CAIRO — A ceremony was held at the Confucius Institute of Cairo University recently to launch a pilot program for teaching Chinese in Egyptian middle schools and a training program for Egyptian teachers.
ADDIS ABABA — The increasing number of consumers and the growing popularity of Ethiopia's coffee among Chinese people is propelling Ethiopia's coffee export market, officials and coffee exporters say.
When Wang Liping was writing the soundtrack for the TV series Dream of the Red Chamber 35 years ago, it took him more than a year to decide on the theme song.
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Cold Dew, (Chinese: 寒露), the 17th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct 8 and ends on Oct 23.
There was a brief moment when Sheng Jian found himself questioning his decision to join the Chinese medical team in Lesotho.
Zhang Yuxin has witnessed her career take off and has developed a deep affection for the countryside as a result of her work in China's hinterlands.
In 1939 Miriam Brookfield's life in Germany took an unexpected turn. The 14-year-old's father was arrested by Nazi authorities, and he was told he would be released only if he presented emigration documents proving he and his family were leaving the country.
Zhong Liming is a photographer, who is in his sixties and has spent all his life near the Hangzhou section of the Grand Canal. He was born and raised in the city's suburbs, studied at a local high school, went to a local university, and worked across the capital city of East China's Zhejiang province. No matter how many times he moved house or job, he always remained close to the canal.
An abandoned railway cargo station and a complex of warehouses once filled with textiles are symbols of an industrial era which has long gone.
Weihai, a coastal city of Shandong province, has built a 1,001-kilometer route that strings together picturesque coastal and mountainous landscapes to further develop its tourism sector and rural areas.
From India to the Western Regions and then to central China, Buddhist grottoes have been transformed from a place of penance to one of worship.
Starting with an ancient painting, the viewers find themselves surrounded by the artistic scene of “plucking chrysanthemums under the eastern hedge and gazing long at the distant Southern hills”.