The 139th Canton Fair (China Import and Export Fair) officially opens in Guangzhou today, April 15, 2026, running through May 5. This edition of the world’s largest biannual trade fair features three distinct phases, each focusing on different product categories themed on “advanced manufacturing,” “quality home life,” and “better life.” For overseas buyers and business…
Qiaojia Grand Courtyard Cultural Park isn’t just a pretty old house. It’s one of the best places in China to understand how a single merchant family helped invent modern banking — centuries before Silicon Valley started calling everything “fintech.” There’s a famous saying in Chinese travel culture: “The emperor has the Forbidden City; for civilian…
Dalian Maritime University (DMU) is probably not the first name that comes up when international students search for universities in China. But here’s what makes it genuinely different from almost any other university on the planet — your degree might include time at sea, on a real ocean-going vessel, learning navigation in the middle of…
Midu Echoing (弥渡山歌) has become one of the most unexpected viral moments of 2025–2026. A traditional folk song from a small county in Yunnan, southwestern China — reworked with phonk beats and a faster tempo — has now accumulated over 4.05 billion views on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok. Moreover, it has spilled onto international…
The Yellow (Bohai) Sea Migratory Bird Habitat sits at the centre of one of the planet’s most extraordinary wildlife events — and most travellers have never heard of it. Every spring and autumn, millions of shorebirds funnel through this narrow stretch of China’s eastern coastline, making it the single most critical stopover on the East…
