Hainan has been making great progress toward its goal of becoming a world-class tourist destination.
Traditional Chinese arts and crafts are being presented through a dance drama by the Beijing Dance Academy that is now touring Europe.
Canadian scholar and advocate of Confucianism Daniel A. Bell receives the Huilin Cultural Award.
Zisha, or purple clay, is an important material with a long history in China. It has been widely applied in making teapots and pots since ancient times. Today, there are even electriczisharice cookers.
Soon after the Christmas lights were removed from Stroget, the main shopping street in Copenhagen, Denmark, the night there was aglow again on Jan 20 with hundreds of lanterns hanging above the street.
Chinese travel to the European country is recovering, following a slump attributed to terrorist attacks in recent years.
British Prime Minister Theresa May made an official visit to China from Jan 31 to Feb 2 and launched an in-depth discussion with China on promoting the "golden era", the Belt and Road Initiative and the deepening of trade cooperation.
Hundreds of Bangladeshi music lovers were recently enthralled by the wonderful performance of the Jiangdu Spring Drum Art Troupe from China and they clapped and waved energetically as musicians played.
KIEV - Celebrations for the upcoming Spring Festival started in Ukraine with a ceremonial reception in Kiev last Tuesday, bringing Chinese and Ukrainian officials and businessmen together.
JINAN - A cherubic child holding a big fish, a giant tree bearing golden coins as fruit, or delicate woodblock paintings are all often hung at homes during the Chinese Lunar New Year. For many Chinese, bright-colored woodblock paintings, which are hung at almost every door, windows and walls for festival decorations, are quite time-limited. As soon as the parties come to an end, these print works are at once thrown away.
Chinese Cultural Minister Luo Shugang said Thursday in Ottawa that the first meeting of the China-Canada Joint Committee on Culture will open new channels for institutionalized, systematic and in-depth cultural exchanges between China and Canada. He also noted it will help build a new platform for the two countries' cultural cooperation and bring new vitality to the cultural ties.
"The first time I set foot in China in 1971, I had a hunch my life was doomed to be changed thanks to this magic land," says Mudawi Omer Alibilal, director of the Sudan National Acrobatic Troupe.