.
Three modern Chinese sculptures are on display at the National Museum of Australia (NMA) in Canberra until Feb 28 next year. Featuring works by Liu Kaiqu (1904-1993), Xiong Bingming (1922-2002) and Wu Weishan (1962- ) from the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC), "Sculpting the Soul" is exhibited in the main showcase of the NMA's Gandel Atrium.
Producers of the upcoming documentary Once Upon a Life -- a tear-jerker that follows two cancer patients on their final days -- announced they would donate all profit earned from the movie's advanced screening to China Charities Aid Foundation For Children.
With guochao - or the rising tide of China's homegrown brands- becoming a buzzword in the fashion circle, it has also inspired some film and TV series creators. A new project exemplifying this trend is Rising With The Wind - a metropolis-set workplace series - which started shooting in Shanghai on Dec 7.
A yellow teddy bear, found in a dumpster half a century ago, has become a star exhibits of the Benaki Museum of Toys in Athens since the museum opened in 2017. The adventurous bear, an important collection item in Europe associated with childhood, has also reached China through a children's book written by Greek educator and author Eleni Geroulanou.
A group of 20 civil servants in Wellington, New Zealand, recently passed their exams on Chinese language after attending Business Chinese training classes.
China's major online travel agency Trip.com Group said it will continue to work with industry partners to deal with the pandemic and the recovery of the tourism market worldwide.
The hutong neighborhoods in Beijing have witnessed tremendous changes. Watch as we talk to a senior who's a Beijing native as he recalls the old Beijing and the changes he has witnessed over the years.
Documentary series exploring the work of judges and the compelling cases over which they preside in Hunan province proves popular online, Wang Ru reports.