Teachers decorate a blackboard at a middle school in Xinle, north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 29, 2026. Various departments across the country are getting ready for the upcoming new semester. (Photo by Jia Minjie/Xinhua)Students clean a classroom at a primary school in Gaomi, east China's Shandong

China and Kyrgyzstan share a long border and an even longer friendship. In the past few years that friendship has quickened. Chinese classrooms in Bishkek fill early. Confucius Institutes stay noisy after dark. Young Kyrgyz students are learning not only the language, but a country that no longer

Walk into Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, and Chinese elements are already woven into the city.At Mixue, a Chinese drink brand, young people enjoy bubble tea cheerfully. On the road, electric taxis and buses made in China move through the streets. In an underground mall, HSK textbooks sit on

High in Kyrgyzstan's Ferghana mountain range sits Saimaluu-Tash – also known as Saimaly-Tash or Ayrymach Too – home to one of Central Asia's and the world's most stunning open-air galleries. Nearly 10,000 petroglyphs have been identified here, depicting horses, bulls, yaks and more, with the oldest

For more than five decades, Manat Eshimbekov, an equestrian coach from Kyrgyzstan, has devoted his life to horses. After retiring, he could have settled into a quiet life, but an invitation brought him to Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to begin a new chapter as an

Fish, birds, arrows and human figures – what story do they tell? These mysterious images appear together on Sanxingdui's famous gold scepter. The surviving gold foil may once have been wrapped around a wooden core, which disappeared over thousands of years. As for the symbols themselves, they may

An immersive audiovisual art exhibition highlighting cultural and artistic exchanges between China and Malaysia has attracted more than 5,000 visitors from nearly 20 countries and regions since opening in Kuala Lumpur on August 17.

The 2026 World Conference on Science Literary will be held in Beijing from Sept. 19 to 21, and the conference will officially announce the establishment of the World Organization for Science Literacy, according to the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) on Wednesday.

Meta, the owner of the social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, settled a landmark lawsuit on Wednesday brought by a coalition of dozens of U.S. states over allegations of social media addiction.

After becoming a box-office hit in China, the film Once Upon a Time in the Middle East is now being released in international markets.

Dancers perform traditional Egyptian folk dance during 2nd Heritage Revival Week in Cairo

Australia's recorded music industry will bar tracks wholly generated by artificial intelligence from official charts as burgeoning generative technologies threaten artists' livelihoods, a representative said on Tuesday.

More than 500 musicians, singers, dancers and community artists took the stage at Chicago Symphony Center on Saturday for "Bridges We Build, Memories We Keep," a concert that drew an audience of more than 2,000 and wove together Chinese and Western musical traditions across generations.

The 21st Changchun Film Festival is officially underway in northeast China's Jilin Province. Opening under the theme "New Era, New Cradle, New Force," the flagship six-day event celebrates Changchun's historical legacy as the birthplace of modern Chinese cinema, while shining a bright spotlight on