In 1937, Chinese playwright Cao Yu (1910-96), whose real name was Wan Jiabao, released his third play, The Wilderness. Unlike his first two plays — Thunderstorm in 1933 and Sunrise in 1935, which tell stories about urban life — The Wilderness presents a story of love and revenge that unfolds in the countryside.
Classical musician Niu Niu is maturing beyond the talent of his youth as his mindset and skill set progress in tandem.
Clad in mud-caked shoes and equally dirtied clothes and carrying a small cloth bag, French cave explorer Jean Bottazzi navigates the winding caverns deep within Suiyang county's mountains in Southwest China's Guizhou province with ease. His journey to Guizhou is fueled by a passion for caves that borders on obsession, as reported by Guizhou Radio TV Station.
"Three years ago, my partner and I ventured across 80 percent of China's provinces in our RV. It was in January 2021 that we first set foot in Xingyi, a visit that spanned nine days," says Wei Chen, a social media influencer.
This school in Jingshan city of Hubei province is a model school that specializes in cultivating tennis athletes. The school runs flexible courses in which teachers help students learn to play tennis. Because it combines sports with education, the school is attracting students from other provinces too. Since its establishment in 2018, the students here have been awarded medals in various tennis tournaments.
Jerry Lindenstraus is a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor who lives in an apartment in Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York. People around him sometimes find it odd that the elderly Jewish man can speak a few Japanese words.
In the bustling China Photo Studio, Wang Xin swiftly changes his position, moving the camera to find the best angle, occasionally pausing to adjust the lighting and help his subject attain the "right" posture and lift his/her mood through to the decisive click of the shutter.
Liu Lingli has been a teacher for hearing-impaired children for 33 years, and thanks to her help and dedication, more than 20 of the over 80 students she has taught have received higher education.
"When I was young, I told my mother that I would go to China to learn Kung Fu one day. She didn't believe it at the time. When I got there, I immediately called her and said, 'Mom, guess where I am, I'm at the Shaolin Temple!'," says Max Yollando, a young man from the Cote d'Ivoire, sharing his affection for Chinese culture.
Guansuo Opera is a type of ancient Nuo play that is popular in the Chengjiang county of Yunnan province. The opera showcases the character of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period.
When Liu Qiwei graduated from Hunan Normal University in 2019, she signed up to teach as a volunteer for a year at a middle school in Jishou, Hunan province.