38th Sun Island Int'l Snow Sculpture Art Expo opens for trial

Co-produced by Hunan TV and Mango TV, the new season of Infinity and Beyond ("Meet Mandopop") takes viewers to Africa. As more African countries add Chinese to their curricula, 26-year-old teacher Chen Jiale, from Changde, Central China's Hunan Province, works quietly to "see Chinese flowers bloom worldwide," sowing cultural seeds with fruitful results.

In the miniature world of fuse beads, creation starts with a single piece. Vibrant colors arranged beneath fingertips fuse under a hot iron, transforming flat designs into 3D whimsy. Each bead measures patience as it weaves a unique microcosm. (Video source: Kuaishou, compiled by Guo Xinyi)

Groundbreaking milestones across technology, science, sports and society marked the year 2025. From AI breakthroughs to historic leadership and space achievements, these ten historical "firsts" highlight a year of rapid change and new possibilities.

Hall of Mental Cultivation at Palace Museum reopens

In pics: Christmas celebrations across world

A new exhibition at the Shanghai Museum brings to the limelight the iconic Chinese qipao (cheongsam), featuring pop singer Jeff Chang's collection and donated garments from socialite Chiang Shih-yun (1912-2016), also known as Aileen Pei.G

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee met on Thursday to review discipline inspection work and set priorities for 2026, signaling once again that China's fight against corruption will neither pause nor retreat.

Soft orchestral music filled Studio A of Myanmar Radio and Television in Yangon, Myanmar, as voices rose in both Chinese and Myanmar verse, weaving together two literary traditions shaped by centuries of shared history.

Christians in the Gaza Strip gathered Wednesday for Christmas Mass for the first time in two years, marking a somber return to communal worship following a devastating war that had silenced religious festivities.

As the scent of freshly steamed bean paste buns drifts through the People's Park in downtown Shanghai and laughter erupts from a nearby English-language stand-up comedy club -- not at the unfamiliar, but at the recognizable -- China's latest chapter of inbound tourism begins to take shape.

A craftsman makes a handicraft in an art village in Kuangyan Town, Cixi City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 24, 2025. In recent years, Kuangyan Town has built an art village integrated with cultural tourism to develop local rural industries and promote rural revitalization. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

New Year decorations installed in Moscow, Russia

Hundreds of Chinese and Americans, including lawmakers, diplomats and world champions, gathered at the Pacific Palms Resort in Los Angeles County on Monday to commemorate the 54th anniversary of China-US "Ping-Pong diplomacy."

The first day of the eleventh month in the Tibetan calendar marks New Year's Day in Pulan County. Known locally as Pulan New Year, or Farmers' New Year, the festival is deeply rooted in agricultural tradition, embodying the local people's reverence for nature and their hopes for a bountiful