A performance is staged during the 8th International Culture Festival of Tianjin Foreign Studies University in north China's Tianjin, April 20, 2025. More than 300 students and teachers from over 60 countries and regions participated in the festival.

Belgian cyclist Claude Brouir, now in his sixties, officially set off on his cross-continental journey titled "Bike2Shanghai" on Saturday morning from Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels.

As part of the ongoing Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF), a landmark forum on the global promotion of Chinese cinema was held on Sunday, shining a spotlight on one of the most important and challenging topics facing Chinese cinema: going global.

The ongoing Black Myth: Wukong Art Exhibition at the Art Museum of China Academy of Art in East China's Zhejiang Province stands as an exploration of how to fuse games and artistic expression. As a scholar specializing in game design and art, I have always been engaged in this intersection, and this exhibition offers a compelling case of how deeply games can participate in the language of art.

Two geological wonders in China have been designated as UNESCO Global Geoparks, China's National Forestry and Grassland Administration recently announced. These new additions bring China's total number of UNESCO-recognized geoparks to 49, the highest of any country in the world.

The women's record was rewritten at the Beijing Half Marathon on Sunday, as Kenya's Susy Chebat Chemaimak clocked 1:09:07 to claim victory and set a new event benchmark, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

Tasting Nyonya cuisine can appreciate cultural fusion between China and Malaysia.

Mario Vargas Llosa led a multi-persona life. He wrote plays, worked as a bank clerk, and even ran for president of Peru in 1990. Yet amid his bustling life, the writer also turned his gaze toward Chinese readers. He visited China in 2011, a year after winning the NobelPrize in Literature. The writer wrote a special letter to Chinese readers, in which he noted that “literature is a universal language.”

Under a canopy of brilliant spring sunshine, cities across Southwest China's Yunnan Province have erupted into a kaleidoscope of color, laughter, and flying water as the annual water-splashing festival swept through many cities in Yunnan this week.

At Yang Hongwei's studio in Yangjiabu village in Weifang, East China's Shandong Province, a 60-meter-long kite with a dragon head patiently awaits the moment to take off at the 42nd Weifang International Kite Festival this weekend, when thousands of kites from around the world will soar into the sky alongside it and fill the skies above the city.

In an exclusive interview with the Global Times, he reflected on his musical career, shared his philosophy, discussed his views on artificial intelligence (AI), and expressed his hopes for young musicians and the future of Chinese original music.

On the occasion of celebrating the 70th anniversary of China-Uruguay business relations, the Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in China hosted a press conference in Beijing on April 11. Administrative vice president of the University of the Republic of Uruguay and professor Luis Leopold spoke about his visits to universities in China, expanding further cooperation and talent exchanges with universities in the country.

At a press conference in Beijing on April 11, Kazakhstan's Ambassador to China Shakhrat Nuryshev pointed out that the current development of the bilateral relations has reached an unprecedented level, with both countries supporting each other's positions within a multilateral framework, making their relationship a model of efficient cooperation.

The Consulate General of the People's Republic of Bangladesh in Kunming hosted a reception to celebrate the 54th anniversary of Bangladesh Independence and National Day on April 11.

The Embassy of the Republic of Finland in China hosted a reception for the release of a new book Tales from Moominvalley (Chinese Edition) in Beijing on April 16 to mark both the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Finland and China and the 80th anniversary of Moomin stories.

Themed "All Imaginable Ways of Dialogue," the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to China opened European Culture Street 2025, offering residents and visitors in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan Province a unique opportunity to experience the EU's cultural diversity on April 12. The activity was launched in collaboration with the diplomatic missions of EU member states in Beijing, Chengdu, and Chongqing.

More than 40 years of scholarly life have accustomed 64-year-old Chinese archaeologist Li Zhanyang to documenting his career through writing, often under the dim light of a lamp.

The iconic Water Cube aquatics arena will host the World Aquatics Diving World Cup Super Final from May 2 to 4, organizers announced Wednesday, as the Chinese divers aim to defend their glory on home soil.

The number of tennis participants in China had exceeded 25 million as of August 31, 2024, a nearly 30 percent increase compared to 2021, said a report about the country's tennis industry development released by the Tennis Administrative Center of General Administration of Sport of China on Wednesday.

Four new fungal species of the genus Chlorociboria have been discovered in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, told the Global Times on Wednesday. These discoveries not only enrich knowledge of the species diversity of Chlorociboria in China but also provide valuable morphological and molecular data for fungal taxonomy studies.

