Carved into the cliffs along the Yihe River, the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan province, stand as a UNESCO World Heritage site, encapsulating 1,500 years of Chinese civilization in stone.
Before dawn broke on a mid-June day in Songyuan, Jilin province, Yu Yanbo left her village carrying bags of handmade tiger-head shoes and other supplies. She was headed to Changchun, the provincial capital, where she would do something she had never imagined: teach a class at Jilin University.
Traditional Yi embroidery is taking new forms in Yuxi, Yunnan province, where artisans are turning inherited patterns into fridge magnets, hairbands and other products to keep the craft in use and attract new customers.
At the opening ceremony of East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) in Shanghai last month, Russian freshman Kseniia Kozhukhova, majoring in business administration, took the stage as the international student representative.
During severe typhoons, Chinese and Vietnamese doctors have joined forces to transport patients through the "1369 Life Express", a real-life medical rescue channel operating between China's Dongxing and Vietnam's Mong Cai.
In Linqu county, Weifang, Shandong province, about 200 hectares of smoke trees (Cotinus coggygria) carpet the slopes and ravines of Shimenfang.
At the Changsha Tongguan Kiln Museum in Hunan province, Rachid El Housseini Hilal, a Moroccan student at Hangzhou Dianzi University, was fascinated by centuries-old ceramics bearing Arabic inscriptions.
How can universities help make technological advances more widely accessible? How can the humanities maintain their relevance in an increasingly digital world? And what does it take to turn international academic partnerships into lasting cooperation?
For most of the past decade, Tan Jinan's travel business focused on helping Chinese tourists travel abroad. Foreign visitors occasionally sought her help, but they were never her main clientele.
When winter is around the corner, can tanghulu, the traditional Chinese candied fruit snack, be far behind? The colorful snack is back on the streets and in cyberspace, creating a sweet sensation on social media by garnering millions of views.
By Mohammad Saiyedul Islam: A bowl of noodles costing just a few yuan may seem an unlikely starting point for a global business success story.
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