On Jan 23 last year, Wuhan, the city hit hardest by COVID-19 in China, announced a lockdown in an effort to curb the spread of the outbreak. Over the next 76 days of the lockdown in the capital of Central China's Hubei province, normal daily life halted－a sacrifice by the residents of the city and the province that helped other parts of the country.
Cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Wuhan understand only too well the devastation that follows a violent rainstorm. Roads and pathways are inundated, buildings damaged and tragically, lives are lost.
An art festival that highlights Chinese opera cartoons will kick off in Beijing on Thursday and run until Feb 26.
Many lovers of art works were given a pleasant surprise at the beginning of the year. Jeff Dayu Shi, an internationally renowned designer, has created a mug celebrating the Year of the Ox of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which starts on Feb 12.
As the Spring Festival in 2021 approaches, the Chinese Tourism Office in Rome and the Italian magazine China in Italy have jointly published a Chinese-Italian bilingual picture book The Origin of Spring Festival, as a unique gift for Italian young people.
Under the guidance of the Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh-China Friendship Center, Bangladesh Kite, Dragon and Lion Dance Association, Bangladesh National Wushu Society and other organizations are actively preparing for the 2021 "Happy Spring Festival" activities.
French luxury brand Hermès unveiled its Spring/Summer 2021 collection on the fourth floor of Hermès Maison in Shanghai on Jan 21.
URUMQI－Stepping on a pier, Parhati Aihimaiti clutched a beam in one hand for support and repaired the barbed wire that fastens guardrails on the left side of a bridge.
Duguimaa, a herdswoman born and raised on the grasslands in Siziwang Banner of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, became a mother at the age of 19 when she adopted 28 orphans from Shanghai in the early 1960s.
Shan Jixiang worked as director of the Palace Museum in Beijing for over seven years before his retirement in 2019. Before that post, he had served as director of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, on par with a vice-minister.
A desert may seem desolate, but walking on the dunes of Echoing-Sand Mountain on the edge of the Gobi Desert on a blustery and cold winter's day, I felt the strong power of life.
Clouds under Brushes, an exhibition at the Liu Haisu Art Museum in Shanghai until Feb 28, pays homage to Liu's deep emotional attachment to Huangshan. On show are sketches and paintings themed on the mountain from the museum's collection. It is a celebration of the 125th anniversary of Liu's birth.
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