The 15th Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF), set to take place from April 18 to 26, has ignited excitement among film enthusiasts with its announcement of over 300 films for the screening unit.

China's women's basketball team announced on the official Sina Weibo of the Chinese Basketball Association on Monday evening its 28-member training squad for the FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2025, noting that the country's top basketball talents are set to begin preparations for the event.

China's cyberspace administration has launched a three-month campaign to crack down on malicious marketing in the short-video sector to foster a clean and healthy online environment, according to a circular issued by the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission on Tuesday.

The much-awaited The Wandering Earth 3, the latest chapter in China's blockbuster sci-fi saga, began filming on Tuesday in Qingdao, East ­China's Shandong Province. The launch ceremony, graced by director Guo Fan and lead actors Wu Jing and Shen Teng, ignited excitement across Chinese social media, marking a pivotal moment for the franchise 18 months after its release date was first announced.

The United Nations Headquarters held a series of activities on Tuesday to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Language Day, which falls on Sunday. Featuring live performances, VR experience and an exhibition of Chinese characters, the event in New York aimed to show the beauty of the Chinese language and inspire interest in learning Chinese language and Chinese culture, promoting cultural exchange and mutual understanding between China and the world.

For Beijing local Yu Bo, heading to a football pitch on a weekend has become routine. But in 2022, he shifted his choice of sport from playing association football to flag football.

Feng Jicai, a towering figure in Chinese literature, painting, and cultural preservation, has been a staunch advocate for protecting the roots of Chinese tradition. From engaging in the Chinese folk cultural heritage rescue project to playing a pivotal role in securing UNESCO recognition for the Spring Festival as an Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity, his work bridges the past and future, local and global efforts. In an exclusive interview with the Global Times, Feng talked about his "four pillars" - literature, painting, cultural preservation, and education - and his belief that ICH is not just a relic, but a great treasure of all humanity.

An archaeological exhibition titled Daedalus: Legends of Crete with 172 ancient artifacts originating from the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Greece and 13 from the Palace Museum in Beijing kicked off at the Palace Museum on Monday.

Online ticket sales for over 300 films from around the world, set to be screened at the 15th Beijing International Film Festival from April 18 to 27, officially launched on Monday, igniting excitement among film enthusiasts. Within seconds of going on sale, tickets for several highly anticipated films were sold out.

This photo taken on April 9, 2025 shows a view of Long Bien Bridge, a historic bridge across the Red River, in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi, an ancient city with a history of more than a thousand years, boasts diverse culture and historical sites.

Chinese readers and netizens mourned on Monday the passing of Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010.

A teacher guides participants in guessing the meaning of oracle bone scripts at the Confucius Institute at the University of Yaounde II in Soa, Cameroon, April 12, 2025. The Confucius Institute at the University of Yaounde II hosted a vibrant Chinese culture fair on Saturday to mark the upcoming United Nations Chinese Language Day, observed annually on April 20. The event drew local students and language enthusiasts with immersive activities, including Chinese tea tasting, calligraphy rubbing, shadow play performances, oracle bone script games, and Chinese character puzzles.

The Badminton Asia Championships 2025 concluded in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province on Sunday with the Chinese badminton team delivering a strong performance across the board, securing two golds and three silver medals.

Kicking off on Sunday, the 5th China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) is being held until Friday in South China's Hainan Province. More than 30 provinces, municipalities and auton-omous regions across the country are showcasing a range of domestic products, highlighting the integration of intangible cultural heritage craftsmanship with smart manufacturing.

Villagers participate in the Paoguche race on April 13, 2025 in Xiangfen county, North China's Shanxi Province. Paoguche, literally running with a drum cart, originated in the Spring and Autumn Period (770BC-476BC) and evolved from the practice of military drum training into a competitive event.

China's star sprinter Su ­Bingtian led Team Guangdong to victory in the men's 4x100m relay during the Zhaoqing leg of the 2025 National Athletics Grand Prix on Sunday. On the previous day, Su chose to ­withdraw from the men's 100m semifinals after setting a time of 10.49 seconds on Friday.

In recent years, marathons in China have evolved into spectacular public events, drawing tens of thousands of participants and electrifying local communities with their promise of health and city pride. On Sunday alone, nearly 30 marathon/half-marathon races, ranging from Xiangshan in East China's Zhejiang Province to Dazhou in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, were held even though extreme weather conditions forced some to postpone.

How would you feel when standing in front of an ancient scroll-inspired building while a humanoid robot walks you through a Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) painting? This seemingly surreal scene isn't imaginary - it became reality this Sunday, when the China Pavilion at the 2025 Osaka Expo was officially opened in Japan.

