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BEIJING : As the world welcomed the Year of the Snake on January 29, the Confucius Institute at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), Pakistan, hosted a grand Spring Festival celebration, drawing over 200 faculty members, students, and guests from diverse backgrounds. The festive occasion, held on the first day of the Chinese New Year, was a vibrant tapestry of colors, traditions and cultures, celebrating the rich heritage and diversity of both China and Pakistan. The Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year, is a time of reunions, feasting and fireworks, marking the turn of the lunar calendar. This…

This Spring Festival, the festive atmosphere spread across the length and breadth of China, and Sansha City, located at the southernmost tip of the country, was no exception. From Chinese New Year’s Eve onward, various households prepared tantalizing family reunion dinners. In Yongxing Community, Sansha City, households served homemade dishes, including Wenchang chicken, groupers and rice balls. People who came here to meet their family members brought ingredients from various parts of China. The New Year’s Eve dinner in Sansha City, south China’s Hainan Province. /CMG Fishermen from Meiji Community in Nansha District celebrated the New Year with a seafood…

In a landmark achievement for the film industry, China’s box office revenue for 2025, including advance ticket sales, has officially crossed the 10-billion-yuan (nearly $1.4 billion) mark. Cumulative box office earnings in China have surpassed those of North America, placing China at the top of the global box office rankings. As of 3:30 p.m. on Monday, the box office for the Spring Festival period reached a new historical record of 8 billion yuan (over $1.1 billion), according to data from the National Film Administration. Leading this success is the animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2, which has already outperformed last year’s…

Hemanth Mandapati, CEO of German startup Novo AI, was an early adopter of DeepSeek chatbots, switching to the Chinese AI model from OpenAI’s ChatGPT two weeks ago. “If you have built your application using OpenAI, you can easily migrate to the other ones … it took us minutes to switch,” he said in an interview on the sidelines of the GoWest conference for venture capitalists in Gothenburg, Sweden. DeepSeek’s emergence is reshaping the AI landscape, offering companies access to the technology at a fraction of the cost, according to interviews with more than a dozen startup executives and investors. It…

As the ice and snow tourism season is in full swing, Harbin, the capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, continues to attract a growing number of visitors. With its diverse winter activities, expanding infrastructure and local hospitality, the city remains a key destination in China’s booming ice and snow economy. During the previous winter season, Harbin welcomed over 87 million tourists, marking a 300 percent year-on-year increase, while tourism revenue soared 500 percent to 124.8 billion yuan ($17.3 billion). This year, demand for winter leisure travel remains strong, with Spring Festival hotel bookings up 76 percent from last year, according…

By: Jiang Zaidong At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, President Asif Ali Zardari will pay a state visit to China from February 4 to February 8. This visit coincides with the 10th anniversary of President Xi Jinping’s historic visit to Pakistan in 2015, as well as the joyous occasion of the Chinese New Year celebrations. The visit holds great significance in charting the course for China-Pakistan All-weather Strategic Cooperation and guiding the direction for our bilateral relations amid profound changes unseen in a century. High-level strategic guidance provides fundamental guarantee for the development of China-Pakistan relations. It is because…

ISLAMABAD : Lawyers from the Islamabad Bar Council, Islamabad High Court Bar Association, and District Bar Association will boycott courts today (Monday) in protest against the transfer of judges from other high courts to the IHC. Islamabad Bar Council President Aleem Abbasi said the lawyers’ community has rejected the decision of law ministry to transfer the judges from other high courts to the Islamabad High Court (IHC). He said the purpose of this transfer was to create schism among the lawyers community and this step would be opposed wholeheartedly. He also called upon lawyers’ community to oppose this move. He…

ISLAMABAD :Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted mainly cold and dry weather in most parts of the country while very cold in hilly areas during the next 24 hours. However, light rain with snowfall over hills are expected at isolated places in Gilgit-Baltistan and Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during evening/night. Shallow to moderate fog is expected in Northeast Punjab during morning hours. According to the synoptic situation, continental air is prevailing over most parts of the country. A westerly wave is likely to approach western parts of the country on Monday. During the last 24 hours, cold and dry weather prevailed…

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued its duty roster for this week, featuring the inclusion of three newly transferred judges from other high courts. With these additions, the number of judges available to hear cases has increased from ten to thirteen. Thirteen single benches and six division benches will also be available. The new seniority list of judges has also been released through the duty roster. Chief Justice Amir Farooq has disagreed with the opinion of five fellow judges, who wrote the letter. Justice Sarfraz Dogar is part of the reserved bench number 2 for puisne judges. Justice…

A high-level delegation from Ningbo University, led by Academician Zhao Yufen, visited Pakistan to strengthen scientific and technological cooperation. Their visit coincided with the COMSTECH Consortium of Excellence (CCoE) annual meeting in Islamabad, where Zhao presented traditional medicine to OIC education leaders. The delegation also met with Pakistani universities to discuss ongoing research on medicinal plants sent to China’s space station, as well as collaboration in traditional medicine, space breeding technology, and scientific training. This visit highlights Ningbo University’s growing international role in space-based traditional medicine research.