Commercial and leisure complex attracts tourists during Dragon Boat Festival in Tianjin

Nestled in eastern Zhejiang Province, Xinchang is an ancient city with a history spanning over a thousand years. It features abundant mountain and water landscapes alongside a deep cultural heritage. Home to a population of around400,000, this small county is home to16 A-share listed companies,

For decades, many families in older Shanghai neighborhoods lived without private bathrooms. A simple daily task meant carrying waste buckets outdoors every day, rain or shine.Today, that chapter is coming to an end. Through housing renovation projects, more families now have indoor bathrooms,

China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Sun Lei, called on the international community to unite and take stronger humanitarian action on Friday, warning that growing global crises are outpacing available resources.During a general debate on humanitarian affairs, Sun said the

Chinese-language audio guide systems have been launched at all three residence-turned museums of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, the 1971 Nobel Laureate in Literature, the Pablo Neruda Foundation announced.The audio guide systems are "an important step to further bring together two cultures that,

FIFA, football's world governing body, has announced that Chinese referee Fu Ming will serve as the video assistant referee (VAR) for the Group E second-round match between Ecuador and Curacao at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, marking "a historic moment for Chinese football" as three Chinese officials

For Kirill Saiko, a university student from Kazakhstan, trying oil-splashed noodles, a traditional Chinese noodle dish served with hot chilli oil poured over, for the first time was quite a culinary adventure.This traditional noodle dish was enough to tantalize his taste buds, but discovering that

Deeply rooted in a millennium of dragon boat lore, this year's Hangzhou Xixi Dragon Boat Cultural Festival seamlessly blends exhilarating races with water performances and cultural activities.Opening day on Friday featured a series of distinctive events, starting with seven teams battling it out on

A vehicle passes by a police sign at the entrance to the road leading to a hotel complex in Burgenstock near Lucerne, Switzerland, June 19, 2026. The planned talks among the United States, Iran, Qatar and Pakistan scheduled for Friday in the Swiss resort of Burgenstock have been postponed, said the

China's railway network is expected to handle 19.73 million passenger trips on Friday, the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, according to the national railway operator.To meet the travel surge, a total of 1,028 additional trains have been scheduled, said the China State Railway Group

A fire broke out at an auto supplies wholesale market in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, on Friday night, leaving two people dead and two others with minor injuries, local authorities said.The fire broke out at around 9 p.m. at the market in the city's Jinshui District,

China's Ministry of Commerce announced on Friday that it will impose an additional 55 percent tariff on beef imported from Australia, effective Saturday, on top of existing tariff rates.China has implemented safeguard measures on imported beef since Jan. 1, 2026. The measures take the form of

Manacero (C) coaches members of the dragon dance team at a gymnasium of Hubei University in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 18, 2026. Miguel de Oliveira Manacero, known in China as Ma Feilong, is a Brazilian student in Wuhan.Manacero first encountered Chinese culture through martial

Wind turbine installed at high altitude in China's Xizang

From early Friday morning, waterways crisscrossing Chinese cities, towns and villages have been reverberating with the rhythmic splash of paddles and the beat of drums as people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.The festive spectacle offers city residents the perfect outing as they begin their

Chinese scientists have identified a mechanism that helps crops withstand intense midday sunlight, a breakthrough that could boost yields and improve resilience to environmental stress.The findings, published on June 18 in the peer-reviewed journal Cell by researchers from the Institute of Genetics