The snake comes sixth in the 12-animal rotation used by the Chinese to represent the year, following the loong and preceding ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping may not have personally accepted US President-elect Donald Trump’s invitation to his inauguration, but Beijing has taken the rare step of dispatching a top official to ...

The dragon is a Chinese symbol for good fortune, so a dragon dance is commonly performed, according to Britannica. All of these traditions and more have made their way to the United States and ...

The model would sometimes begin “thinking” in Chinese, Persian, or some other language — even when asked a question in English. Given a problem to sort out — e.g. “How many R’s are in ...

While much of the discourse surrounding the BRI is framed by geopolitical narratives of major powers and top-down assessments, there is a crucial gap in understanding how Chinese citizens perceive ...

The Beijing Intellectual Property Court has upheld its 2023 ruling ordering Chinese artist Ye Yongqing to pay Belgian artist Christian Silvain €650,000 in damages in the outcome of a plagiarism case ...

While 2024 was all about vintage watches and expensive alarm clocks, different status symbols are taking over in 2025. Home decor is now all about stained-glass lamps and $600 calendars.

Chinese artists of all stripes took a beating in 2024, with eviscerated sale totals and massive drops in rankings. Take Liu Ye, the contemporary Beijing-based painter known for his figurative ...

A dollar now buys around 7.33 yuan. Many economists predict that the Chinese currency will end the year at around 7.5 per dollar, the weakest in nearly two decades.