While tourism in China has traditionally been associated with breathtaking landscapes and photo opportunities, Wang Xin (pseudonym) opted for a different kind of National Day holiday this year: watching tennis.Well before the vacation she had purchased tickets for the Jingshan Tennis Open in

October 7 marks the third year since the introduction of Xi Jinping's Thought on Culture. In recent years, Chinese cultural products have taken the global stage by storm, reflecting the growing vitality of China's cultural industries and the expanding reach of its soft power.

Led by the strong performance of domestic films, China's National Day holiday box office crossed the 1-billion-yuan mark (around $149.2 million) on October 6, the second last day of the weeklong holiday season.

The Chinese anti-war film Once Upon a Time in the Middle East will represent the Chinese mainland in the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards, the film's official Weibo account announced on Wednesday.

Actor and singer Nicky Wu from the island of Taiwan has drawn widespread attention after posting a video of himself waving the Chinese national flag at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to celebrate China's National Day.

The Nobel Prize in physics will be announced Tuesday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.Last year, three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enabled the ultra-sensitive measurements

For years, Yang Liangen saw strangers as a threat.After a series of break-in attempts at a 900-year-old temple in north China's Shanxi Province, Yang moved into the compound in 1997, sleeping behind its gates and guarding its rare sculptures and wooden structures.

With music filling the National Mall and the US Capitol behind the stage, Chinese and American artists gathered on Saturday for "Future Resonance — ShanghaiEye Night" people-to-people exchange events.

Chinese Huangmei Opera artists Han Zaifen (R) and Chen Bangliang perform Huangmei Opera: The Lady Consort Prince during "Future Resonance -- ShanghaiEye Night" in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Oct. 3, 2026.

2026 Nuit Blanche event held in Toronto, Canada

6th Witchilano Paddle in Vancouver, Canada

In Yeping Village, Ruijin, Jiangxi Province, a Hakka family's ancestral home was transformed into the headquarters of a new government in the early 1930s. Today, the same buildings still stand, surrounded by a very different way of life. Through the eyes of CGTN's Ioana Gomoi, this episode traces

Family-friendly films are emerging as a key draw during this year's National Day holiday, with a lineup spanning animation, crime thrillers, comedy and socially themed dramas aimed at moviegoers across the generations. As of October 4, China's holiday box-office revenue for October 1 to 7

Back in his hometown in the United States, Connor Burke reflected on his life-changing decision: leaving behind his job in the real estate industry and starting over in China.At 30, the young American returned to the classroom as a first-year medical student, thousands of miles from home.His story

In the closing scene of the hit Chinese film "Once Upon a Time in the Middle East," sunlight fills a post-war restaurant as a waiter introduces the house specialty, namely "Xu Fu Rice Stew," a humble dish born out of wartime hardship.It begins as a simple pot of braised rice, made by a Chinese cook