It was a hot summer in 2010.Shen Ao, then a 23-year-old who had just graduated from the Beijing Film Academy, took a ride on a long-distance bus.
Inside the rectangular "arena", marked by black and white lines, the robot, swaying while moving, attempts to approach a lit candle and extinguish it without contact.
Students enrolled in the global engagement program launched by Shanghai Jiao Tong University on June 26 will be engaged in tackling typical issues faced by countries involved in China and the Belt and Road Initiative. According to the statement of the university organizers, over 10 countries and regions will be involved in the program that includes 13 projects.
Many Chinese institutions of higher education have been attempting to become more globalized by making their websites available in different languages so as to better communicate with potential foreign students and promote their academic achievements.
When you mention the ancient Silk Road to most people, they usually think of the Eurasian trade routes spreading from Chang'an, today's Xi'an and the capital of Shaanxi province, toward Central Asia out through the deserts of Northwest China.
Yunnan province's Shangri-La city has long lured travelers from home and abroad, who seek to discover the paradisiacal place described in British author James Hilton's 1933 novel, Lost Horizon.
Not only were the bride and her family sobbing - so, too, were the audience members, who were moved when they watched the traditional "crying-wedding" performance in Beijing in late June.
They can explore distinctive bookstores, celebrities' former residences, museums, galleries, theaters and iconic landmarks during the Beijing International Youth Tourism Festival, which opened on Friday.
An opera production, The Diaries of John Rabe, that tells a tale of humanitarian heroism during the Nanjing Massacre of 1937 has opened in the German hometown of its protagonist to rave reviews, Chen Weihua reports in Hamburg, Germany.
Master painter Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010) is known for integrating the techniques of Western art with the aesthetic and philosophy of Chinese culture.
Chinese French horn player Zeng Yun won the first prize and gold medal in the brass category at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition in Russia on June 28.
The day before he heads to a war, an undefeated commander named Qi has a dream in which he loses a battle and dies. When he wakes up, Qi bids farewell to his wife and gets ready to go and fight. While gaining successive victories, Qi decides to celebrate, despite the fact that there is a final battle waiting for him. When he gets drunk and falls asleep in his tent, Qi's army is ambushed by the enemy and he is killed just as his dream predicted.
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