• As Chinese Spring Festival approaches, South Korean tourists flock to China, boosted by expanded visa-free policy
    2025-01-07

    Bookings for South Korean tourists traveling to China are surging during the upcoming 2025 Chinese Spring Festival season, data from travel platforms showed, turbocharged by China's expanding visa-free policy for inbound tourism.

  • Coffee and tea consumption linked with lower risk of head and neck cancer
    2025-01-06

    In a recent analysis of data from more than a dozen studies, coffee and tea consumption was linked with lower risks of developing head and neck cancer, including cancers of the mouth and throat.

  • Laba porridge sweetens prelude of Chinese Lunar New Year
    2025-01-06

    Chinese people start their preparations for the Spring Festival more than 20 days ahead. The 12th lunar month in Chinese is called la yue, so the eighth day of this lunar month is la yue chu ba, or laba.

  • Spiders in the spotlight as new species named after pop songs
    2025-01-06

    A recent scientific paper, featured on an international academic journal, has thrilled music lovers in China by naming 16 newly discovered spiders after iconic songs by the 45-year-old pop star.

  • People celebrate New Year across world
    2025-01-02

    People celebrate New Year across the world.

  • Series shares real spices of life
    2025-01-02

    Once prized as treasures worth their weight in gold and serving as bridges between Eastern and Western civilizations, spices are an essential part of everyday life. From the ancient Silk Road to modern supermarket shelves, their influence has spread to every corner of the globe.

  • Serving up a singular year
    2025-01-02

    Sun Yingsha.China Dail y In a year of unparalleled dominance, China's table tennis team didn't just win — it swept. Five Olympic golds in Paris. World championships in every category of the sport. Ten titles that underscored its iron grip on a game it has long ruled. Adding to this stellar rec...

  • 24 Solar Terms: 5 things you may not know about Minor Cold
    2025-01-02

    Minor Cold is the 23rd solar term of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms. For most areas of China, it marks the start of the coldest days of the year. This year's Minor Cold starts on Jan 5. Many Chinese sayings use the weather and climate situation during Minor Cold to predict the weather in the...

  • Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt reach divorce settlement ending eight-year dispute
    2025-01-01

    Dec 31 Reuters - Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, her lawyer told Reuters on Tuesday, bringing an end to one of Hollywood's most contentious and closely followed celebrity splits. Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt, her husband of two years and romantic partner ...

  • World endures 'decade of deadly heat' as 2024 caps hottest years on record
    2024-12-30

    The world has endured a “decade of deadly heat”, with 2024 capping 10 years of unprecedented temperatures, the UN has said. Delivering his annual new year message, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, said the 10 hottest years on record had happened in the past decade, including 2024. The U...

  • People across China prepare for upcoming New Year 2025
    2024-12-30

    Artisans make pomegranate-shaped festive buns in Zaozhuang, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 29, 2024. China is gearing up for the upcoming New Year 2025 with festive decorations and various activities nationwide. Photo by Wang HainanXinhua Customers buy festive decorations at a market in N...

  • Türkiye targets more Chinese tourists by 2025, promoting new horizons
    2024-12-30

    Türkiye is drawing increasing numbers of Chinese tourists to iconic sites like Cappadocia, Pamukkale, and Ephesus, while also promoting lesser-known treasures such as the Black Sea coast.

  • 19 foreigners among China's first officially certified hotpot chefs
    2024-12-30

    A total of 54 individuals, including 19 foreigners, received their vocational skill certificates as "hotpot chefs" on Friday, becoming the first batch of professionals to be officially accredited for this occupation in China.

  • Festival lights the way for the Year of the Snake
    2024-12-27

    The annual Yuyuan Garden Lantern Festival will light up Shanghai on Wednesday to mark the upcoming Year of the Snake, with a special exhibition to celebrate its 30th anniversary. [Photo provided to China Daily] The annual Yuyuan Garden Lantern Festival will light up Shanghai on New Year's Day to ...

  • Bird flu has killed 20 big cats including cougars at a U.S. wildlife sanctuary
    2024-12-26

    An animal sanctuary in Shelton, Wash., is under quarantine after a bird flu outbreak killed 20 big cats at the facility over the past month. The Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington called the deaths "heartbreaking," confirming the virus has claimed more than half its animals, including four co...