Esther Akande, a 22-year-old Nigerian, sits in front of her laptop, crafting stories that bridge continents. Under the pen name Lilac Everglade, her fantasy novel Hades' Cursed Luna — a tale about werewolves, betrayal and forbidden love — has garnered millions of readers worldwide on WebNovel, the international portal of China's online publishing giant Yuewen Group.
Direct experience of country's heritage now key feature of high-level diplomacy.
In a bustling arena at East China Normal University, the whir of motors and cheers from competitors and spectators filled the air during the 2026 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Shanghai Regional.
As delegates headed toward the convention hall of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok, many suddenly paused at the entrance.
HEFEI — Almost every morning, Muhammad Jalal finds himself squeezed between shelves and equipment in a laboratory at Anhui Agricultural University in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province, collecting various types of experimental data.
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Yisa, a student from Cameroon now studying at the Beijing Institute of Technology's Zhuhai campus, drew inspiration from auditing an artificial intelligence course and successfully created a robotic arm capable of solving the classic mathematical puzzle, the Tower of Hanoi.
As global demand for learning the Chinese language grows alongside China's expanding economic ties, Zhang Shirong, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress, is calling for an overhaul of how the language is promoted abroad, adding that the next phase of international Chinese education must "move faster, become more localized and make better use of technology".
Aimed at advancing international development cooperation, the Institute of Global Development (IGD) was inaugurated on Sunday at Zhejiang University in East China.
More than 100 young athletes from 25 countries and regions gathered in Haikou, Hainan province, this week for the 2026 Council of British International Schools Primary Games, the first time the event has been held in China.
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