Performers sing Mongolian songs for students on a special train for study tour from northeast China's Heilongjiang Province to the capital city of Beijing on Aug. 9, 2026. The Y404 special train for a study tour carrying 598 teachers and students on Sunday departed from the Qiqihar railway station

In a London rehearsal room, Chinese musical-theater actress Fiona Zhu donned a long, pale costume reminiscent of traditional Chinese opera, taking on the role of an ancient Chinese woman on stage.

For the first time in decades, the Hundred Flowers Awards are back in Beijing – the city where they were born.

A viral new term has taken global social media by storm in 2026: "Chinamaxxing." To date, related hashtags have garnered over 4 billion views on social media platforms.

Cai Gao had gone to the roof to collect her laundry. Before reaching the clothesline, however, she stopped beside a lace fern, pointed out hydrangeas yet to bloom and searched a small pond until a red fish flashed beneath the pennywort.Only then did the 80-year-old Chinese picture-book artist tend

As the new Chinese film Once Upon a Time in the Middle East rolls out its nationwide advanced screening event in China from August 8 to 10 – with daily showings running between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. at selected cinemas – food enthusiasts and filmgoers alike are abuzz over one of its most striking

At Canghai Sports Park in Wuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, residents are dancing with colorful ribbon dragons to celebrate National Fitness Day, observed annually in China on August 8 to commemorate the legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.Also known as "swinging dragons," the

The 38th Hundred Flowers Awards opened on the evening of August 7 at Beijing’s Chaoyang Park, marking the first time in 64 years that China's only film awards decided entirely by audience votes have returned to the city where they began.Among the evening's most quietly resonant moments was the

"I'd just get bored with life otherwise." At 97, British woman Betty Bromage broke her own Guinness World Record as the world's oldest female wing walker, four years after first setting it. "I can't drive, I can't see very well and I get a bit frustrated. So, I want to do the things I can do," she added. The quote she lives by? "We pass through this world but once, any good we can do, any kindness we can show, do it now. Do not defer or neglect it. You'll not pass this way again."

Tourists take a selfie during a torch festival revelry at a culture park in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Aug. 6, 2026. The annual torch festivals were held in multiple locations on Thursday night, attracting crowds of tourists and locals from different

For years, American travel vlogger Tressa had known China from afar. She thought she knew what China was like -- until she experienced it herself.

Exhibition launched in China's Nanchang to mark 400th anniversary of birth of Badashanren

Promotional event for tour operators held in south China's Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County

This summer, movie lovers in Beijing have got more chances to enjoy films beneath a night sky.

A new exhibition in Lima is showcasing nearly 200 photographs by Martín Chambi, widely regarded as the father of Peruvian photography.