Former NBA player Stephon Marbury reflects on 16 years in China, from his CBA career to family life and becoming a “new Beijinger”.
“China is my second home.”
Former NBA player Stephon Marbury said this...
Chinese video creator Li Ziqi shares her thoughts on how everyday life, traditional crafts and food can help Chinese culture cross borders.
Li Ziqi, one of China’s best-known video creators, joked about...
Zhang Jianzhong discusses Moore Threads’ full-function GPUs, 100,000-GPU computing plans and the challenges facing China’s GPU industry.
“Had no one taken the first step, China might have remained absent...
As AI reshapes China’s short-drama industry, live-action producers are adapting through new production models, overseas markets and stories from ordinary people.
“Are people still making live-action short...
Mongolian music duo Eilseg & Davanim talk about nomadic culture, love, tradition and creativity, and how they carry their roots into the world.
For Eilseg and Davanim, being “nomadic” is not simply...
Tsinghua University’s Vulcan Team defends its robot football title after adapting its championship-winning system to new humanoid robots.
Tsinghua’s Vulcan Team had only about a month to adapt its championship-winning...
Lindsay Varty explores Hong Kong through its traditional crafts, Cantonese slang, local food and everyday stories, documenting the city’s changing culture.
Walking through the streets of Hong Kong, writer...
Wang Xiji, a pioneer of China’s space programme, helped develop early sounding rockets, launch vehicles and recoverable satellites. He died at 105.
Wang Xiji, a pioneer of China’s space programme and recipient...
SongS Band blends Mongolian traditional music with rock to tell stories of Inner Mongolia, bringing the sounds and spirit of the grasslands to a new generation.
SongS・令 (hereafter SongS band), an Inner...
Spanish sinologist Ana Padilla Fornieles explains why contemporary Chinese literature and ordinary lives resonate with readers around the world.
As more young writers enter overseas publishing markets,...
China travel transformed one Egyptian student’s understanding of Chinese culture through journeys in this country.
On 19 May 1613, Xu Xiake, one of China’s best-known early travellers, set...
Agnès Belotel-Grenié has spent over 40 years translating Chinese history and literature, helping French readers understand modern China.
French sinologist Agnès Belotel-Grenié’s desk is always piled...
Italian sinologist Dario Famularo explains how Matteo Ricci’s vivid accounts of China’s lantern celebrations helped shape Europe’s early understanding of China.
Italian sinologist Dario...
China’s “delivery poet” Wang Jibing talks about winning the Lu Xun Literature Prize, his poetry collection Flying Low and writing about ordinary lives.
When Wang Jibing learned that he...
Meet Chen Liquan, the scientist behind China’s lithium battery industry. Discover the three career decisions that shaped his five decades of research and innovation.
When Chen Liquan was growing...
Bulgarian scholar Radina Plamenova Dimitrova discusses her lifelong passion for Chinese literature, her research on Yang Guifei, and her efforts to introduce Chinese literary classics to Spanish-speaking...
At the World Future Technology Development Summit held in London in June 2026, Dr. Lan Lidong, founder and chairman of ZeroG Lab, delivered a speech comparing the development model of China’s commercial...
Young Chinese people are turning to British anthropologist Alan Macfarlane for answers about anxiety, work, relationships and the future.
What do you think about death? When asked how he views death, Alan...
Tsai Chih-Chung, a cartoonist from Taiwan, has spent decades turning Chinese classics into comics. At the ongoing Beijing International Book Fair, he introduced a new bilingual comic edition of the I Ching...
British ornithologist John MacKinnon reflects on 40 years of birdwatching and conservation in China, from field research to his influential bird guide.
“In my own garden, watching an Eurasian robin build...
Twenty years into the Human Rights Council, it finds itself at a peculiar crossroads. Humanity faces a stark choice between breakdown and breakthrough.
As this fractured world reshapes the paradigm of...
Director Lan Hongchun discusses Dear You, the Teochew dialect film that became a box office surprise in China, and explains why authenticity, field research, and emotional truth guide his filmmaking process.
“We...
European sinologist Torbjörn Lodén delivered a keynote lecture, exploring the mission of Sinology in an uncertain era.
Invited by the World Sinology Centre at Beijing Language and Culture University, European...
Bosnian sinologist Ljiljana Stević explores how Chinese characters bridge cultures, showing how language learning fosters cross-cultural understanding between China and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
At the University...
Phil Taylor discusses how UK–China education cooperation is evolving from student exchange to co-created learning, joint programmes, and deeper university partnerships.
Phil Taylor, President of the University...
Explore Mei Lanfang’s 1930 US tour and how he presented Peking Opera in America through performance, music notation, and visual documentation.
In 1930, Chinese opera performer Mei Lanfang travelled to...
Professor Ling Youshi has advocated for increased support for Chinese language education among overseas Chinese.
As China’s Two Sessions convened, Ling Youshi, a professor at the Hong Kong Institute...
YangYinYue discusses Midu Echoing and how he remixed the Yunnan folk classic into Brazilian Phonk while rethinking tradition and innovation.
The remix of the Yunnan folk classic Midu Mountain Song (弥渡山歌),...
Hélène Rollès reflects on her iconic 1993 hit “My Name Is Hélène”, a song that captured a generation in China and continues to resonate more than 30 years later.
When you hear the name Hélène Rollès, her...
Chinese pianist Lang Lang performs with Cecilia Bartoli at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony, bridging cultures through music and sharing a message of peace.
On February 6th, the...
What drives the growing trend of Western bloggers sharing their tips on traditional Chinese wellness habits on social media?
Recently, many TikTok users have noticed a curious trend: young Western creators...
Beijing-based comedy duo Shu-Fu uses bilingual stand-up and humour to bridge cultures and connect audiences through laughter.
It’s winter in Beijing, and the air carries a crisp chill. Inside a rehearsal...