During a live-streaming session, Li Suying, the fifth-generation inheritor of Zhuang brocade in Jinlong township, Longzhou county, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was weaving brocade in front of a wooden weaving machine. Her demonstration drew a crowd of viewers to the live-steaming session, eager to purchase her handiworks for the upcoming Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year. Li’s booth …
At an embroidery workshop covering nearly 3,000 square meters, over 100 embroidery machines are neatly lined up, producing exquisite embroidered fabrics with vibrant colors and elegant styles depicting flowers, birds, fish, and insects. The workshop belongs to Wenshan Yufurong Ethnic Embroidery Co., Ltd., the largest computerized embroidery enterprise in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. Workers and machines are busy fulfilling orders …
Li Jie, a skilled embroiderer from southwest China’s Yunnan Province, infuses intangible cultural heritage items such as traditional embroidery and silver ornaments with modern fashion elements, creating ethnic costumes that captivate consumers and breathe new life into traditional clothing. Born and raised in an ethnic village in Fuheng township, Yangbi Yi Autonomous County, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Li developed a …
As the world’s largest ice-and-snow theme park, the ongoing 26th edition of the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, the capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, is a romantic fairy-tale world full of ice and snow sculptures. On Dec. 31, 2024, the operating hours of the park were extended until 00:30 a.m. the next day, attracting a large number of visitors …
As the new year began, a train loaded with fresh fruits and vegetables set off from China’s Yunnan province to the capital of Laos, Vientiane; in many Chinese supermarkets, Lao bananas imported by cold-chain trains via the China-Laos Railway are sold, enriching consumers’ choices. The China-Laos Railway is becoming a “golden corridor” promoting the common development of China and its …
Chinese President Xi Jinping is attending the 31st APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Lima and making a state visit to Peru at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Peru, Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra, from Nov. 13 to 17, 2024. Lima has a pleasant climate all year round and is known as the “Garden City” of South America. …
On November 21, 2016, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech entitled “Sailing Forward to Build A Bright Future of China-Latin America Relations” at the Peruvian Congress, during which he mentioned the late Peruvian journalist and writer Antonio Fernandez Arce. In 1970, his daughter Flor de Maria Fernandez was born in Beijing. But unfortunately, she suffered from septicemia. After then-Chinese …
About 80 kilometers north of Lima, capital of Peru, the Chancay Port jointly undertaken by China Harbour Engineering Company and the Fourth Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. under China Communications Construction Company is under construction. Blue quay cranes stand in neat rows at the construction site, busily performing their tasks. Over 20 autonomous transport vehicles are seamlessly moving newly arrived containers …
In the town of Postmasburg in Northern Cape Province of South Africa, where there are abundant sunshine and vast land, the Chinese-built 100-megawatt (MW) Redstone Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSP) Project resembles a giant sunflower, harnessing the sun’s light and heat. The project, known as South Africa’s largest renewable energy project, was successfully connected to the country’s power grid in …
Kazan, the capital city of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, is a city rich in history and tradition, situated along the Volga River. The name “Kazan” means “cooking pot” in Tatar. This ancient city, with a history spanning over a thousand years, now serves as the host city for the 2024 BRICS summit. Kazan’s historical depth and modern dynamism make it …