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The Great Wall and pandas remain popular, but a growing number of visitors are travelling to China for robot demonstrations, AI experiences, festivals and local culture.

At one Shanghai university, students can earn higher marks by writing questions that advanced AI models struggle to answer. The experiment reflects a wider shift in how Chinese educators see learning in the AI era.

A British traveller visiting a Shanghai park was invited to sing with a group of locals he had stopped to watch. Similar encounters are taking place in historic cities and villages across China, where overseas visitors are spending more time taking part in local traditions rather than simply visiting the usual tourist spots.

An 18-year-old from a poor rural family in Henan province scored 699 out of 750 on China's gaokao, earning offers from Tsinghua and Peking University. She also turned down donations from livestreamers who flocked to her home, determined to rely on her efforts.

While the war in the Middle East, especially the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has been challenging for much of Asia, especially Southeast Asia, China is emerging as somewhat of a winner, says the New York Times

A former hospital director in China has spent over two decades building the country's only full-time school for HIV-positive children/ The lives it has transformed speak for themselves.

Chinese woman has been reunited with her birth family after running away as a nine-year-old, fearing punishment over a broken bottle of shower gel. 22 years and a tearful homecoming later, her story has captivated mainland social media.

2026 marks the 25th anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). As one of the world's largest regional bodies, the SCO spans countries across much of Eurasia, representing nearly half...

As Russian President Vladimir Putin begins his state visit to China from May 19 to 20, attention is once again turning to the strength and resilience of China–Russia relations at a time of profound gl...

From a once-impoverished mountain village in northwest China to the vast plains of southern Africa, a shared aspiration links China and Mozambique: development that delivers dignity and opportunity fo...

Author: Chen Ziqi, editor for the podcast Round Table China  I’ve always loved that strange, slightly magical moment after a film ends. You step out of a cinema, the final scene still lingering in y...

By CGTN reporter Ma Jing In a laboratory at the Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, the future of communication is being written in neural signals. Researchers has achieved...

About the author: Niu Honglin is a producer and host with the Round Table China podcast. A few days ago, while working on this mini podcast series, I found myself scrolling through what looked like...

At China’s annual political meetings (the “Two Sessions”), one theme resonates more than most in this year’s Government Work Report: the strategic push for a high-quality “silver economy. ” The messag...