In the long history of Chinese porcelain art, one type of porcelain stands apart. Its appearance is akin to the first splash of vibrant color on a monochrome canvas, laying the foundation for the development of colored porcelain. This is Honglücai Porcelain, born during the Song (960-1279) and Jin (1115-1234) dynasties.

Villagers hold torches made of pinewood during a torch light festival (locally called Frov) outside a shrine in Aishmuqam village of Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 12, 2025. Kashmiri villagers celebrated torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin ploughing their fields after winter.

People decorate the church with olive branches in preparation for Palm Sunday in Beirut, Lebanon, April 11, 2025. Palm Sunday, a Christian feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter, marks the beginning of the Holy Week.

This year's United Nations Chinese Language Day was celebrated in Bulgaria on Saturday alongside the sixth edition of the Chinese singing contest "Rose Melodies."

The institute of cultural relics protection in Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region has announced progress has been made at multiple archaeological sites in the region, saying these new discoveries highlight unity in diversity of Chinese civilization.

The inclusion of mixed team table tennis events at the Los Angeles Olympics became a trending topic on social media on Thursday after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the event program for the 2028 Games.

A fossil acanthocephalan, Juracanthocephalus, from the 160-million-year-old Daohugou Biota in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, has been discovered by a research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology Chinese Academy of Sciences. The discovery fills a crucial gap in the evolutionary history of thorny-headed worms and provides solid evidence for resolving the mystery of the origin of acanthocephala, the institute reported on Thursday.

Increasing evidence suggests that young Chinese audiences are less inclined to overlook the intriguing details of cultural relics. When Liang Xiao shared a photo online of a partially completed transcription of the renowned Chinese calligraphy piece Lanting Xu (Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion), he did not anticipate the level of interest it would generate among netizens.

The first high-speed train with the pet shipping services in China, G119, departed from Beijing South Railway Station on Thursday. With this, pets and their owners can now depart on the same train and arrive at the destination together.

The Chinese men's basketball team has been placed in Group C of the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup, alongside host nation Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and India. The draw ceremony was held Tuesday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The tournament is scheduled to run from August 5 to 17 in Jeddah and feature a total of 16 participating teams.

The Chinese national under-17 football team concluded their U17 Asian Cup campaign on Wednesday night, with their hopes of qualifying for the U17 World Cup shattered after being unable to make it into the top two places in the group.

Excavation details relating to an Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) tomb cluster in Yuncheng, North China's Shanxi Province, were revealed recently. Consisting of three tombs, the site features a unique burial tradition implemented by Cao Cao, one of the most widely discussed figures in Chinese history.

As China's film industry gears up for the upcoming five-day May Day holiday (May 1-5), the market is buzzing with anticipation as 10 new releases are set to hit Chinese theaters during this period.

Gen Alpha is bringing fresh energy to China's traditional arts. From 6-year-old Zhuang Enqi's Yingge dance moves to 8-year-old Lin Xiyue's star turn in lion dance, these young performers are preserving cultural heritage in a fresh and vibrant way.

Starting from April, Datong, the ancient capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) located in North China's Shanxi Province, embodies a rich blend of grandeur and romance. During the Qingming Festival holidays, the city launched its special 2025 Spring Flower Viewing Map, drawing people from around the country to traverse a landscape where millennia-old ancient architecture blends with the vibrant embrace of springtime blossoms.

Being in the artificial intelligence (AI) field for more than a decade, Zhang Qiang never thought that one day his field would intersect with jiandu - China's 3,000-year-old bamboo and wooden slips - until he and his team developed DeepJiandu, the world's first large-scale dataset dedicated to character recognition relating to Chinese relics.

A Neolithic (7000BC-1700BC) site has been uncovered in Zhenba county, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province in the fourth national cultural relics census. This is the first prehistoric site ever found in Zhenba, extending the county's known history by around 3,000 years, Shaanxi News Online reported on Tuesday.

Aiming for a record-extending 14th title and a fourth consecutive championship win after triumphs in 2019, 2021 and 2023, China's badminton team has unveiled its 20-player roster for the 2025 Sudirman Cup.

The 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division I, Group A tournament will kick off in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, from April 13 to 19, marking the latest effort by China to promote winter sports in one of its subtropical cities.

Hong Kong has been promoting its unique role as an East-meets-West center for international cultural exchange with frequent cultural collaboration and exchanges with the mainland, emphasizing its innovative expression of Chinese traditional culture, said Chang Wai-yuen, director of Office of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Beijing on Monday night.

