China's first homegrown large passenger plane C919 arrived at Singapore at 1:49 a.m. on Saturday (local time), preparing to participate in the 2024 Singapore Airshow from February 20 to 25, according to China Eastern Airlines.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend the 60th Munich Security Conference and visit Spain and France, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday at a news conference.
The Year of the Dragon brings enthusiasm and vibrancy. Red lanterns, auspicious red envelopes and couplets, exquisite paper-cut window decorations, and delicate dim sum—elements of the dragon, or Chinese loong, can be seen everywhere in daily life. What does the loong mean to the Chinese people? As we navigate through the historical traces, we seek to uncover its spiritual nature.
As the world celebrates the coming of the Year of the Dragon, global experts send their greetings. Rana Mitter, ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School, expects the Chinese economy to prosper in the years to come by opening markets, maintaining regional stability, and deepening cooperation.
Spring is the season of rebirth and renewal. Wu Rina, an Ewenki ethnic musician and professor at the School of Music of Minzu University of China, and Mark Levine, an American professor and country musician at the same university, jointly performed the song "Spring is coming," which was composed by the late Mongolian singer Buren Bayaer.
As the world celebrates the coming of the Year of the Dragon, global experts send their greetings.“China has made the right kinds of investments for the real economy to prosper,” said David Blair, vice president and senior economist at the Center for China and Globalization, in an interview with China News Network. He expects the Chinese economy to grow further over the next decade.
Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum and his Rwandan coach Gervais Hakizimana were killed in a car crash along with his coach at around 11 p.m. Sunday local time in Kenya, according to the Associated Press.
Claude Smadja, Former Managing Director of the World Economic Forum, noted during an exclusive interview with China News Network that China has achieved tremendous progress in many areas including artificial intelligence, e-commerce, and electric cars.
huà lóng diǎn jīng means to bring the painted dragon, or Loong, to life by putting in the pupils of its eyes.
One year ago, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, displacing a community, jeopardizing health, harming the local environment, and exposing the country’s inability to handle disasters effectively. Now, a year later, federal and local officials insist East Palestine and the surrounding regions are safe, health issues still linger there.
A group of foreigners from France and Switzerland were invited to a cultural event last Friday on Little New Year, or Xiaonian in Chinese, in Beijing to welcome the Chinese Spring Festival and the upcoming Year of the Dragon.
In his speech, Xi noted that over the past year, we implemented the new development philosophy on all fronts, adhered to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, decisively downgraded the level of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control, and promoted the recovery and development of the economy.
A contingent selected from the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army will participate the Cobra Gold 2024 multinational exercise from Feb. 10 to March 7 in Thailand.
Dancers perform the Chaoshan Yingge dance, or "dance to the hero's song", during a Chinese New Year celebration event in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 8, 2024.
Some people believe that parents' hope for excellence in their children is understandable because it can encourage them to make more progress. However, others think that setting too high of a goal for a child may create excessive pressure. What are your opinions?
Villagers perform dragon dance under flying molten iron to celebrate the Spring Festival in Dazhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 7, 2024.
Swiss Federal Councilor and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said in Beijing that Switzerland warmly welcomes Chinese tourists and will provide more visa facilitation for Chinese citizens and enterprises investing in the country.
China's forex reserves came in at 3.2193 trillion U.S. dollars at the end of January 2024, down 18.7 billion U.S. dollars or 0.59 percent from December 2023, according to the data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Tuesday.
To help foreigners get a mobile number easier upon their arrival in China, carriers including China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom recently set up nine new shops at airports in such cities as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Kunming, Chengdu and Xiamen, and six new shops in popular destinations for foreign travelers in cities including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xi’an and Qingdao.
Loong is the Chinese dragon, while Feng means a phoenix. As the earliest totem of the Chu State (1115 BC-223 BC), the Phoenix is inherently genderless, symbolizing the values of truth, goodness, and beauty.
The station, with an area of 5,244 square meters, is China's third year-round station after the Zhongshan Station and Great Wall Station. It is also the first station facing the Pacific Ocean. It can accommodate 80 people in the summer and 30 in the winter.
The event features thousands of colorful lanterns and artistic installations to showcase traditional Chinese culture.
Decorations of pandas in dragon costumes are set up to greet the Year of the Dragon at Kuanzhai Alley in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 7, 2024.
The 2023 Ceremony of the Chinese Government Friendship Award was held on Sunday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Erik Solheim, former under-secretary-general of the United Nations, is one of the laureates this year. During his acceptance speech, he highlighted the rise of China in global affairs since 1978 and that respect and dialogue must be the basis for cooperation between China, the West and other civilizations.
The new facility, constructed on the rocky, windswept Inexpressible Island near the Ross Sea of the Antarctic, utilizes an integrated spatial system and green technology given the unique environmental conditions at the site.
Hangzhou Railway Station in east China's Zhejiang Province has introduced intelligent hot meal vending machines to provide a better experience for passengers during the Spring Festival.
The English version of Chinese sci-fi series Three-Body, adopted from Liu Cixin's science fiction The Three-Body Problem, is set to premier on U.S. streaming platform Peacock of NBC Universal on Feb. 10.
China has issued a document to encourage NEV companies to set up overseas research and development centers, according to the Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday.
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. Here are several idioms related to Loong, or Chinese Dragon. lóng mǎ jīng shén means "full of vigor" or as full of energy as a dragon horse.
The 550-ton outer dome installation on the world's first commercial small modular reactor was completed on Tuesday, marking the completion of the main structure.