At the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, the capital city of Central China's Hubei Province, visitors can now point a smartphone at a bronze sword more than 2,000 years old and ask, in the local Wuhan dialect, why it still looks sharp. The answer comes back in the same accent.

Xu Huping, former director of Nanjing Museum in East China's Jiangsu Province, who was at the center of the incident where some ancient paintings donated to the museum were found to be sold, has been sentenced to three years in prison for illegally providing assistance to others in securing construction projects and facilitating business cooperation, and accepting property from others in return, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Right at the most bustling intersection beside West Lake, one of China's most iconic cultural landmarks, Pop Mart has opened its largest flagship store in the country. Long before the doors opened on Saturday, eager crowds had already snaked through the Hubin Yintai in77 mall in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, to get an early look at the new store.

Chinese Super League clubs began their new Asian campaign on Tuesday with hopes of reversing their recent struggles in continental competition, with reigning Chinese Super League champions Shanghai Port defeating Ratchaburi FC of Thailand on the away pitch and Chinese FA Cup holders Beijing Guoan beating South Korea's Pohang Steelers 3-1.

Fox spirits, the Monkey King, mythical birds and ancient monsters are finding new life on Chinese short-video platforms - this time without the need for a conventional film crew.

In the crystal-clear water, Chinese athlete Yang Lu, dressed in traditional Chinese opera makeup and clothing, danced gracefully beneath the surface. The expressive charm of a traditional opera role shone through her eyes and facial expressions, while every raised hand, turn and bend of her body transformed the carefully coordinated gestures and movements of opera into fluid motions underwater.

The 37th Galaxy Awards, which concluded on Friday, saw a 1990s-born writer sweep three major awards, a pop star's sci-fi book attract attention after making the shortlist, and the Best Long Novel Award left vacant.

For 23-year-old Chinese snooker player Bai Yulu, reclaiming the world No.1 ranking was not quite the celebration it might have been the first time around.

In response to an incident where a competitor defecated while competing, Hyrox China issued a statement on Monday afternoon, saying it will push for additional rules covering scenarios involving extreme physical discomfort and public health risks at competition venues.

Indoor fitness competition Hyrox has vowed to ban anyone who threatens or encourages harm against athletes after a controversial incident at its Beijing event triggered a heated debate over sportsmanship, hygiene and the responsibilities of both competitors and organizers.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the China National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO). Over seven decades, the orchestra has evolved alongside China's symphonic industry, excelling in interpreting Western classical masterpieces while pioneering original Chinese symphonic works, nurturing professional musical talents, and facilitating cross-cultural artistic exchanges worldwide.

Chinese anti-war film Once Upon a Time in the Middle East is expanding its global reach, with the film hitting in China's Hong Kong and Macao and rolling out in the markets of New Zealand, Malaysia and Australia on Friday.

Chinese motorcycle entrepreneur Zhang Xue is setting his sights beyond race victories, saying he hopes to cultivate a Chinese world champion within five to 10 years.

Chinese short film The Pigeon Ring won the Venice Immersive Grand Prize, the top award of the Venice Immersive section, at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on Saturday.

The Fourth Dragon Boat Festival kicked off Saturday in Yambol, the administrative center of the Yambol Province in southeast Bulgaria, featuring dragon boat demonstrations and diverse cultural showcases.

Experience deepens, of course, yet before every show Zhang Ran returns to the text and reads a passage again. In her youth the famous couplet "What a riot of purple and crimson blooms - all left to broken wells and crumbling walls" filled her imagination with color.

Northern China has entered a high-risk period for autumn pollen, with health and weather authorities warning that pollen levels will remain high in many areas in early September. The National Health Commission and the China Meteorological Administration on September 1 jointly issued the country's first pollen concentration forecast notice for autumn, according to a report by the People's Daily. The notice said that most parts of northern China will see sunny to cloudy weather over the following week, creating favorable conditions for pollen production and spread.

Many tourists choose to travel to Anshun, a city in Southwest China's Guizhou Province, for the picturesque Huangguoshu Waterfall. But the first thing that greets some visitors has nothing to do with the waterfall.

Laughter and friendly competition filled the air here on Tuesday, as Chinese and Namibians came together over games, music and dance at the China-Namibia Culture Fair in Windhoek, the Namibian capital. Hosted by the Chinese Embassy with support from Namibia's Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC), the event roared to life as a cornerstone celebration for the 2026 China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges. What began for some attendees as a casual visit quickly turned into a dive into cross-cultural connection.

