In 2013, Virginia Tan co-founded Lean In China, a platform that supports the goals and aspirations of Chinese women and boasts more than 100,000 members in 25 cities and 100 universities throughout the country.
The long summer and winter vacations during which teachers can recharge their batteries and prepare for a new semester is certainly a perk. But Wu Minglan, a primary school teacher in Liupanshui city, Guizhou province, has certainly not seen it that way for the past seven years.
MANILA - The first China book center in the Philippines was unveiled on March 18 at the University of the Philippines, with the aim of promoting cultural exchanges between the two countries. The center, located at the Asian center of the University of the Philippines Diliman, was jointly established by the Chinese embassy in the Philippines, the China International Publishing Group and the University of the Philippines.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Yale University on March 23 jointly launched an immune-metabolic institute in Shanghai that focuses on the research of the immune system's metabolism.
The National Ballet of China premiered its production of Ode to the Yimeng Mountains in Beijing in May 1973, as a tribute to the residents of Yinan county in East China's Shandong province who supported Communist troops during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and the following civil war (1945-49).
NEW YORK - "Ping-pong diplomacy" is a well-known term in the history of US-China ties, but few may be aware that music also played an often overlooked part in thawing the frosty relations between the two countries.
You can literally go to holy hell in Beijing - all 76 departments spread among 18 levels. And visitors discover that exploring hell in the Chinese capital can be, well, surprisingly enjoyable.
ROCCARASO, Italy - Destroyed first by the Nazis and then by government cuts, Italy's very own "Trans-Siberian" railway has reopened thanks to the work of hobbyists, taking travelers back in time through the snowy Abruzzo mountains.
Italian sculptor Bruno Walpoth was born and raised in Groden, a valley surrounded by the Dolomites mountain range in northern Italy.
CHICAGO - The Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition has come to Chicago for the first time and opened to the public at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History on Friday.
In 2015, Liu Faying, a Chinese teacher and organizer of a charity project she started in Hubei province, received a message through her website from a man offering to help impoverished students to complete their education.
LOS ANGELES - Chinese American fashion designer Vivienne Hu was presented the Visionary Artist Award by the University of Southern California Pacific Asia Museum recently for her creative contribution to Asia-Pacific cultural exchanges.
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