While reviewing documents with her right hand, 26-year-old Zhouzhou (pseudonym) from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, absently twists a small, colorful toy in her left hand.
Four years ago, Jiang Fuchun rarely wore makeup. Today, in her Shanghai photo studio, she stands beside a vintage piano in a pink wig and Rococo-style dress, her eyes framed by glittering makeup and layers of lace cascading from her skirt.
At the athletes' entrance area of the 10th World Junior Wushu Championships in Tianjin, Hernando Dudamel, coach of the Venezuelan wushu team, gave last-minute instructions to his 14-year-old daughter, Valeria Dudamel, before she entered the competition area.
In the ancient fishing village of Xunpu, flowers don't just sprout in local gardens, but also atop the heads of the local women.
Wudang Mountain in Hubei's Shiyan rises as a legendary Taoist sanctuary and the ancestral seat of the Wudang school.
Thousands of years ago, Neolithic painted pottery culture from the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River traveled westward along the Hexi Corridor before spreading across the northern and southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains in what is now the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
Archaeologists working in the dusty fields of Yirang village, Yangquan, in North China's Shanxi province, have uncovered a major discovery that offers fresh insight into the region's Neolithic past.
The boat glides slowly along the Tangjin Canal, a waterway that once connected the industrial cities of Tangshan in Hebei province and Tianjin.
Nestled in the high-altitude pastures of Tsonyi county in Nagchu, Xizang autonomous region, Sinchung's life has been one of courage, resilience, and an unyielding commitment to preserving an ancient cultural legacy.
On the outskirts of Moscow, the set of the spy thriller Black Silk is more than a filming location — it offers a glimpse into a growing cinematic partnership between China and Russia.
On a busy night, Taki Li barely looks up. Her hands move instinctively- measuring, stirring, adjusting — each action precise and economical. There is no excess, no wasted gesture. Even at full capacity, with orders stacking and voices rising, she remains composed. It is this restraint, more than flair, that defines her.
From local college names to street names, archives reveal close links between the southern Italian port of Naples and China over the centuries, serving as witnesses to the development of cultural exchanges between the two nations.