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in China has hosted a series of cultural events in Beijing, from music to new book launches, cultural exchanges sessions. These events mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations while deepening people-to-people exchanges.

The world's first specialized museum dedicated to the flying reptiles known as pterosaurs, the Hami Pterosaur Museum in Hami, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, will open on Sunday, Wang Xiaolin, a researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told the Global Times on Thursday.

While Christopher Nolan's long-awaited epic reimagining of the Odyssey summoned ancient heroes using Hollywood's full arsenal of scale and spectacle, a different kind of Chinese film was finding audiences abroad by doing the opposite: looking closely at ordinary people, local dialects, and the quiet weight of family memory.

A 120-million-year-old dinosaur fossil has been recovered from a 473.2-metre-deep drilling core in North China's Inner Mongolia Auton¬omous Region. Chinese scientists said the discovery represents the first dinosaur find in the western Yingen-Ejinaqi Basin, extending the known western range of Early Cretaceous dinosaur remains in the region, according to a press release that the research team sent to the Global Times on Thursday.

Former Olympic champion Liu Xiang has chosen to leave the state sports system through a voluntary buyout, 11 years after retiring, the Shanghai Sports Bureau said Wednesday afternoon. The move comes as the hurdler's comments anpit his retirement arrangements have sparked public discussion.

The Chinese version of a mobile game, “Travel Frog: China Journey,” will shut down in December because its Japanese IP rights holder reportedly “proposed stringent terms” during renewal negotiations, according to Nandu N Video by the Southern Metropolis Daily on Wednesday.

Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a wealth of artifacts and remains at a 2,500-year-old settlement in Shaoxing, East China's Zhejiang Province, offering new clues to the social organization and water management of the ancient Yue Kingdom, which preceded the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC).

China's Zheng Qinwen saw her remarkable run at the 2026 US Open ended in the women's singles quarterfinals on Thursday as she lost 1-2 to second seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, but her resurgent form and never-say-die spirit have won wide praise.

Before China introduced its new rules governing AI companions, the sophomore at a university in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, chatted almost every day with an AI agent on an AI companion app.

The latest trailer of Chinese third-person action role-playing game Genigods: Nezha has drawn more than 200 million views on overseas social media platforms in seven days since its release during Gamescom 2026, according to the Xinhua News Agency. The trailer has surpassed 6 million views on Chinese video-sharing platform Bilibili as of Wednesday.

Chinese film Once Upon a Time in the Middle East held premiere screenings in Malaysia and Australia on Tuesday, drawing praise from local audiences, with some describing the film as "realistic" and "moving."

This photo taken on Sept. 8, 2026 shows the gold, silver and bronze medals of the 48th WorldSkills Competition at Shanghai Mint Co., Ltd. in east China's Shanghai. Shanghai Mint Co., Ltd. has officially shipped all the medals for the 48th WorldSkills Competition recently, which will be awarded at the competition scheduled to take place in Shanghai from Sept. 22 to 27.

China's Supreme People's Court on Monday issued guidelines for handling AI-related disputes, addressing issues of broad public concern including AI-generated face-swapping, voice cloning and other deep synthesis abuses, bringing long-awaited legal guardrails to the booming domestic short drama sector.

A record of a solar eclipse from the Shang Dynasty (c.1600BC-1046BC) has been discovered among a set of oracle bones that had been pieced together. "The inscription uses the extremely rare phrase 'eclipse of the sun,' referring specifically to a partial solar eclipse," Mo Bofeng, a professor at the Center for Oracle Bone Studies, Capital Normal University (CNU), told the Global Times on Monday.

China's Zheng Qinwen staged a remarkable comeback from 0-5 down in the opening set to beat eighth seed and former champion Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-3 on Tuesday and reach the US Open quarter-finals for the third time.

China's Zheng Qinwen staged another thrilling comeback from 5-0 down to beat eighth seed Iga Swiatek of Poland 7-5, 6-3 to secure a quarterfinal berth in the women's singles of US Open on Monday. In Saturday's previous round, Zheng had bounced back from 5-0 down in the deciding set to eliminate home player Madison Keys.

Actress Ellen Burstyn reacts during the awarding ceremony of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Sept. 7, 2026.

