• What's on
    2024-07-12

    Eternal beauty Rituals of Repetition: Portals to Eternity, at the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts until Aug 25, features the work of four South Korean artists, whose creative methods have refreshed the look of ceramic, paper and ink, three traditional materials widely used in East ...

  • Art center gets ready for galaxy of classical stars to shine
    2024-07-12

    Legendary pianist Martha Argerich will play two concerts on Nov 4 and 5.[Photo provided to China Daily] From renowned pianists Martha Argerich and Krystian Zimerman to Grammy award-winning jazz musician Herbie Hancock and Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, the Shanghai Oriental Art Center announce...

  • Majestic landscape provides a stairway to heaven
    2024-07-11

    As the tour bus zigzagged its way up the hill, the valley below was shrouded in mist. It was around 10 am, but the light rain had dabbed just the right coat of fog to the windows, and the haze made the world appear supremely beautiful, just like the landscape we were about to marvel at. We were a ...

  • Scientists tackle Arctic grit for climate change
    2024-07-11

    ALESUND, Norway — In 1963, French geologist Jean Corbel established a small hut near Ny-Alesund, sparking modern research in the high Arctic of the Svalbard Islands in Norway. Since then, the former mining town has evolved into a global center for science, attracting countries like China to its rese...

  • Premature baby recovers after intensive care
    2024-07-10

    A baby boy born prematurely at just 26 weeks and weighing only 870 grams has defied the odds after a grueling 80-day battle for survival at the Southwest Hospital of Army Medical University in Chongqing. Nicknamed "Xiaotuanzi" or "little rice ball", the infant faced a multitude of life-threatening ...

  • Ancient coin at Harbin museum shows evidence of ethnic integration
    2024-07-10

    Two children visit the Jin Shangjing History Museum in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. [PhotoXinhua] HARBIN — At the Jin Shangjing History Museum in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, a gleaming, thumb-sized silver coin attracts curious visitors. The coin, shaped like a double-bladed axe, h...

  • Framing futures: one photographer's journey of hope
    2024-07-10

    Liu Ailun first from left folds paper with children at Hands of Hope in Vientiane, Laos, on Sept 5, 2021.[Photo provided to China Daily] One day in September 2020, Liu Ailun met two little girls in Laos. They were sitting in a tuk-tuk, a common form of public transportation in Southeastern Asia. ...

  • Literary forum unites writers across the Taiwan Strait
    2024-07-09

    University students and young musicians recite classical and modern Chinese literary works and sing songs at Xiamen University in Fujian province on June 29.[Photo provided to China Daily] The families of Taiwan writers Yu Guangzhong 1928-2017 and Sanmao 1943-91, born as Chen Maoping and also kno...

  • Old brands capitalizing on China-chic trend
    2024-07-08

    A customer looks at a model can of WALOVI herbal tea in New York City on April 10.WINSTON ZHOUXINHUA BEIJINGWASHINGTON — While ice cream in various flavors is available at grocery stores in Beijing, a host of young people still feel compelled to wait in a long line in the blazing sun for somethin...

  • Hard-of-hearing family receives support
    2024-07-08

    Zhang Yongsheng talks with his daughter Zhang Yuhan near his stall in Changsha, Hunan province, on May 15.CHEN ZHENHAIXINHUA Zhang Yongsheng and his wife Zhan Jingwen are both hard of hearing, and when they decided to have a baby, they underwent genetic testing to make sure their child would not ...

  • Reclaimed water cleans up lake, rivers
    2024-07-04

    Editor's note:As protection of the planet's flora, fauna and resources becomes increasingly important, China Daily is publishing a series of stories to illustrate the country's commitment to safeguarding the natural world. Lotus plants cover the surface of the Shichuan River in Fuping, Shaanxi pr...

  • Mogao Caves joins VR show trend to enhance experience, improve preservation
    2024-07-03

    Wearing virtual reality headsets and holding controllers, visitors at an immersive digital exhibition in Dunhuang, Gansu province, can explore a digital cave, admire murals up close in high definition and immerse themselves in the stories depicted in the artwork. The digital re-creation is a life-s...

  • Today, you said, "City not City."
    2024-07-02

    "Is City not City?" "Good City~" Have you recently come across this internet meme? The whole network is brushing "City, not City" What exactly does it mean? This sentence comes from a conversation between a foreign blogger and his sister while traveling in China. Due to the en...

  • Harvesting profits from leadership
    2024-07-02

    Children prepare vegetables before cooking on their own at Qi Xiaojing's agricultural facility in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.CHINA DAILY Rural area benefits from graduate's return and her business acumen, Yang Feiyue reports. With short, neat hair and tan skin, Qi Xiaojing beams ...

  • Attendees bring appetites to intl guobaorou contest
    2024-07-01

    Guobaoroudishes cooked by contestants in the WorldGuobaorouContest on display in Jilin city, Jilin province, on Sunday.ZHU WANCHANGFOR CHINA DAILY Jilin city in Northeast China's Jilin province is sizzling with activity thanks to the WorldGuobaorouContest, a unique event celebrating the region'...