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Chinese Embassy in U.S. hosts winter solstice-themed cultural event
2024-12-26The Chinese Embassy in the United States recently hosted a cultural event themed "Celebrating the Winter Solstice: Sharing Warmth and Culture."
The Chinese Embassy in the United States recently hosted a cultural event themed "Celebrating the Winter Solstice: Sharing Warmth and Culture."
The bald eagle is now officially the national bird of the US, after President Joe Biden signed a law on Christmas Eve bestowing the honour upon the white-headed and yellow-beaked bird of prey.
Braving the chilly winter morning, Guo Changyi, a bus driver for Beijing Public Transport, arrived at the company office before sunrise to inspect and clean the bus and adjust its interior temperature.
A woman holding a girl walks through flood water after heavy rain hit Makassar, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, on Dec. 24, 2024. Floods and landslides have been hitting several regions in the Southeast Asian archipelago in the past week. Photo by Niaz ShariefXinhua An aerial drone photo ta...
DAMASCUS, Dec 24 Reuters - Syrian Christians attended Christmas Eve services on Tuesday for the first time since the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad in early December, in an early test of the new Islamist rulers' pledges to protect the rights of the country's religious minorities. The servic...
BEIJING, Dec. 24 Xinhua -- China's finance ministry vowed to step up fiscal spending and government bond issuance in 2025, providing stronger support to bolster economic stability. The country will adopt a more proactive fiscal policy next year, and ensure the fiscal policy is continuously forceful...
Thousands of Starbucks baristas are set to walk off the job on Tuesday, expanding the dayslong holiday strike to 300 stores in dozens of cities and towns nationwide, according to the union Starbucks Workers United. In all, 5,000 Starbucks employees will go on strike in more than 25 states on Tuesda...
The five-day strike began Friday and initially shut down Starbucks locations in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle before spreading to cafes in New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Denver, Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio, according to Starbucks Workers United.
A 33-year-old Guatemalan citizen was charged with murder and arson on Monday after allegedly lighting a woman on fire and watching her burn to death on a New York City subway train over the weekend, police and federal officials said.
China's super app WeChat, owned by Tencent Holdings, has added a gift-giving feature to its embedded e-commerce platform ahead of Christmas, allowing users to send presents to their friends.
In recent years, small bistros have become a new trend on China's dining scene, particularly in cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, and Chengdu, Sichuan province.
Fifty Chinese brands figure in the 2024 "World's 500 Most Influential Brands" ranking, according to the World Brand Lab on Dec 12.
A spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense on Monday condemned U.S. arms sales to the Taiwan region, reiterating that the Taiwan question is the first red line that must not be crossed in China-U.S. relations.
Song ChenFOR CHINA DAILY
HANOI, Dec 23 Reuters - Vietnam will start building a new railway from its largest northern port to the border with China by the end of next year, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said. The government will submit the project to the National Assembly for approval in February, Chinh said on Sunday in a...
China Media Group CMG on Monday released the top 10 scientific news stories from China for 2024. Top 10 scientific news from China 1. China held a meeting conflating the national sci-tech conference, the national science and technology award conference, and the general assemblies of the members of...