As athletes raced over walls and through a series of obstacles in Beijing on Sunday, the UIPM 2026 Obstacle World Championships came to a close, with cheers ringing out from around the course. The event came as obstacle racing prepares to make its Olympic debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Games, replacing equestrian as the fifth discipline of modern pentathlon, a sport that has included horse riding for more than a century.

Several Hollywood classics are returning to Chinese mainland cinemas following the end of the summer movie season, offering audiences a chance to revisit familiar films while helping theaters fill screens during a traditionally slower period.

Under a dark sky, runners wearing headlamps made their way through forests and over rocky trails near Songhua Lake in Northeast China's Jilin Province last weekend, their lights forming a moving line across the rugged mountains.

At the 2026 Esports World Cup in Paris, France, 28 Chinese clubs competed across 24 titles during this year's seven-week tournament. Chinese esports club AG.AL claimed the overall championship, while KSG won the Honor of Kings World Cup, BaiSha Gaming took the CrossFire title and JDG finished third in Call of Duty: Warzone.

Organizers of the China GT Championship acknowledged shortcomings in the management of emergency response and rescue operations following a serious crash at the series' Shanghai round. A driver pulled a rival from a burning car, while participating teams and drivers accused event organizers of failing to respond adequately.

China's tennis star Zheng Qinwen staged a remarkable comeback from 5-0 down in the deciding set to defeat home favorite Madison Keys 1-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5 on Saturday and reach the US Open women's singles round of 16.

How do you bring a coastline back to life? In Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province, mangrove forests now thrive where aquaculture and pollution once dominated, while a once notorious “stinking lake” has been transformed into an urban ecological hub.

Visitors are seen during the China Culture & Tourism Industries Expo in north China's Tianjin, Sept. 3, 2026. The four-day expo kicked off here on Thursday, featuring 10 themed exhibition areas to showcase emerging modes and scenarios in the development of culture and tourism industries.

The Russian Cultural Center in Beijing held a grand event commemorating the 81st anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War on September 3. The event featured a photo exhibition, short film screenings, and a concert.

China's film market is gearing up for a busy September, with multiple new films scheduled to hit theaters in the run-up to the National Day holiday season (October 1-7). Several US films are set to open on Friday, including the thriller Fall 2: Dead Point, action crime film Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair and action mystery film Mutiny, alongside other releases spanning multiple genres.

After living in Jingdezhen for years, Colleu has become so familiar with the city that introducing it to his friends from abroad comes almost as naturally as talking about his hometown.

China will further crack down on toxic fan culture in sports and promote healthier behavior during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), while expanding sports consumption and aiming to increase the total size of the sports industry to more than 7 trillion yuan ($986 billion) by 2030, Gao Zhidan, director of the General Administration of Sport of China (SGAS) said at a State Council Information Office press conference on Thursday.

In a gallery of golden wheat fields on canvas, Wang Yaoyao in a pale pink qipao is a quiet contrast. The academically trained painter now embraces the unruliness of farmer painting -- a typical Chinese naive art. At the exhibition hall in the financial hub of Beijing, under Wang's brush, a traditional paper-cutting-style piglet leaps onto a palette, and dives deep into a kaleidoscope of vibrant colors.

On August 25, one month after its inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Global Times visited Jingdezhen, the famed "porcelain capital" in East China's Jiangxi Province, to explore what the recognition means for a city whose identity has been shaped by porcelain for more than a millennium.

China's first full-length AIGC drama Beyond Wukong aired on prime-time satellite TV recently, igniting heated nationwide debate over whether AI can faithfully revitalize traditional literary classics without sacrificing human artistic depth and creative soul.

Looking forward to the upcoming Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan, Olympic champions Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang told the Global Times during an event in Beijing on Wednesday that they plan to leverage the tournament as an important test on the road to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

In this installment, we meet Greek drama scholar Luo Tong, the third generation of her family to devote herself to the study of Greek culture and its connections with China. She grew up surrounded by Greek literature, following in the footsteps of her grandfather, renowned translator Luo Niansheng.

The football squads for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games were officially unveiled on Tuesday, with Wu X I, Zhang Yuning and Zhu Chenjie named as the three overage players in China's 23-player U23 men's squad. For the women's team, star midfielder Wang Shuang will lead a lineup that includes veteran Zhang Rui and forward Shao Ziqin.

