Sun Qiming was about to graduate from Tsinghua University's Academy of Arts and Design with a degree in textile-and-fashion design in the spring of 2016.
BEIJING - Founded in 1934, the Purple Mountain Observatory - China's first modern observatory, which evolved from the former Institute of Astronomy - changed its name to the PMO of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1950.
While Chinese universities are better known for their rigorous academic standards than their sporting excellence, the rising popularity of keep-fit programs is seeing increasing numbers of students take up recreational exercise.
BEIJING - A total of 2.9 million Chinese students took the 2019 entrance exam for postgraduate studies over Dec 22-24, the highest number in 40 years, according to a report.
GRANADA, Spain - Alicia Relinque who has been translating ancient Chinese literary works into Spanish for decades says she has found the key to happiness.
KUNMING - The China-India Yoga College plans to expand its training beyond Kunming, the capital of Southwest China's Yunnan province, as yoga gains popularity in China as a healthy lifestyle choice.
As the oldest artisan working at the Yangliuqing woodblock prints workshop affiliated to Tianjin Yangliuqing Fine Arts Press, Wang Wenda has been busy preparing for another Spring Festival.
HEFEI - Carrying his single-lens reflex camera, tripod and light blocker, Yang Dezhou is ready to capture the "dancing aunties" with their flying silk scarves against a blue sky in East China's Anhui province.
Travelers bundle up so that only their eyes are exposed to the frigid winds - but their eyelashes quickly freeze. Not even hot water stays liquid at these temperatures. Visitors splash hot water into the air and watch it fall as snow and tiny icicles.
Visitors to one of China's chilliest destinations can enjoy scalding hotpot in the open air and flavored ice for dessert.
Driver Zhang Guoyu zipped across the ice to finish the 4-kilometer race in 2 minutes and 27 seconds to finish in second place.
When artist Ji Youquan, who works for the People's Liberation Army, first went to Luntai in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region as a tourist in 1998, he says he did not think he would visit the county every year for the next two decades, least of all to make paintings of desert poplars, a member of the willow family.
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