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YANGON – The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 4.65 million visitors in the first eight months of this year, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees.…
GUANGZHOU – With the referee’s whistle, athletes on the court leap and sprint as their shoes’ cause friction against the floor with a rapid, staccato beat. The basketball thuds against the backboard and falls through the hoop, drawing…
WUHAN – The 2025 China Culture and Tourism Industries Expo, which opened Friday in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, has attracted more than 2,000 domestic exhibitors and 50 overseas travel agencies. The expo features a 40,000-square-meter outdoor area…
BEIJING – An awards ceremony for the astronauts of China’s Shenzhou-18 and Shenzhou-19 spaceflight missions was held in Beijing on Wednesday. Zhang Youxia, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and…
CHONGQING – An exhibition featuring photographs documenting the cooperation and friendship between the U.S. Flying Tigers and the Chinese people during World War II opened on Thursday in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. The exhibition is on show at…
ZHENGZHOU – Recent excavations have revealed traces of wooden coffins in ancient tombs discovered in central China, pushing back the understanding of when China’s coffin burial tradition began to more than 8,000 years ago. According to the Henan…
Yunnan – the Global South World Heritage Forum held at the world natural heritage museum of the Chengjiang Fossil Site in Yuxi, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. Source: People’s Daily
Riyadh – Artists of China National Opera House perform in the opera “Carmen” in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Source: People’s Daily
Beijing – A grand cultural gala with the theme of “Justice Prevails” is staged to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War at…
Beijing – six million stamp sets were issued, with each set containing 13 stamps. Five million miniature sheets were also issued.