A celebration was held in Prague, the Czech Republic this week to mark the fifth anniversary of the Confucius Institute of the University of Finance and Administration (VSFS) in Prague. The celebration highlighted art performances including Chinese dragon dance, qipao dress show and Czech traditional music. The event was attended by VSFS teachers and students, […]
With the new urban drama Rising with the Wind streaming on iQiyi, its topic is once again focusing audiences' interest on the inheritance and reshaping of traditional Chinese culture in today's modern world. Starring Gong Jun and Zhong Chuxi, the drama tells the story of a group of young people who struggle to promote and […]
Editor's Note: The death toll among Palestinians from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen pass 8,500, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, while more than 1,400 people in Israel have lost their lives, the vast majority in the Hamas attack on October 7. The Gaza Strip now faces a serious humanitarian […]
Editor's Note: August 8, 2023 marked the successful conclusion of the Chengdu FISU Games, a prestigious sporting event that showcased the highest level of sports excellence among university students worldwide. Coincidentally, on this day, 15 years ago, the 29th Summer Olympic Games commenced in Beijing. Over the last 15 years, the Chinese mainland has proudly […]
As a Fijian proverb goes, "A bud will give birth to millions of fruit." In November 2014, while holding a group meeting with leaders of Pacific Island Countries (PICs) in Fiji, Chinese President Xi Jinping quoted this saying. China's exchanges and cooperation with the South Pacific region have borne fruits as diverse as the leader' […]
September 15 marks the second anniversary of the signing of the AUKUS treaty between the US, the UK and Australia. When considering what Australia has gained from this, I would say nothing and less than nothing. In fact, the worst consequence of this is that it will deprive Australia of its sovereignty. It will also […]
China's Shenzhou-15 manned spaceship successfully docked with the space station combination early on Wednesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The spaceship, launched on Tuesday night, conducted a fast automated rendezvous and docked with the front port of the space station's Tianhe module at 5:42 a.m. Wednesday (Beijing Time), said the CMSA. The […]
China has made continuous improvement in ecosystem quality with the most contribution to the global increase in green areas, made world-leading efforts in desertification control with over 300 million mu of desertification control achieved, and made significant achievements in national park construction, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration said on Tuesday. Over the past decade, […]
There’s a deadly fungus spreading among snakes in the United States. But don’t cheer. As much as snakes might frighten us, they’re important players in the ecosystem, and we really don’t want to lose them. In 2006, scientists discovered some odd skin infections among snakes in declining populations in New Hampshire. Soon after, fungal infections […]
Joni Mitchell was right: We are stardust. Another one of the essential ingredients for life as we know it might have formed in space and then rained down on a young Earth, researchers suggest in the April 8 Science. The simple sugar ribose — a crucial piece of the molecular machinery inside cells — can […]