At the Changsha Tongguan Kiln Museum in Hunan province, Rachid El Housseini Hilal, a Moroccan student at Hangzhou Dianzi University, was fascinated by centuries-old ceramics bearing Arabic inscriptions.
At the opening ceremony of East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) in Shanghai last month, Russian freshman Kseniia Kozhukhova, majoring in business administration, took the stage as the international student representative.
Traditional Yi embroidery is taking new forms in Yuxi, Yunnan province, where artisans are turning inherited patterns into fridge magnets, hairbands and other products to keep the craft in use and attract new customers.
A young vendor from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has recently gone viral for baking fresh naan on the streets of Xi'an, Shaanxi province. Eager residents arrive hours before he starts selling each day.
During severe typhoons, Chinese and Vietnamese doctors have joined forces to transport patients through the "1369 Life Express", a real-life medical rescue channel operating between China's Dongxing and Vietnam's Mong Cai.
Zheng Qinyan's artworks are inspired by the history of the Yongding River, which flows in western Beijing.