Real Madrid sparked criticism from Chinese fans after using “Tibet” alongside Nepal in a social media post for a pre-match tribute, which many viewed as an inappropriate reference to China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

Standing at the foot of the Giza Pyramids, the wind from the Nile sweeps across sand dunes that have stretched for thousands of years, reaching a modern museum that carries a new chapter for an ancient civilization: the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM). On November 1, 2025, after more than two decades of construction and waiting, the world's largest museum dedicated to ancient Egyptian civilization officially opened its doors to the world.

An 82-year-old man can fly? Chinese runner Ding Ming has found himself at the center of admiration after sprinting to a world title and setting a new Asian record at an international tournament recently.

A joint Chinese-Egyptian archaeological team has completed the first large-scale systematic excavation of the Sekhmet Temple and its surroundings in the ancient city of Memphis, clearing most of the above-ground remains and revealing new details about the temple's structure, later reuse and the everyday life that continued around it for centuries.

China's 2026 summer movie season closed with box office revenue of 12.498 billion yuan ($1.75 billion), up 4.45 percent year-on-year, while cinema attendance reached 340 million, an increase of 5.86 percent. The season, which ran from June 1 to August 31, saw 38.51 million screenings, a record high, according to the China Film Administration.

In a studio in Lingbi, East China's Anhui Province, a formidable-looking figure often appears on paintings. With a leopard-like head, piercing eyes, a bushy beard, and a ritual weapon in hand, the figure exudes an imposing presence. Yet these seemingly intimidating images do not depict a villain. They portray Zhong Kui, a legendary guardian figure who has been worshiped in Chinese folk culture for centuries.

China's Wang Xinyu and Wu Yibing kicked off their 2026 US Open campaign with straight-set victories on Sunday in New York.

The recent successful launch of a Long March 6C carrier rocket carrying seven satellites has once again drawn space enthusiasts to the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi Province. The mission marked the 665th flight of the Long March rocket family, while for many, the appeal lies in experiencing the liftoff in person rather than watching it on a screen.

AI-generated wedding photos are giving young Chinese couples a cheaper way to get "married" in front of the camera, without actually stepping into a studio.

Hundreds of synchronized drones on Saturday night lit up the skies of Lusaka, the Zambian capital, to mark the China-Zambia people-to-people exchanges. The drone light show featured a series of aerial visuals depicting landmark projects including the Tanzania-Zambia Railway, national flags of the two countries, and some of Zambia's unique tourism attractions.

Alejandro Delgado, Deputy Army Attache of the Peruvian Embassy in China, beamed at a cultural event in Beijing on Thursday as he displayed a bookmark featuring the Chinese calligraphy characters "Jixiang," a phrase that means "good fortune." "I love the Chinese language," Delgado said.

A rare four-horse chariot rock carving has been discovered in the Helan Mountains of Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, marking the first finding of its kind in the local area and filling a long-standing archaeological gap, according to a press release that the local rock art management office sent to the Global Times on Sunday.

In downtown Bishkek, a white building at the National Academy of Science of the Kyrgyz Republic stands on the street. Taking the elevator to the third floor and pushing open an unassuming door, sunlight streams through the window and falls on a small bronze mirror lying on a restoration bench. This room, the first cultural relics conservation laboratory established by the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology under its China-Kyrgyzstan joint archaeology project, is one of the quietest yet busiest corners in the building.

For 27-year-old Beijing resident Tang Lin, going to the movies has once again become part of her summer routine. From Kung Fu Soccer and Dear You to All Wishes Come True! and Once Upon A Time in the Middle East, Tang has watched all four of the highest-grossing domestic films of the summer season which will end on Monday.

Surveillance images from the National Zoological Museum of China have sparked online outrage after two children were seen grabbing and kicking endangered animal specimens, while their father picked up the specimens and handed them to the children to play with. The museum said on Saturday that one specimen was damaged, with the incident later trending on Chinese social media and garnering more than 10 million views as of press time.

Teachers decorate a blackboard at a middle school in Xinle, north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 29, 2026. Various departments across the country are getting ready for the upcoming new semester.

When the red curtain fell at the World Forum Theatre in The Hague on Friday evening, the 1,500-seat auditorium was packed, and the audience rose to its feet in a sustained ovation, with applause and cheers echoing across the theater.

The recent online reports claiming that the Chinese Football Association (CFA) would not renew the contract of Antonio Puche, head coach of the Chinese U-23 national team and the men's Asian Games team, were false, the Chinese football governing body said in a Weibo (China's X-like social media platform) statement on Sunday.

