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<p>An artisan depicts a landscape on a porcelain vase </p>

Porcelain’s glories shine forever on

<p>Two students from Wellington College in Shanghai try a classical Chinese musical instrument</p><p></p>

Gaining a competitive edge

<p>A fridge magnet featuring the phoenix coronet of Empress Xiaoduan from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)</p>

Fridge magnets prove hot sales items at museums

<p>Consumer products on display at the seventh China International Import Expo in Shanghai </p>

Country’s openness creates more opportunities

<p>Visitors and performers pose on 5 November at the China Pavilion of the World Travel Market London in the United Kingdom. The three-day event, one of the most influential tourism exhibitions in the world, ended on 7 November </p>

Chinese tourists return to global markets

<p>Rows of yurts are a highlight at a Naadam celebration in Xiliin Gol League in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region in 2023 </p>

Yurt culture continues to stand the test of time

<p>An undated photo compares the size of a glass tube cap and two Bronze Age kefir cheese samples unearthed from a tomb site in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region</p>

Study casts new light on origins of dairy fermentation

<p>Viking Yidun, the first Chinese-flagged luxury cruise ship, docks in Shanghai in September</p>

Cruises, visa-free entries boost tours to China

<p>The Yi ethnic group band Shiguangzhe Jihua released an album titled The Sounds of Time</p>

Musical feats of the magnificent seven

From a court painting to modern winter sports

<p>The Chinese play Will, premiered in July last year, explores the life of Shakespeare</p>

Shakespeare is alive and well in China

<p>Students check in at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, bound for Manchester, on September 21, 2020. It was the first flight by a Chinese airline for students to resume overseas studies after Covid-19 broke out</p>

For Chinese students, UK education keeps its lustre

<p>A visitor compares the digital version of the Sword of Gou Jian on his mobile phone with the original on display at the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, Hubei province</p>

Digital copies of famous sword sell out in seconds

<p>Westlife performing in Beijing August 2019 </p>

Westlife in tune with Chinese fans

<p>Teenagers take ski lessons at a training base in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics’ Zhangjiakou competition zone, North China’s Hebei province, on 15 December 2021.</p>

Booming interest in ice and snow sports

<p>Xu Yachong plays the guqin in Xuchang village of Lankao county, Henan province</p>

Instruments of change

<p>Tourists enjoy cruising on a canal near Pingjiang Road, an ancient area centred on a one-mile-long lane that boasts a long history in Suzhou, Jiangsu province </p>

Suzhou makes best use of ancient and modern

<p>Seals unearthed in 2020 in Baling, the mausoleum of Emperor Wen of Han, in Xi’an, Shaanxi province</p>

Ancient tomb confirmed as that of famed Han emperor

<p>A girl looks down from an upstairs gallery at the 79ft whale skeleton displayed in the centre court of the basement of the Shanghai Natural History Museum</p>

Whale of a job

<p>Curlers keep their focus on the ice during Olympic trials for China’s national team at Erqi Locomotive Factory in Beijing</p>

Curling teams reversing sliding fortunes

<p>Shaxi Bai Ethnic Bookstore, a branch of Librairie Avant-Garde, in Jianchuan county, Yunnan province </p>

Bookstores rewrite village stories

<p>A group photo of Niu Ruixue (fifth from left, front row) and the rest of the team from 27 Yard in Beijing</p>

Art gives hutong a sense of community

<p>The Beijing Stock Exchange opened for business on November 15, providing a new financing channel for many small and medium-sized enterprises in China</p>

Foreign investors set to expand A-share play

<p>Comedian Xiaolu performs in an open-mic session</p>

Comedians stand and deliver laughs

<p>Fathers-to-be learn how to take care of babies at Shijiazhuang Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital in Hebei province in July</p>

Policies aim to help ease burden of child raising

<p>Zhu Caiping, 73, serves customers at Forget Me Not Café in Shanghai in October</p>

Shanghai café has a warm place in community’s heart

<p>Visitors look over the X2 flying car, produced by Chinese company XPeng, that is on display at the China International Import Expo held in Shanghai in November</p>

Cars of the future await clearance for take-off

<p>A staff member (right) and a student from the Food and Wine College of Ningxia University taste wine at a chateau located in the eastern foothills of Helan Mountains in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region in July</p>