Chinese drama standing out in the world of drama depends on whether we can find the roots of our national culture and the light of our philosophical thought, as well as well as whether we can apply artistic wisdom to localize Western theories in a Chinese context and adapt creative methods to align with national depth and breadth. Chinese philosophy nourishes our souls and fosters our thinking and aesthetic awareness. To construct a Chinese theatrical system, we need to unearth aesthetic ideas and philosophical foundations from our own theatrical traditions. Otherwise, the Chinese theatrical system will remain at the level of mere "technique" with refined "skills" but unclear Dao (the fundamental principle of the universe).

Renovation of 23 sports venues in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province, for the upcoming 15th National Games has been completed, reported Chinanews.com, the official website of the China News Service, on Monday.

Following AR (augmented reality) digital reconstruction efforts, the Ya'er Lake Grottoes in Turpan, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has recently reopened to the public.

China's sports authority General Administration of Sport of China recently announced the launch of the 2025 internship and training program for retired athletes at sports schools, providing them with opportunities to gain practical experience and prepare for careers in sports education.

Amid gentle sea breezes and blooming memorial flowers, and through 3D-printed facial restoration of the deceased and AI-powered farewells, China is breathing new life into traditional tomb-sweeping rituals on Qingming Festival, which fell on Friday.

"My favorite stream is the monk stream," said popular US influencer IShowSpeed during a recent livestream on YouTube about his China tour. He was referring to his kung fu training in Dengfeng, Central China's Henan Province - the birthplace of Shaolin kung fu.

A surge of travel across China during the Qingming Festival holiday has lit up social media with posts tagged "feels like 100 million people are here." As the first major outing opportunity since the Spring Festival, the three-day holiday sparked a spring tourism boom - beyond traditional park strolls and countryside excursions, culturally immersive experiences like museum visits and regional heritage festivals have emerged as popular new options.

A series of international equestrian competitions will be held in China this year, according to the Chinese Equestrian Association (CEA), and the organizers pin hope on the events to boost the sport's popularity in the vast Chinese market.

China's blockbuster animated sequel "Ne Zha 2" has garnered an astonishing 15.5 billion yuan (about 2.16 billion U.S. dollars) globally, including presales, as of Thursday, per ticketing platform Maoyan's data.

In the first home game of the 2025 season of the Chinese Super League (CSL), Beijing Guoan drew 1-1 with Chengdu Rongcheng in front of 52,982 fans at the Workers' Stadium on Saturday.

The display of lunar soil samples collected by China's space missions is one of the key highlights of the China Pavilion at the 2025 Osaka Expo, according to a press conference held by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) in Beijing on Wednesday.

China's upcoming three-day Qingming Festival holidays (Friday to Sunday) are expected to boost the domestic box office, with 14 films slated to debut and pre-sales exceeding 40 million yuan ($5.5 million) as of Wednesday afternoon, according to ticketing platform Beacon.

Young people in China are gradually creating new models for finding love, which emphasize a relaxed and enjoyable social experience instead of the traditional rigid methods of arranged matchmaking.

Birdwatching or bird photographing used to be seen as something only aged people did, with the help from celebrities and a growing interest of nature, more and more young people in China are getting into it.

A visitor explores a digital immersive exhibition on the Haihun Kingdom using a VR headset at the Nanchang Relic Museum for the Haihun Principality of the Han Dynasty in East China's Jiangxi Province on April 2.

Foreigners have been more aware that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has scientific basis and the global growing interest in turning to TCM to solve wellness problems is helping shed its "mystical" label and earn it trust as an effective medical practice. The latest striking example of this shift happened when US influencer IShowSpeed streamed his recent experience with acupuncture and bone setting in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province.

An exhibition exploring the rich cultural heritage of gardens across the world opened at the Palace Museum in Beijing on Tuesday. Jointly organized by the Palace Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago, Rejoicing in Woods and Springs: A Journey Through Garden Cultures in China and the Wider World brings together more than 200 artifacts from China and beyond, including a rare masterpiece by Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) Emperor Zhao Ji and French Impressionist Claude Monet's Water Lilies, according to the museum.

China's emerging Generation Alpha athletes is passionate and ambitious. Whether chasing the adrenaline-fueled dream of Formula 1 or striving for dominance on the tennis court, these young talents are leveraging new opportunities to push their limits.

Including To Abei, a children's novel inspired by China's Li ethnic traditions, more than 2,500 Chinese children's books are on display at the ongoing 62nd Bologna Children's Book Fair (BCBF) in Italy.

