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Various lanterns, festive Chinese New Year paintings, and layered displays of candies and pastries... The Chinese New Year goods at Phnom Penh’s Orussey market in Cambodia have become a dazzling sight.
Gao Wei, head of the Beijing Folklore Society and a member of the expert committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Beijing, stated in the latest W.E. Talk some countries have designated the Chinese Spring Festival as a local legal holiday and have their own ways of celebration, which indicating that the Spring Festival has some inherent cultural values that are widely recognized.
What does the Spring Festival mean? In the eyes of Richard Trappl, an Austrian sinologist and former director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Vienna, the Spring Festival means no matter how far apart people are, they will embark on the journey back home. He said that we live in an era of cultural diversity and that Spring Festival enables people from different cultural backgrounds to understand each other. It reminds us that we should pay more attention to families and friends. (Zhang Dongfang)
The level of respiratory infectious diseases' spread in China has begun declining, a national viral disease researcher said during a news conference on Sunday.
China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) surged 10.5 percent year-on-year to $143.85 billion in 2024, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce released on Sunday.
Leading Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has successively released two cost-effective open source models, DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1, quickly becoming the talk of Silicon Valley.
China achieved stable growth in outbound investment in 2024, with a notable increase in international green infrastructure collaboration. New contracts for energy-efficient, environmental protection.
As the Year of the Snake approaches, its inclusion in the zodiac reminds us of the deep connections ancient Chinese people made between nature, the cosmos, and cultural aspirations. The snake’s celestial ties and its symbolism of fertility underscore its enduring significance in Chinese tradition, according to Gao Wei, head of the Beijing Folklore Society.
The Chinese national table tennis team has decided to disband all official fan groups on all social media platforms to manage fandom mess, China Sport Daily reported on Saturday.
The 2025 “Happy Chinese New Year” global launching ceremony and gala was held on Saturday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
China has detected a gamma-ray burst, designated as EP240315a, that originated approximately 12.5 billion light years away using its Einstein Probe (EP) astronomical satellite, also known as the Tianguan satellite.
In the ice cap region near China's Zhongshan Station in Antarctica, a domestically developed six-legged robotic dog recently completed a series of scientific research tests successfully, marking an innovative step in China's polar research equipment.
The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines stated on Sunday that the accusation is “baseless and defamatory,” adding that it has lodged a formal protest with the Philippine authorities, demanding consular access to the detained Chinese national.
Bao Li and Qing Bao, a giant panda couple from China, met the public for the first time since their arrival at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington DC in the US on Friday morning local time.
China's coast guard said on Saturday that they had warned and expelled Philippine vessels for trespassing in the waters near the Tiexian Reef of China's Nansha Islands.
Paddy-field remains dating back over 8,000 years have been discovered at the Lijiagang relics site in Lixian County, Hunan Province, during an archaeological excavation at the site in 2024. The remains, which belong to the period of Pengtoushan culture are believed to be the earliest paddy-field remains found so far in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The new finding provides new archaeological evidence for the origin of rice farming and early rice cultivation behavior in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Chinese supermarket chains have reported increases in both visitor numbers and online sales, with three out of four that undertook adjustments and renovations in 2024 achieving growth, according to a report by the China Chain Store and Franchise Association.
China will see an average of 1.85 million cross-border trips every day during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, a 9.5 percent year-on-year increase, the National Immigration Administration has estimated.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke with United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio by telephone on Friday, saying both sides should maintain communications, manage differences, and expand cooperation to promote the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of China-U.S. relations.
Scientists have revealed new insights into the distant X-ray universe, with the Einstein Probe satellite offering fresh perspectives on the distant explosions in the cosmos.
Li Weiwei, a former senior national political adviser, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and dismissed from public office for serious violations of disciplines and laws, the country's top anti-corruption authorities said on Friday.
China's consumption, powered by a more proactive fiscal policy and a moderately loose monetary policy, will bring out greater vitality and play a bigger role in spurring overall economic growth this year, said officials and executives.
Another round of anti-China legislation was proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday.
Abu Dhabi is intensifying efforts to bolster its economic and trade relations with China, targeting key sectors such as advanced manufacturing, energy transition, and artificial intelligence to seize emerging opportunities for collaboration with the world's second-largest economy.
Led by six Beijing 2022 Olympic champions, China's 257-strong Asian Winter Games delegation is primed to do the country proud while promoting unity and friendship across the continent.
The National Meteorological Center issued yellow alerts, the third severest in the four-tier warning system, for both a cold wave and snowstorms across much of China, days before the Spring Festival holiday.
As part of improving official contacts between China and India, Beijing said on Friday that it is looking forward to Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri's upcoming visit to China.
Dimitrij Ovtcharov, German table tennis professional, sent his warmest Spring Festival greetings to Chinese friends. He hoped that he can win championships in the following competitions this year, and he wished that everyone can work hard with great dedication.
The Year of the Snake is just around the corner. "AI's New Year Melody”, composed by AI tools, is now online, blending tradition and technology to create a vibrant Chinese new year celebration. Wishing you endless joy and prosperity, with good fortune always by your side!
The first detection of mysterious soft X-ray prompt emission by China's Einstein Probe (EP) astronomical satellite has been confirmed to originate from the high-redshift gamma-ray burst (GRB) coded EP240315a, according to the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC).
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