This is a heartbreaking story out of Florida. Megan Garcia thought her 14-year-old son was spending all his time playing video games. She had no idea he was having abusive, in-depth and sexual conversations with a chatbot powered by the app Character AI. Sewell Setzer III stopped sleeping and his g...
The Beijing Fine Art Academy's new exhibition introduces a younger perspective of Qi Baishi's paintings.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The most popular motifs in the work of Qi Baishi are small, everyday creatures like shrimp, baby chicks, and little fishes, which he rendered using minima...
The media does not give you an accurate picture of the world. This isn’t to say that we’re not reporting the truth or that we’re making facts up. Rather, our profession has a natural tendency to accentuate the negative because the negative is usually what we mean when we think of the news. Reports ...
As Beijing's chilly winter deepens, some restaurants are extending warmth by feeding the unsung — often low-paid workers, including delivery drivers, taxi drivers and street cleaners — who keep the city going.
A number of Chinese hospitals have found their edge in the country's growing health drinks market by prescribing herbal formulas that target minor symptoms, from calming nerves and aiding sleep to promoting healthy hair.
The newest of these not-for-the-faint-of-heart structures is called Tianti (“Sky Ladder” in Chinese). It clocks in at 551 feet long (168 meters) and stretches between two cliffs at a height of 5,000 feet, according to Chinese state media.
Ghaffar Pourazar performs Peking Opera in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 30, 2024. XinhuaRen Ke Editor's note: The hope for the China-U.S. relationship lies in the people, with grassroots connections as its foundation. While the two countries have experienced ups and downs in their bilateral ti...
Since debuting on CCTV-8 and two major streaming platforms, Youku and Migu, on Dec 16, the 26-episode TV drama starring actor Zhang Songwen and actress Bai Baihe has received high praise for its intriguing blend of the painting's details with a suspenseful thriller narrative.
An exhibition in Beijing celebrating the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Dozens of paintings, oils, prints, watercolors and lacquer works are on show at the gallery of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles in Beijing, in cele...
MADRID -- For weeks, Spaniards had anticipated the arrival of “El Gordo” or "The Fat One." But unlike Santa Claus, El Gordo arrived three days before Christmas, before noon on Sunday. El Gordo is the first prize of Spain’s hugely popular national Christmas lottery, which is said to be the world’s ...
In recent years, the influx of young people returning to their roots, along with an increase in urban visitors, has transformed the landscape of many neighborhoods in rural China. This promising shift is attributed in large part to the rising trend of Chinese urbanites seeking rural sojourns.
Augustina Droze's solo exhibition Resplendent Rebirth kicked off on the first floor of the Waldorf Astoria Beijing on Tuesday.
A bit of a Chinese version of Barbie, the world's highest-grossing film last year, Her Story has emerged as an unexpected blockbuster. It employs a gentle, humorous tone to examine a series of pointed, controversial issues, such as the difficulties faced by single mothers and gender equality in sexu...
In recent years, Chinese Wushu has become one of Bangladesh's popular sports, especially in the country's Cox's Bazar district, which has emerged as a hub of national Wushu players.
Timothy Simpson never expected his stay in Macao would turn into such a long haul. He arrived in 2001, thinking it would be a good stepping stone to greater adventure in Asia. Two decades later, the American from Alabama is firmly rooted in the city that has become his home.