Guan Heng, a Chinese asylum seeker who exposed human rights abuses in his homeland, has been released after more than five ...

Chinese New Year — also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival — begins on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, and marks the start of the Year of the Fire Horse.

Launched in 2009, it quickly became the nervous system of China’s civic sphere. Before Weibo, feminist organizers could hand out newsletters or hold a small meeting but never get on state TV; ...

Xiaozhu's Bookstore in Shanghai's Pudong New Area welcomes about 100 customers every day. [Photo by Gao Erqiang/China Daily] In 1982, the first literary work by writer Alai, The Night of Harvest was ...

BISHKEK/URUMQI -- Bursts of laughter erupted in a small classroom in Kyrgyzstan's eastern Karakol city as Aidai Kubanychbekova and several children practiced oral Chinese, such as "I'll do my Chinese ...

A U.S. immigration judge has granted asylum to Guan Heng, who exposed human rights abuses in China and fears persecution if sent back. Guan arrived in the U.S. illegally in 2021 and has been ...

The rapid growth (and partial retreat) of “they” and “them” has gotten a lot of attention in recent years, but English is ...

Struggling to remember concepts and formulas? From mistake notebooks to spaced revision, these five Chinese study hacks can ...

Zhongda 79, a Chinese merchant vessel, was seen in December 2025 and early January 2026 at Shanghai’s Hudong-Zhudong shipyard receiving numerous containerized armaments, including close-in weapon ...

On the Calculation of Volume, Book Three (Faber, £12.99, 194pp) is by Solvej Balle and translated from Danish by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell. It is part of what is to become a series of ...