US players gather at the opening ceremony of the China-USA Softball Exchange on July 14."The sports exchange is a way to bring kids together, create cultural awareness, and build relationships," Jeff Rogers, CEO of Musco Lighting, said at the opening ceremony.
The oldest printed edition of the manual dates back to the Southern Song Dynasty (1127–1279). The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, is part of the Beijing Central Axis, which was recently added to UNESCO's World Heritage List.
Wu said while national policies such as the Belt and Road Initiative and reform and opening-up provide long-term demand for English talent, "pure English" ability is devalued.
Around 20 government schools in Pauri Garhwal district in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand are teaching their students, most of whom are below the poverty line, Mandarin.
A passenger takes a picture at the Beijing Railway Station before boarding the Star Express, the first sightseeing tourist train in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region on Wednesday.
The 24th New York Asian Film Festival returns to the Lincoln Center from July 11 to 24, where Hong Kong romance movie Last Song for Youdebuted in North America. The NYAFF showcases curated Asian movies not distributed in the United States.
The Silk Road Week 2025 opened on July 11 at the China National Silk Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, under the theme "Silk Ties the Ages, Roads Network the World".

A black-bellied darter (Anhinga melanogaster), a globally threatened bird species, has been recorded for the first time in Hainan Province at Haiwei National Wetland Park, according to the Hainan Bird Records Center.
The rich cultural heritage that is embedded in life in Dunhuang, Gansu province, has impressed foreign visitors, underlining the significance of cultural exchange and mutual learning among civilizations.
The 11th Nishan Forum on World Civilizations took place from July 9 to 10 in Qufu, the birthplace of Confucius in East China's Shandong province.Wisdom seekers from around the world gathered to share their insights on cultural diversity, ancient wisdom, and the importance of peaceful dialogue. Follow Joe Burns, a foreign expert from China Daily Website, as he meets scholars, advisors, experts and volunteers, and explores how Confucian values can inspire a more inclusive and connected future.
Pakistan and China are poised to deepen cooperation across media, culture and digital platforms under the framework of the Global Civilization Initiative, said Attaullah Tarar, Pakistan's federal minister for information and broadcasting, in an exclusive interview on Thursday.
A group of foreign guests who recently visited the Liangzhu Museum in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, were irresistibly drawn to the unique charm of Liangzhu culture, which has earned global recognition as a hallmark of China's 5,000-year-old civilization.

Brazilian singer Alexia Evellyn made history as the first artist from her country to grace the stage of The Singer 2025when she sang Whenever, Whereveron the eighth episode of the TV program on Friday.
Participants of a think tank dialogue of Shanghai Cooperation Organization member countries underscored the importance of cultural exchanges and mutual understanding, which have become important forces in mitigating the negative impacts of multiple challenges facing humanity today.

China has seen its degraded grasslands shrink by an average of 3.3 million hectares annually since 2021, according to the National Forestry and Grassland.
The 11th Nishan Forum on World Civilizations kicks off in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, on Wednesday. The forum, which lasts for two days, brings together global scholars to explore the interplay between cultural diversity and modernization.
Representatives from Shanghai Cooperation Organization member countries visited the Luban Workshop Experience Center in Tianjin on Monday to discuss China's model for international vocational education as well as school-enterprise cooperation.
A report on the influence of books from China and ASEAN countries in the past five years was released during the China-ASEAN Book Cultural Week held in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Friday.
Terminal 2 of Yantai Penglai International Airport became the only Chinese candidate to be named among the World's Most Beautiful Airports for 2025 by the Prix Versailles architecture awards.

Pulu, an over 2,000-year-old textile from southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, has witnessed the friendship between the Han and Tibetan peoples.
Members of the And Then There Were Nonetouring cast, pictured in Shanghai, said they were amazed by the level of knowledge and enthusiasm for British crime writer Agatha Christie among theater audiences in China.

As the saying goes: "Minor Heat and Major Heat—steaming by day, stewing by night". During Minor Heat, all creatures seek refuge from the sun. Yet, humans learned to harness the fierce sunlight to dispel dampness and ensure their well-being.

The future of China-United States relations lies with young people, President Xi Jinping said in a recent reply to teachers and students of the US youth pickleball cultural exchange delegation from the US state of Maryland.

Ten youth representatives from Vietnam visited the site of the historic Zunyi Meeting in Southwest China's Guizhou province on Friday, marking the first stop of the 2025 China-Vietnam Youth Exchange program.
He revealed that the dens were part of an experiment, and the cameras recorded more than two dozen images of pandas at three designated artificial den sites.Ni said the research program aims to create more breeding sites and shelters for isolated small panda groups and help enlarge their populations.
A multidisciplinary research team has announced the discovery of 300,000-year-old well-preserved wooden artifacts at the Gantangqing site in Southwest China's Yunnan province, presenting the earliest finding of this kind in East Asia.

An assemblage of 35 wooden tools dating back to 300,000 years ago were unearthed from the Gantangqing site in Southwest China's Yunnan Province.

A series of commemorative TV dramas, documentaries and micro-short dramas are set to be released soon.
The Buddhist Association of China on Thursday issued a statement on the recent claims of the 14th Dalai Lama regarding his reincarnation. The following is the full text of the statement:
This region, home to 26 ethnic groups including Tibetan, Lisu and Naxi, has intensified efforts to protect ethnic culture and intangible cultural heritage.
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