The documentary“Caught Between Life and Death”, produced by CGTN focuses on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and seeks to explore the reasons behind the Israel-Palestine conflict. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
To mark Hungarian National Day, Chinese and Hungarian staff working on the Hungary section of the CTEC Hungary-Serbia Railway project gathered for a party, where they enjoyed Chinese food and took the chance to get to know each other outside of work. Beyond their professional connection, these co-workers have been developing a familial bond. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
For most of us, what's meaningful about this 'gui' is that here before us is an actual link with an ancestor, one that, because of the words inscribed upon it, really does speak. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
Falussy Zsuzsi leads the interpreters team for the Hungary section of the CTEC Hungary-Serbia Railway construction project. Her linguistic skills are a crucial asset in helping bridge gaps in cultural understanding and communication between the Hungarian and Chinese workers. Zsuzsi and her team have also developed a special railway engineering dictionary – in Hungarian, Chinese, and English – to overcome the language barrier. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zh...
Tcheng Ki-Tong, one of the first Naval Academy students to study in France, impressed his supervisor Prosper Giquel so much that he arranged for him to study public law and regulation at Sciences Po. Tcheng later became a diplomat representing the Qing court in Europe. He played a pivotal role in introducing China to Western society. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
In 1877, 30 Chinese naval students traveled to Europe with supervisor Prosper Marie Giquel. Among them, 18 students headed to France, where they received an advanced technical education. Far from home, these students developed a lasting bond with Giquel, a testament to the deep cultural exchanges between China and France. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
A chance encounter in France opened a magical door to art for Chang Shuhong. While strolling along the Seine, he came across an album of paintings at a book stall. It was “The Dunhuang Grottoes” compiled by Frenchman Paul Pelliot. The discovery led to a lifelong relationship with Dunhuang, deep in the desert of Northwest China. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
Danique Staal is a mead-maker and Lodewijk ten Have, a beekeeper. Both are passionate about not only their work, but also ecological sustainability. It's Have who supplies Staal with the honey he needs to make his traditional mead. Together they are introducing contemporary drinkers to an ancient beverage produced in its purest form. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
India was among the earliest countries to produce sugar from sugarcane. Today, sugarcane growing remains a vital source of income for people across this vast land. Traditionally, the work is hard and labor-intensive, and done mainly by women. In recent times, though, they have been receiving a helping hand from a specialist sugar institute, which teaches them smart farming techniques to increase sugar yields so as to easing their backbreaking labor. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer:...
The Peter Pan Donut Shop in Brooklyn, New York, is run by Demetri Siafakas and his family, descendants of Greek immigrants. By maintaining a balance between tradition and innovation, the family have ensured that their donuts stand out in their multicultural community. The shop, because it highlights the contribution of immigrants to the American culinary scene, has become a symbol of local community culture. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor...
The Larivière family run a farm producing maple syrup in Northern Ontario. Using pure, natural ingredients, their syrup is made the traditional way by boiling the sap they collect from their sugar maple trees. Another local tradition in the area is for communities to get together outdoors and enjoy maple syrup directly off snow. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
The underlying flavor of chocolate is derived from cocoa. Around 70% of the world's cocoa beans are grown in West Africa, and from Côte d'Ivoire in particular. Fulbert Kofi, a chocolate producer, observed that many of his country’s cocoa farmers had never actually tasted chocolate. He decided that he could not only introduce them to it, but also boost their incomes in the process. Thanks to his efforts, they and the rest of Côte d'Ivoire’s population are for the first time, starting to enjoy the...