The first definitive evidence of Middle Paleolithic Quina technology in East Asia has been uncovered in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, on the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau. The finding challenges long-standing views about technological evolution in the region and raises questions about potential Neanderthal dispersal into Southwest China, the Global Times learned from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITPR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Tuesday.

A single line from a South Korean drama When Life Gives You Tangerines has once again brought Zhangjiajie in Central China's Hunan Province into the spotlight. In the final episode of the drama, which premiered on Netflix in March, the main characters promise to "go to Zhangjiajie to see the falling leaves next year."

With a humanoid robot from Unitree Robotics delivering the game ball, the Xiong'an international women's basketball invitational kicked off with a match between WCBA's Jiangsu Nangang and Serbian league team FK Vojvodina. The Sunday evening also marked the official opening of the Xiong'an Sports Center after 1,000 days of construction, the Global Times learned from the China Xiong'an Group on Monday.

Many people in China, beyond the traditional practice of honoring the ancestors, are planning to use the upcoming Qingming Festival holiday as an opportunity for leisure travel. In response to growing visitor demand, multiple museums have canceled closure days, extended their hours, and introduced special activities to enrich the holiday experience.

On the tranquil waters of the Guichun River, the misty veil of the China-Vietnam Detian-Ban Gioc Waterfall is pierced by the soulful melodies of traditional folk songs, marking the grand opening of the "Sanyuesan" festival in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a traditional ethnic festival celebrated on the third day of the third lunar month, which fell on Monday this year.

An exhibition titled “Hot Blood: Historical Artifacts and Archives Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the May Thirtieth Movement” opened at the Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Shanghai on Monday, highlighting the great revolutionary movement among the Chinese people a century ago.

Using the 3D laser scanning method, Chinese researchers have recently discovered that the arrangement of dinosaur eggs at an around 80-million-year-old fossil site in Central China's Hubei Province shows “a highly artistic pattern that has never been seen before,” Zhao Bi, the project's lead, told the Global Times.

Children play Lusheng, a traditional reed-pipe wind instrument, in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 5, 2024. Since 2017, supported by a paired assistance program, local authorities have continuously enhanced the living environment and improved cultural facilities in Wuying Village, aiming to strengthen the inheritance and development of ethnic culture and promote rural revitalization

The World Games Series 2025 Chengdu, held from Friday to Sunday at Chengdu Sport University's Sancha Lake campus in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, brought together 122 athletes from 28 countries and regions, including China, Italy, and Spain. Designed to promote World Games sports and enhance global sports culture, the event served as a trial run for the Chengdu 2025 World Games in August, according to the China News Service.

The 2025 China Science Fiction Convention is set to come to an end on Monday at Shougang Park in Beijing. It was revealed at the convention that China's science fiction industry achieved a total revenue of 108.96 billion yuan ($15.01 billion) in 2024. Renowned Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin predicted that AI may reshape the landscape of science fiction creation.

The Chinese Super League (CSL) returned in the weekend after an international break, with an unprecedented turnout at matches and on-field excitement brought by young guns.

Xu Xueying, a 40-year-old photography enthusiast, lives in a village in Zhouquan town, East China's Zhejiang Province. Like many people her age, she loves capturing the local natural flower fields and people. Yet lately, her photos have started featuring a rarely seen addition - a building she describes "magical," a concrete-style art gallery that rises from the village's wild greenery.

"It would be a grave misunderstanding to our audience to assume they rely solely on emotional stimulation from micro-dramas to pass the time. In fact, the growing trend of serious literary fiction adaptations in film and television works reflects the diverse demands of Chinese viewers - especially the younger generation - who seek depth, complexity, and aesthetic value in their viewing experience," Zhao Dongling, a renowned scriptwriter who garnered a new wave of attention with the TV series adaptation Northward, told the Global Times, noting that he is happy to see the revival of serious literature adaptations presenting cultural feasts to Chinese audiences.

Two statues of the Chinese sea goddess Mazu departed from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport on Saturday, boarding Xiamen Airlines flight MF881, were flown to the island of Taiwan for cultural exchange.

Dressed in elaborate ethnic attire adorned with local silver accessories, 45 children from Southwest China's Guizhou Province took the stage at China Fashion Week, showcasing the rich artistry of Miao embroidery and batik. Unlike professional models, these young participants embodied the spirit of the "Village Fashion Show," a grassroots initiative from Guizhou designed to celebrate the rich local cultural heritage.