On August 25, Federico Roberto Antonelli, the cultural counselor to the Italian Embassy in China, gave an interview to the Global Times. The outgoing diplomat reflected on his 20-year diplomatic career in China. Antonelli's China story began before diplomacy. Influenced by his mother's diplomatic work from childhood, Antonelli first arrived in China at the age of two, accompanying his mother, a sinologist who served as the Cultural and Press Counselor at the Italian Embassy. He has personally witnessed the country's rapid, high-quality development over nearly half a century, spanning early days of reform and opening-up to the present day.

During the past four decades, renowned Wuxi Opera (Xiju) performer Zhou Dongliang has dedicated himself to the melodies and traditions of this local Chinese opera. Behind the glory of the stage lies a lifelong journey accompanied by the quiet fragrance of books. For Zhou, reading has never been merely a pastime.

Inside the Shilong Cave in Qingzhen, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, visitors of all ages in outdoor gear glide slowly forward on paddleboards. The cave grows quieter as they move deeper inside, with their headlamps illuminating only a few meters ahead.

What did ancient people seal in a bronze pot 2,000 years ago? Chinese archaeologists and scientists have jointly confirmed the liquid residue as grain wine of millet and barley from the Warring States Period (475 BC-221 BC), uncovering the mystery quest via cutting-edge technologies.

Tourists enjoy tea at a homestay in Wuyuan County, east China's Jiangxi Province, on Aug. 26, 2026. Wuyuan County is known for its picturesque countryside and well-preserved traditional villages. With two national 5A-rated tourist attractions and 12 national 4A-rated attractions, the county has been promoting rural tourism and creating more employment opportunities for local residents through tourism-related employment and entrepreneurship. Today, Wuyuan is home to more than 1,300 rural homestays, while the tourism industry directly supports more than 80,000 jobs.

The Russian Film Festival opened Thursday evening in five Chinese cities, including Beijing and Shanghai. According to the organizers, the lineup features contemporary Russian films, historical dramas, family films and animated works, along with a special program dedicated to Russian animation. It is another major cultural event under the framework of China-Russia cultural cooperation.

North China's Tianjin Municipality has introduced dedicated regulations to strengthen protection of the Great Wall, becoming the latest of the 15 provincial-level regions that are home to the ancient heritage site to enact specialized local legislation. The regulations are set to take effect on Tuesday.

"Just found out about this beautiful Chinese perfume company and I need to smell of these so badly." This enthusiastic comment from a netizen overseas on X may sound like a small moment in the vast world of social media, but it captures a much bigger shift: Chinese perfume brands are increasingly moving from simply being seen overseas to being wanted. At the Esxence perfume fair in Milan this summer, the air around several Chinese booths carried notes of tea, osmanthus and agarwood. Visitors stopped to take in the scents, ask questions and browse products from Chinese brands seeking to make their mark in one of the world's most influential perfume markets.

A joint Chinese-Russian archaeological team has completed a month-long excavation and survey in Russia's Altai region, uncovering important evidence about early Iron Age social structures and cross-regional cultural connections across the Eurasian steppe, according to a press release that the Collaborative Research Center for Archaeology of the Silk Roads sent to the Global Times on Thursday.

The Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in China and Vietnam's northern Bac Ninh province jointly hosted a seminar titled “Bac Ninh Province: Joining Hands for a Shared Future” in Beijing on August 24 to promote investment and cooperation between Vietnam and China. In his address, Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Thanh Binh said that the event facilitates Chinese companies to gain a deeper understanding of Bac Ninh province's development potential and cooperation prospects.

With the 2026 Asian Games less than a month away, China is preparing to send a team that could offer an early glimpse of the country's next generation of sports talent. The Games, scheduled for September 19 to October 4 in Japan, come as a testing ground as the athletes gear up for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic cycle. For a number of young Chinese athletes, the event will provide an opportunity to move from promising domestic performers to competitors on one of Asia's biggest sporting stages. They have already made their names in very different ways. Some have broken national or Asian records. Some have won national titles. Others have emerged through professional leagues or overseas college systems.

Vaundy, a Japanese singer-songwriter, has called off his Shanghai performances scheduled for November 14 and 15 as part of his Vaundy Asia Arena Tour 2026 “HORO,” according to an announcement released on his official website on Wednesday.

Under the stars on Tuesday night, the powerful and expressive sound of suona soloist Zhang Qianyuan filled an open-air amphitheater in the Italian town of Tuscania. The vibrant notes of the traditional Chinese wind instrument evoked the ancient Silk Road heritage of Dunhuang, in northwest China's Gansu Province, while the violin, cello, trumpet and harp added layers of Western orchestral colors.

