Young people from the United States wear traditional Chinese clothing while visiting the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys historical district in Fuzhou, Fujian province, on Saturday. They were experiencing traditional Chinese culture while in China for the Bond with Kuliang: 2025 China-US Youth Choir Festival. Fuzhou and Beijing are providing venues for the festival, which opened on Wednesday and runs through Friday. The festival is part of an initiative to invite 50,000 young people from the US to China for exchange and study programs over a five-year span.Hu Meidong/China Daily
Residents' needs given priority in urbanization
Just a 10-minute walk from the tourist throngs of Shanghai's Bund, and hidden behind the glitzy skyline of pedestrian malls and luxury hotels, lies a residential community that has undergone a quiet transformation over the past three years.
Intl experts hail China's commitment to dialogue
President Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter to the Global Civilizations Dialogue Ministerial Meeting has received widespread positive responses from international experts, who commended China's commitment to dialogue, mutual respect and cross-cultural cooperation as a constructive approach to addressing global fragmentation.
Faster quake alerts, wider coverage
China's national earthquake early warning system, the world's largest, has issued alerts for more than 100 temblors with magnitudes above 3.5 since its completion last year, according to the China Earthquake Administration.
Rich nations urged to back green growth of developing countries
Editor's note: China Daily is publishing a series illustrating the country's efforts to achieve its carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals.
Manila's hyping up of illegal 'arbitral award' nothing but a damp squib
The so-called"2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea" was a farce played by the Philippines to justify its ill-grounded claims to Chinese islands and islets in the South China Sea. It was illegal, null and void, and nonbinding from the very beginning, and will remain so despite Manila's renewed attempt to try to revive its dying embers and mislead the international community.
BRI chain a road to integration
Editor's note: As the world's first national-level exhibition focusing on supply chains, the China International Supply Chain Expo will gather industry leaders from around the world and help promote global cooperation in industrial and supply chains, while providing an important platform to explore the advancements in supply chain management and connect with global industry leaders. Four experts share their views with China Daily.
STOPGAP HOMES
Terry Kilgore lives alone in his Altadena neighborhood in California, sleeping in a recreational vehicle and surrounded by empty lots that were once the site of family homes.
Trump threatens 30% tariff on Mexico, EU
US President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 30 percent tariff on imports from Mexico and the European Union starting on Aug 1, as experts warn that trade disputes and policy shifts are putting the global economy under strain.
Equipment manufacturers driving trade growth
In early July, a shipyard along the Yangtze River in Jiangyin, East China's Jiangsu province, was humming with the sounds of welding and hammering.
Why stable China-US trade matters more than ever
In a time of rising global economic uncertainty and geopolitical fragmentation, the trade relationship between China and the United States remains one of the world's most consequential. Despite current tensions, it is critical to recognize that economic cooperation between the world's two largest economies is not just a bilateral matter — it is a stabilizing force with global implications.
Mounds claim their rightful place in history
In 1227, this dynasty in Northwest China was finally defeated by the Mongol army after a prolonged and valiant resistance — a campaign led by Genghis Khan, who died in his frontline camp during the final assault. Xixia (or Western Xia, 1038-1227), a power lasting for 190 years and once spread across over 1.15 million square kilometers at its zenith, eventually fell in the Gobi Desert.
Where bullet holes still speak
After a refreshing morning rain, sunlight bathed the Taierzhuang War Ruins Park in Zaozhuang, Shandong province, as crowds of visitors gathered around a bullet-riddled old house — a silent witness to the fierce fighting that once raged here.
DRIVEN TO SUCCEED
There was a sense of destiny for Ye Yifei at Le Mans.