Raising glasses

Festive China: Winter

<p>A photo published in the Chinese edition of <em>Land of Fish and Rice</em> by British author Fuchsia Dunlop shows a farmer picking gorgon fruit from the water in Jiangsu</p>

A writer of good taste

<p>The clay figurines of green peafowl become vivid characters in Tao Yang’s animation series</p>

Flight of imagination to save bird

<p><em>Family Photo of the Solar System</em> won Wang Zhipu the title of “Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021” in the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s annual astrophotography contest</p>

Eyes on the stars

<p>In Shennong Altar Scenic Area of Shennongjia, a long stone staircase leads to a 69ft-high stone sculpture of the head of Emperor Yan (Shennong) </p>

Natural beauty leaves legend of a wild man in the shade

<p>A passenger approaches a Baidu Apollo Go commercialised robotaxi in Beijing</p>

Pilot robotaxi services launched in Beijing

<p>Jasmine flowers are picked last year in Hengxian county in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region </p>

Primed for new growth

<p>Zhang Junjun, a member of a team developing software to help visually impaired people read at the Braille Library of China, codes using a computer and a screen-reading programme</p>

Books without barriers

<p>Scenes from Sacrifice</p>

Peking Opera heads to the movies

<p>In the ancient book restoration department at the National Library of China a mixture of traditional craftsmanship and new technologies have been used</p>

Paging the book doctors

<p>Zhou Guanyu </p>

Zhou Guanyu named as China’s first F1 driver

<p>Tourists visit a hall in the Geological Museum of Guizhou in Guiyang, Guizhou province</p>

Restorers bring fossils to life

<p>Women of the Dong ethnic group catch fish in the paddy fields in Sanjiang Dong autonomous county in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region</p>

The perfect farm combo: rice and fish

<p>Sitting around a steamy hotpot, with mutton as an indispensable ingredient, especially in chilly autumn and cold winter has been a favourite for many Chinese people</p>

Beijing’s winter warmer

<p>Li Zhenxia (right) and her daughter in her shop in Datong ancient town in Chishui, Guizhou province </p>

The businesswoman, the girl and the elusive red umbrella

<p>Chinese white dolphins have existed for about 10 million years</p>

In the swim for up to 10 million years

Let’s embark on a journey of discovery in Chinese culture

Elephants’ Journey in Yunnan

Shake off stress in China’s squares

<p>A sample of lunar soil obtained by the Chang’e 5 mission</p>

Scientists discover evidence of far more recent lunar volcanism

<p>A handicraft artist makes models in the square in front of Jing’an Park in Shanghai</p>

Street performers enjoy having the licence to thrill

<p>Painted pottery is displayed at the Miaodigou Yangshao Culture Museum in Sanmenxia, Henan province. </p>

A century of digging has them dancing in the ruins

<p>A female western black crested gibbon in the mountainous areas of Xinping county, Yunnan province</p>

Study aids efforts to protect gibbons

<p>Children create a carousel-like installation in Puge county, Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province</p>

Nurturing a younger generation

<p>The Suzhou Symphony Orchestra was one of the first in China to include foreign musicians </p>

Overseas musicians strike harmonious note in China

<p>Ma Zhiqiang explains the use of an agricultural drone to farmers in Ecuador</p>

For makers of farm drones, the horizons are boundless

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For makers of farm drones, the horizons are boundless

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<p>Ma Zhiqiang explains the use of an agricultural drone to farmers in Ecuador</p>

<p>A student at a training centre in Qingdao, Shandong province, learns how to weigh raw materials used in Traditional Chinese Medicine</p>

Yin, yang and the wonders of TCM

<p>The Goddess of the Luo River in the video titled Rhapsody on the Luo River Goddess</p>

Subaquatic magic

<p>A view of Shishe village, Tonglu county, Zhejiang province</p>

Rural China turns its hand to artistic field

<p>A giant panda cub rests at Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan province</p>

Documentary reveals pandas’ problems

<p>A giant panda cub rests at Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan province</p>

Documentary reveals pandas’ problems

<p>Shihu Dock, Quanzhou, Fujian province, a witness to the once prosperous maritime trade of the city</p>

A sea of possibility

<p>A plant culture is examined by a scientist</p>

Seed banks provide hope for endangered planet