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Handbook on traditional health exercises hits the market

The People's Sports Publishing House recently published Intangible Cultural Heritage Sports for Better Health (Feiyi Tiyu Jianshen Fa), a handbook on 27 popular traditional Chinese exercises for

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Indigenous Brazilians fight COVID-19 with traditional medicine

01:36 COVID-19 is spreading throughout Brazil, including in the Amazon region.Indigenous communities have been especially hard hit by the virus, yet they receive little help from Brazi

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Chinese medical experts arrive in Algeria to help fight COVID-19

A team of Chinese medical experts on Thursday arrived in Algiers, capital of Algeria, to help the North African country fight the coronavirus. During their 15-day stay in Algeria, the Chinese expe

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Story of Fighting COVID-19: Cambodia's scarecrows ease the mind

03:54 In Siem Reap, capital of northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province, people make scarecrows, known as Ting Mong, to protect themselves against COVID-19. They are generally made of s

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Top DPRK leader sends greetings to South Africa on national holiday

Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), sent a message on Monday to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to mark the country's national holiday, according to t

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China themes this year's heritage day "healthy life"

China will focus on the role intangible cultural heritage plays in advocating a healthy lifestyle and fighting the COVID-19 epidemic in the promotion of cultural and natural heritage this year. The p

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Northwest China province donates medical supplies to Belarus

A batch of medical supplies donated by northwest China's Gansu Province has arrived in Minsk, capital of Belarus, to help fight against COVID-19, the Foreign Affairs Office of Gansu Province said on

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Festival marking beginning of spring celebrated amid COVID-19 pandemic in Cairo

A child paints a mask on an egg to celebrate Sham el-Nessim at home amid COVID-19 pandemic in Cairo, Egypt, on April 20, 2020. Sham el-Nessim, a traditional Egyptian festival marking the beginning

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Chinese premier says China ready to stand together with Sudan in COVID-19 fight

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday that the Chinese people are ready to stand together with the Sudanese people in their fight against COVID-19, and offer support and assistance within its c

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China sends medical expert team to Russia

A team of 10 Chinese medical experts departed from Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, for Russia Saturday morning to help with its fight against the COVID-19. The expert

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Vericool raises $19.1 million for its plant-based packaging replacement for plastic coolers

Vericool, a Livermore, Calif.-based startup that’s replacing plastic coolers and packaging with plant-based products, has raised $19.1 million in a new round of financing.The company’s sta

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Namibian official says ready to embrace traditional Chinese medicine to tackle COVID-19

Namibia is ready to embrace the traditional Chinese medicine in its fight against the COVID-19 outbreak, a health ministry official said on Friday. In an interview with Xinhua, Ministry of Health and

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Olympic flame for Tokyo lit as games face uncertainty

The Tokyo Olympic flame lighting ceremony was held in ancient Olympia, Greece, on March 12, 2020. /VCG This year, the traditional ceremony was closed to the public amid fears over the c

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Jin Opera performers move stage to live streaming platform

Wu Lingyun (2nd R) live streams a rehearsal at the research center of Jin Opera art in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, March 9, 2020. Due to the epidemic risks of COVID-19, theater perfor

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Can paying contactless rather than with notes and coins slow COVID-19?

00:52 People using contactless payments instead of traditional cash, such as banknotes, can help slow the spread of COVID-19, it has been suggested.The outbreak of the virus has so far

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Reduced mortality rate of COVID-19 patients remains pressing task

Reducing the mortality rate of COVID-19 patients remains a pressing task, said a central government team guiding the epidemic control work in Hubei Wednesday. More efforts should be devoted to curin

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Various religions coexist in harmony in China: diplomat

Various religions have been coexisting in harmony in China, a senior Chinese diplomat said here Monday during the 43rd session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council. This not only demonstr