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Chinese books showcased worldwide during Spring Festival

The 16th Annual Spring Festival Joint Exhibition of Chinese Books in Global Overseas Chinese Bookstores was recently held at over 100 bookstores in 40 countries and regions.

Translators Association of China to hold annual conference in April

​The 2026 Annual Conference of the Translators Association of China (TAC) will be held in Wuhan, capital city of Hubei province from April 25 to 26.

CICG president meets with Uzbek ambassador to China

Chang Bo, president of China International Communications Group (CICG), met with Uzbek Ambassador to China Farhod Arziev in Beijing on Wednesday to discuss cooperation across multiple fields.

CICG holds dialogue on building China-Brunei community with a shared future

The "Forward Together" Dialogue on Building Brunei-China Community with a Shared Future was held in Brunei on Feb. 7, bringing together about 150 experts and scholars from the two countries.

Spring Festival warmth rides the rails of China's high-speed trains

China is entering into its busiest travel season—the Spring Festival travel rush, or chunyun, a 40-day period often described as the world's largest annual human migration—with billions of trips carrying millions of travelers homeward or toward holiday escapes. Yet, on the Beijing–Harbin High-Speed Railway (HSR), the joy of the Spring Festival is not only the destination, but also the journey, unfolding across every carriage.

Dialogue on China-Laos community with shared future held in Vientiane

A dialogue on building a China-Laos community with a shared future was held on Feb. 5 in Lao capital Vientiane, bringing together officials and scholars from both countries to discuss ways to deepen cooperation and promote long-term development.

Top 10 news stories on 2025 Lancang-Mekong cooperation released in Luang Praban

The list of top 10 news stories on 2025 Lancang-Mekong cooperation was officially released on the evening of Feb. 4 (Beijing time) in Luang Prabang, Laos, highlighting key achievements and milestones of cooperation among the six Lancang-Mekong countries over the past year.

An Exemplar of China's Approach to Rural Modernization

As one of the six counties of ancient Huizhou, Wuyuan has been widely acclaimed as"China's Most Beautiful Countryside" both at home and abroad. It owes its charm to a landscape shaped by deep-rooted rural cultural traditions and harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature.

Ancient bronze ornament testifies to 'dragon-horse spirit'

"Dragon-horse spirit" (龙马精神; longma jingshen) is a Chinese idiom frequently used as a blessing, wishing the recipient the endurance of a horse and the divine strength of a dragon— a life full of vitality and the courage to forge ahead.

The Sunny Side of Winter

Yiwu merchants ride a winter sports boom as"Made in China" winter gear heats up the global economy.

Ningxia Hui People's Hua'er Folk Songs

Hua'er, literally meaning "flower," is a genre of folk songs created and sung by the Han, Hui, Tibetan, Dongxiang, Mongolian, and other ethnic groups in Gansu and Qinghai provinces as well as Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China. The tradition took shape during the early Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). It is named hua'er because females are often likened to flowers in the lyrics.

Biography of a city

The publication of Urumqi: A Biography by cultural historian Du Xuewei in 2024 marked a seminal moment in the historical scholarship of China's northwestern frontiers.