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China hosted a Spring Festival reception at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) headquarters in London on Feb 10, celebrating the upcoming Year of the Horse with the permanent representatives and delegates from IMO member states.
An international Spring Festival gathering for overseas students was held in Beijing on Tuesday, offering young people from around the world an immersive experience of traditional Chinese culture and the historical legacy of the Beijing Central Axis.
On Little New Year, which fell on Tuesday this year in northern China, the Confucius Museum in Qufu, Shandong province, invited the public to embark on a Chinese New Year journey with a combination of cultural exhibits and a festive market.
As the country's biggest holiday approaches, the Chinese New Year — especially this year's extended nine-day break — has become a critical period for consumption, offering a vital window for retailers to bolster their performance.
For generations of Chinese families, "nian gao" has been the most tangible festive expression of hope Over time, as the word gao(cake) came to echo gao(high), the rice cake took on its enduring association with progress and aspiration.
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited primary-level officials and residents in Beijing during a two-day inspection tour from Monday to Tuesday, extending Spring Festival greetings to Chinese people at home and abroad ahead of the festival.
MaltaPost on Monday unveiled a commemorative stamp celebrating the Chinese Lunar Year of the Horse at a ceremony held in the capital, Valletta. The release marks the third consecutive year that Malta has issued stamps themed around the Chinese zodiac.
Shoes squeaking on the court, plastic balls popping as they hit rackets, the crowd cheering after a score — not the typical sound of international relations. Students from China and the United States were doing just that in Rockville, Maryland, on Saturday, for the inaugural US-China Youth Pickleball Friendship Tournament.
Fifty "Nihao! China" Year of the Horse-themed double-decker buses began operating across central London on Monday, adding a festive Chinese New Year touch to the city as part of the UK's "Happy Chinese New Year" celebrations.
The findings revealed that during the transfer and circulation of Jiangnan Springand other paintings, the original Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture, the Nanjing Museum, and the original Jiangsu Provincial Cultural Relics Store violated cultural relics management regulations.
Chinese authorities have revealed an action plan to promote the inheritance and development of theatrical arts over the next three years, starting from 2026.
AI-generated "digital human" short dramas are gaining popularity in China, emerging as a new growth segment of the country's short-form video market as production costs fall and audiences become more receptive, industry observers said.
Adora Cruises on Sunday welcomed the one-millionth passenger aboard Adora Magic City, China's first domestically built large cruise ship, as the vessel departed from Shanghai with more than 4,000 passengers on a five-day, four-night cruise to Jeju and Busan in the Republic of Korea.
Skiers gliding through ancient forests by morning and soaking in steaming geothermal pools by night have become the new winter standard in Guizhou province.
In Lingchuan county, at the southern end of the Taihang Mountains in Shanxi province, children glide across snowy slopes under the guidance of an Austrian Olympic skiing champion — a scene that reflects how China's ice and snow tourism is expanding beyond its traditional strongholds in Northeast China and the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
The iconic "tea-green and cherry-red" landscape of Yongfu town in Zhangping, East China's Fujian province, reached its peak aesthetic over the weekend as the annual cherry blossom cultural tourism festival officially commenced.
China is increasingly recognized not only as a rising economic power, but also as a partner capable of delivering tangible benefits and contributing to a stable future for the world, according to global surveys and experts.
Labubu, the phenomenally popular creation of Hong Kong-born artist Kasing Lung that helped put Chinese pop culture giant Pop Mart on the world map, made its sharp-toothed, pointy-eared Yuyuan Lantern Festival debut in Shanghai on Feb 1.
As 2026 began, a curious expression became a widely shared internet catchphrase in China — aini laoji, literally, "love you, my old self," or more accurately, "love you, my dear self".
Chinese New Year celebrations have been unfolding across multiple European cities, drawing local residents into a festive atmosphere of performances, cuisine and cultural exchange.
Thailand is gearing up to celebrate Chinese New Year with a variety of cultural festivities planned nationwide to mark the Year of the Horse and the 51st anniversary of Thailand-China diplomatic ties, the Tourism Authority of Thailand, or TAT, announced.
British scientists said Thursday that a world-first AI tool to catalogue and track icebergs as they break apart into smaller chunks could fill a "major blind spot" in predicting climate change.
Draco Malfoy has unexpectedly become a Chinese New Year icon in China, as Chinese people are embracing the character's name for its auspicious meaning in the Year of the Horse.
London's Grade I listed Sinfonia Smith Square concert hall will host "The Golden Horse Soars" 2026 Heritage in Harmony Chinese New Year Concert on Feb 14, with a global livestream.
The Nasdaq screen at Times Square, New York, broadcasts a special video produced by Shanghai International Services on Feb 2, showcasing dynamic street scenes, everyday life, and travel resources in Shanghai.
An international sculpture exhibition to mark the Year of the Horse is currently underway at Inzone Harmony, a popular mall in Beijing's Fengtai district. Curated by renowned Chinese sculptor Sun Longben, the showcase features a diverse collection of horse-themed works by both Chinese and Russian artists.
On Thursday, the Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shone bright with lights and applause as the Central Conservatory of Music's Chinese orchestra, led by conductor Liu Sha, performed a special Chinese New Year traditional music concert.
A British martial arts enthusiast demonstrates Chinese kung fu at the square in front of the Bell and Drum Towers in Beijing on Monday.Sipping ginger tea and trying acupuncture are also among those praised, as well as the proclamation, "You met me at a very Chinese time of my life".
The "50,000 in Five Years" initiative was proposed by Xi in November 2023, aiming to bring 50,000 young Americans to China for exchange and study programs over a five-year period.
Earlier this year, Xin Minghua, a devoted fan of the Ne Zhaanimated films, journeyed all the way from East China's Shanghai to the country's southwestern Sichuan province, just to visit Nezha Palace, a site dedicated to the legendary mythological figure.
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