Archaeologists work at the Sanxingdui Ruins site Photo: Courtesy of the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute

The Palace Museum in Beijing recently held a press conference to introduce the accomplishments the museum has achieved in excavation and cultural relic protection. During the conference, the museum emphasized the fruitful achievements of joint programs, led by the Palace Museum, with other countries including Kenya, UAE and India.

In cultural exchanges between China and the world, the country has made exceedingly impressive results in archaeology, which has helped improve China's international image. In addition, through these joint programs, China has demonstrated to the world its unique archaeological concepts and methods, which have also enhanced the country's international academic influence as well.

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Books by novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, who was born and grew up on the island of Zanzibar and arrived in the UK as a refugee at the end of the 1960s, are on display at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm after the author was announced as the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. Photo: AFP

"I've tried discussing the essence of literature with an AI chatbot. I asked the bot: What is the meaning of literature? It only responded to me with a functional failure of an answer. Of course we can use AI to compose a novel, but results tend to be mediocre without any individuality. Literature should be a world that always challenges tediousness. AI makes less mistakes, and human beings make them all the time. All the great literary works have flaws but that is their charm. So far, I don't think AI will be a huge threat to writers such as me, or [modern writer] Wang Anyi."

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China's Yang Jiayu wins the women's 20-kilometer race walking title ahead of Mexico's Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London on Sunday. Yang finished a mere 1 second clear in 1 hours 26 minutes and 18 seconds, a superb triumph for the 21-year-old in her maiden senior championships. Photo: CFP

On Saturday, Chinese athlete Liu Hong claimed a silver medal in the Women's 35km Race Walking at the World Athletics Race Walking Tour held in Slovakia with a score of 2:40:06, breaking the record for a female athlete in Asia set by China's Qieyang Shijie (2:40:37).

As a veteran athlete, the 35-year-old Liu has been exploring a path different from traditional athletes: She's strict with her career but bolder in life. "People see me as a spur for young athletes when I'm on the track. When they see me behind them, they have to move forward faster."

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