Marianne Stagetorn Kolos’s family have been running Konditori La Glace in Copenhagen since 1870. Marianne took over what is the Danish capital’s oldest cake and dessert shop from her mother when she was 21. As a famous city landmark, her shop counts among its customers everyone from locals and tourists to the royal family. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
Iceland's remote, frozen Westfjords is the place where chocolate-maker Kjartan Gislason sources the sea salt he adds to his products. Explaining the unusual choice of ingredient, he said, ‘It's just something about the combination of the sweet and salty that will always be enjoyable to have in the same bite.’ Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
American William N. Brown, a professor at Xiamen University, has lived in China for 38 years. In the course of witnessing China's reform and opening up, he has gained many warm and happy memories. Such is the depth of his affection for southern Fujian and Chinese culture that he now refers to himself as a Xiamen native. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
We will probably never know what caused the flowering of this amazing culture, and why it disappeared. Perhaps it's best left in the realm of mystery, their legacy appreciated for what it is. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
Beautiful and valuable though jade is, being adorned with it is also a spiritual experience – an expression of love for the world, a way of imbuing the body with its power. Therefore, the Western Zhou Dynasty bequeathed a continuing legacy, one of the constant themes of Chinese culture: jadeware. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
With the Spring Equinox just around the corner, the sun will soon be riding higher than ever in the sky. Join us for an introduction to the timeless joys of spring and the rhythms of nature courtesy of cutting-edge AI. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
At last archaeologists have found the answer to a historical mystery buried for thousands of years: the earliest mention of Zhongguo, the Middle Kingdom - China! Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
Whether seen as a noble bird, one of ill-omen, or merely cute, one thing's for sure: The owl itself is much the same as it's always been; it's culture that's changed, constantly evolving, changing people's minds. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
An elegant jade phoenix is among the possessions found in the tomb of Fu Hao, a legendary woman whose independence and noble character earned her the respect and admiration of a whole kingdom almost 4,000 years ago. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
In addition to weapons and tools, ancient China's Shang Dynasty was capable of producing distinctly non-utilitarian items – for example, the magnificent cauldrons associated with the sacrificial rituals that were so important in those years. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
Palmira is the owner of a family-run restaurant in Macao. The food it serves is a fusion, based on a mixture of spices traditionally used in Portuguese cooking, such as cinnamon and turmeric, with local Macanese ingredients. The restaurant's signature dessert, baked apple, is made using a recipe Palmira inherited from her grandmother. In her story we see how, through her commitment to preserving and passing down her family's cooking traditions, she is helping to preserve Macao’s unique cultural ...
Lucia Parlanti's business journey began with a visit to China. Based on her experience of Chinese tea culture, she created her "Tea Stories" shop in the Netherlands, where she fuses Eastern and Western beverages. The combination of Chinese tea culture and Western tastes highlights the power of cross-cultural exchange and modern reinterpretations of tradition to create something with universal appeal. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Ch...
Strange as it may seem, the complex system of writing that we use today in China began thousands of years ago as scratches on bits of bone... Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
It cannot speak; its gaze is impossible to read. But it's a silence that speaks volumes: a pair of eyes that saw the very beginning, that witnessed the very first Chinese dynasty – eyes that, as a new era dawns, are watching still. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
What can you read in these eyes gazing at us across the gulf of time? What hints do they give us of life in days long, long ago, and of the passions that dwelt in the hearts of the people who lived through them? Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
The American documentary film producer Andrew Field has lived in China for 26 years, over which time he has participated in the production of many historical documentaries. Drawing on his deep knowledge of Chinese culture, he aims to explain Chinese history to the global audience from a third-person perspective. Today working as a professor of Duke Kunshan University, he takes his students around Shanghai’s streets, aiming to record the rapid changes of the country. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qi...
Eight years ago, Chen Zhenjie and his business partners made an important decision: to move their artificial intelligence start-up from Macao to Shenzhen. In the ensuing years their rise has been dizzying. What started off as just three student entrepreneurs doing what they do has now blossomed into a high-tech operation employing over 300 staff. This is their story. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
As Chinese New Year approaches, everyone is bewitched by the impending celebrations. Join us for an audio round-up to find out about the preparations that are taking place on Juehua Island in northeastern China’s Liaoning Province where absolutely nothing is allowed to get in the way as people rush to be with their families on the big day. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying
