At midday on May 24, the Chaoshan-dialect film A Love Letter to Grandma exceeded ¥1 billion in real-time box office, becoming the 133rd Chinese film to reach that milestone.

At the same time, the hit TV drama The Protagonist set a new annual ratings high for CCTV-1's prime-time drama slot, with peak viewership surpassing 4%, and it also joined the ranks of breakout hits on major video platforms.

The exhibition's experimental character lies in how it pushes beyond conventional materials, media, and ideas.

Artist Hua Cheng reconstructs Mogao bodhisattvas with ultra-clear mirrored panels from Dunhuang's solar-thermal power station, turning technology and faith into reflections of one another.

In Feng Hanyu's Where the Sand Goes, visitors can take away candles made from Mingsha Mountain sand, a metaphor for the circulation of material culture along the Silk Road.

Li Xiaoliang's Feitian Caca places Dunhuang imagery in a contemporary context and probes the deeper ties between history and the present.

This serviceman did not even blink.

Jon Michael Rasch, the White House reporter who posted the video, wrote that on X.

Many overseas users commented on the video, and many of them admired the scene as a display of the discipline of Chinese service members and of China's bearing at an important diplomatic occasion.

The equipment-certification system provides two compliance routes: one is testing by third-party bodies recognized by the China Baseball Association, with equipment required to meet relevant national, industry, and association standards.

The second route is mutual recognition of international certifications: equipment that has remained for at least one year on the certified-equipment lists of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) or the Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) can be registered without further inspection.

The directory will be updated dynamically, published on the official website, and opened to public oversight.

In the 2022–2023 season Guardiola once again led Manchester City to make history, as the team won the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League in succession, becoming the second English club after Manchester United to complete the treble.

In the 2023–2024 season, Manchester City became the first team in the history of England's top league to achieve four consecutive titles, further cementing Guardiola's legendary status.

In a recent interview with Xinhua, Ardavan Safaee, the French-side chair of the France-China Film Festival and president of Pathe Films, said French audiences' understanding of Chinese cinema has changed markedly over the past decade and that Chinese films now hold an important place in France.

Backed by strong production capabilities, Chinese cinema could become the leading Asian force in the French market.