CANBERRA-Containing disinfectant wipes, tea and various traditional handicrafts, Spring Festival kits were given to students from China by the Chinese embassy in Australia recently.
BEIJING-As a new day dawned, Gao Xiaolin left behind her old identity as a fresh graduate and embraced her new role as a frontline worker helping to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Wang Ziyi still remembers the day when she first picked up her golf club-it was May 2,2004. She was only 6 years old at the time and the "whoosh" and "ping" of a club hitting that little white ball has been the soundtrack of her life ever since.
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.