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Jan 23, 2025 | 
globaltimes.cn | Li Yuche |Dong Feng
Swiss Ambassador to China Jürg Burri Photo: Courtesy of the Embassy of Switzerland in China The Embassy of Switzerland in China recently posted a video full of creativity in which Ambassador Jürg Burri and his team extended Spring Festival greetings to the Chinese public, among a number of foreign establishments to do so.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
globaltimes.cn | Li Yuche
A promotional photo of Drifting Away Photo: Courtesy of Weibo Including a latest statement made at midnight on Tuesday, Chinese screenwriter Chen Ping has recently issued two statements to deny the plagiarism controversy surrounding the popular crime-themed drama Drifting Away, which is currently airing.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
globaltimes.cn | Li Yuche
Photo: Courtesy of Liu Xingliang Featuring more than 230 ancient steles and stone rubbings, the exhibition History Engraved on Stone opened in Chongqing on Tuesday. Among those displays, a Tang Dynasty (618-907) epitaph can be viewed by the public for the first time since its excavation in 1997. The epitaph, engraved on a stone stele, is a national first-class cultural relic.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
globaltimes.cn | Li Yuche
Illustration: Liu Xiangya/GTA Spring Festival gala was recently held at Xuanya Village, or Cliffside Village, a once poor village in the Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Sichuan Province.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
globaltimes.cn | Li Yuche
Traditional cuisine in Handan, North China's Hebei Province Photo: VCGLocated in North China's Hebei Province, the city of Handan is known for its historical culture deriving from the Warring States Period (475BC-221BC), when the city was the capital of the vassal state of Zhao. Even earlier, around 8,000 years ago, the ancestors of the Cishan Culture had settled in this area and developed a thriving handicraft tradition that includes making stone millstones and grinding rods.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
globaltimes.cn | Li Yuche
Photo: CCTVA tablet inscribed with 580 characters depicting the life story of Li Chonghui has recently been found in a Tang Dynasty (618-907) tomb in Turpan, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Li, the epigraph's owner, was identified as a senior official of the Tang central government's administration overseeing the ancient Xizhou prefecture, or today's city of Turpan, and its surrounding areas. The tomb was discovered at the foot of the local landmark Flaming Mountain.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
globaltimes.cn | Chen Xi |Li Yuche
White porcelain bowls unearthed from the Suyukou Porcelain Kiln Site in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Photo: Courtesy of the National Cultural Heritage Administration Including ruins revealing the artistry of ancient Chinese porcelain and cultural exchanges along the Silk Road, a total of 30 Chinese archaeological sites have recently been selected as candidates to compete for recognition of the "2024 Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries of China." The competition is now in the preliminary...
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
globaltimes.cn | Li Yuche |Jiang Li
People attend the 37th Beijing Book Fair in Beijing on January 9, 2025. Photo: Li Hao/GTFeaturing more than 400,000 kinds of books, the 37th Beijing Book Fair (BBF) opened in Beijing on Thursday. More than 2,900 booths at the venue exhibit items never before seen at the event such as the China University of Geosciences Press' jewelry shop. The jewelry section transforms knowledge of gemstones found in books into tangible products like gemstone charms and fossil blindboxes.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
globaltimes.cn | Li Yuche
People buy special stamps marking the Year of the Snake at a post office in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 5, 2025. China Post on Sunday unveiled a set of two special stamps to celebrate the upcoming Chinese zodiac Year of the Snake.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
globaltimes.cn | Li Yuche
Illustration: Liu Xiangya/GTThe Shanghai-based linguistic journal Yaowen Jiaozi, which pioneered the tradition of selecting annual buzzwords in China since 2008, has recently announced the Top Ten buzzwords of 2024. The list includes "songchigan," or "a sense of relaxation," and "xiaohai ge" and "xiaohai jie," meaning "kid bro" and "kid sis," referring to children who show talent beyond their age.