Research on Jurassic-era fossil katydids from Ningcheng County, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, has provided the first evidence that insects capable of ultrasonic communication existed 165 million years ago, during the Middle Jurassic, a researcher at the Capital Normal University (CNU) told the Global Times on Thursday.

Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese avant-garde artist, has passed away at the age of 97, local media reported Thursday. Kusama, known worldwide for her repetitive imagery of polka dots, pumpkin sculptures and mirror-based installations, died of multiple organ failure on Aug. 14, Kyodo News reported.

"Is BiliBili looking to take on YouTube?!" An overseas user named ChaOtik posted the question on X after seeing Bilibili's official creator account launch a new account, adding that if the Chinese video platform really expands internationally, "I'll move over in heartbeat." Bilibili's official creator account, "bilibili Creator Hub," responded by saying that it would always welcome those who believed in the platform from the beginning.

Alan Macfarlane, 84, an emeritus professor of anthropological science at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of the British Academy, has become an unexpected source of calm for millions of young Chinese.

Chinese blockbuster Once Upon a Time in the Middle East, which has so far earned over 1.7 billion yuan ($253 million) at the Chinese box office, is set for a global rollout across Asia, North America, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, its official social media team confirmed on Tuesday.

An AI-generated animated short film has recently topped the overall ranking on Bilibili, one of China's largest video-sharing platforms. As of Tuesday afternoon, the short film The Book of Strange Tales: Asking about the People (Yaoyi Bu: Wen Cangsheng) had surpassed 14.5 million views, sparking widespread discussion over what truly defines the value and appeal of AI-generated works.

Paddleboard enthusiast Shen Dan recently took part in a fun competition along the North Moat near Deshengmen, one of Beijing's old gate towers in the city's heart. Being able to enjoy something like rafting in downtown Beijing is quite rare.

More than 150 people gathered Sunday evening at the China Cultural Center in Kuwait for the Chinese & Kuwaiti Tea Art and Treats Tasting event, where they savored teas and sweets and learned about tea-making traditions in both countries. Jointly organized by the China Cultural Center in Kuwait and Kuwait's National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL), the event was part of Kuwait's 18th Summer Cultural Festival. It aimed to introduce Chinese and Kuwaiti tea traditions and promote cultural and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.

Putting on headphones at a new exhibition hall in central China, visitors can hear a chorus of voices from across the country, including regional dialects, traditional songs in ethnic minority languages and field recordings of languages on the verge of extinction. The Exhibition Hall of the Project for the Protection of Language Resources of China opened Monday in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, bringing decade-long efforts to document languages and dialects to the public through digital and interactive displays.

China is set to launch its first joint archaeological project in South America, following an agreement between Chinese and Peruvian institutions to study the ancient Caral civilization. The move marks a new milestone in the country's growing overseas archaeological cooperation.

The highest-ranking noble cemetery complex from the late Xia Dynasty (c.2070BC-c.1600BC) ever discovered has been unearthed at the Zhongcun site in North China's Shanxi Province, expanding research on Xia and Shang (c.1600BC-1046BC) civilizations and early state formation in ancient China, according to a press release that the local institute of archaeology sent to the Global Times on Monday.

The 2026 Esports World Cup (EWC) concluded in Paris on Sunday local time, with Chinese esports club AG.AL (under Chengdu AG Esports Club) claiming the overall club championship. It became the first Chinese club to win the title since the tournament's launch, with French President Emmanuel Macron presenting the championship trophy.

Members of a Macao media delegation visit a flower exhibition hall in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Aug. 23, 2026. The Macao media delegation is on a visit to Kunming, Dali, and Lijiang in Yunnan Province from Aug. 21 to 27. The visit aims to strengthen exchanges and cooperation between Yunnan and Macao media.

The video came with almost no instructions. There was no narration explaining the mythology behind palaces rising above an ocean of clouds in the video, nor subtitles identifying the heavenly gates, cranes or tiny figures moving beneath them. Yet viewers outside China quickly began naming the world for themselves.

Archaeologists have unearthed a collection of plant-wrapped bundles dating back about 2,200 years that closely resemble modern-day zongzi, the glutinous rice dumplings traditionally eaten during China's Dragon Boat Festival, according to a report by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). This study was published in the National Science Review.