For 17-year-old Andrew Carlisle, a student at Lancaster Country Day School (LCDS) in Pennsylvania, his first trip to China was nothing like he expected.
Zhang Yupeng, a 23-year-old from Hengshui, Hebei province, spent years honing his craft before stepping onto the world stage.
"The Chinese people from 5,000 years ago had such similar aesthetics to our ancestors," said Anda Risa, a Japanese student at Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, as she stood before the C-shaped jade dragon on display at the Hongshan Culture Museum of Chaoyang Normal University in Chaoyang, Liaoning province.
I first read The Peony Pavilion when I was 13 and was drawn to its poetic language. But as I grew older and watched Pai Hsien-yung's Kunqu adaptation, I began to grasp the deeper meaning behind this enduring classic.
In a bustling hall filled with curious visitors, a humanoid robot carefully poured drinks with the poise of a seasoned bartender. Nearby, a fluffy, cat-sized companion robot was surrounded by fascinated students.
It was the end of the academic year — a time of closure and new beginnings for many of my students. At our send-off party for international graduates at China Agricultural University (CAU), the reggae band One Drop had just launched into Bob Marley's iconic One Love, an anthem of peace, unity, and universal love.
Would you choose to receive life-sustaining treatment if you were in a vegetative state?
Just before the 28th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China on July 1, 32-year-old Lam Chak-kai from Hong Kong celebrated his seventh wedding anniversary with his wife, who is from Quanzhou, Fujian province.
Fried chicken, AI portraits, and heartfelt exchanges — the seventh ASEAN-China Media Week opened Thursday evening in Bangkok, Thailand, with stories that show how cultural diplomacy can be both meaningful and fun.
Zhang Wei (pseudonym) still remembers his first undercover operation as a narcotics officer back in 2004. He and a female colleague posed as a couple to meet a suspected drug trafficker and confirm the location of a deal.
In the home of 36-year-old Zou Minglei in Wuhan, Hubei province, you'll find some of China's most cherished museum artifacts — not originals, but remarkably lifelike reproductions made of cake and chocolate.
At Moyu Office, a photo studio in Beijing, 20-year-old store manager Liang Jiaqiu from Fuxin, Liaoning province, captures moments using a Polaroid Big Shot camera.
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