Sun Shuli's team take foreign tourists to experience Chinese calligraphy in Beijing, capital of China, in December 2025. Sun, who has worked in inbound tourism for years, now leads teams offering in-depth "citywalk" tours and cultural experiences in Beijing and Shanghai. (Xinhua)
Zhang Gaoming (L) of Sichuan Blue Whales defends He Xining of Shenzhen Leopards during the 6th round match at the 2025-2026 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province on Dec. 24, 2025. (Photo by Peng Zhigang/Xinhua)
Palestinians inspect the damage after a house was bulldozed by an Israeli bulldozer in the town of Bizzariya, northwest of Nablus in the West Bank, on Dec. 24, 2025. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)
People visit the Jakarta Light Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec. 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)
People walk on Ohrid Lake shore at sunset in Ohrid, Republic of North Macedonia, Dec. 24, 2025. (Photo by Tomislav Georgiev/Xinhua)
A craftsman makes a handicraft in an art village in Kuangyan Town, Cixi City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 24, 2025. In recent years, Kuangyan Town has built an art village integrated with cultural tourism to develop local rural industries and promote rural revitalization. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Tang Hexia (front) and her colleague check the page of Mexin Group on e-commerce platform Amazon in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Dec. 18, 2025. China's total cross-border e-commerce import and export value reached 1.37 trillion yuan in the first half of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 10.3 percent. The rapid growth of the cross-border e-commerce industry has led to a surge in job demand. The "cross-border e-commerce operations manager" has been added to the 17 new professions unveiled by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security in 2025.
Tang Hexia, 29, an employee of Mexin Group, a door and window manufacturer based in Chongqing, became a cross-border e-commerce operations manager in 2025. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)
An aerial drone photo shows a section of the Guiyang-Pingtang Expressway in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 23, 2025. The Guiyang-Pingtang Expressway has successfully passed the acceptance inspection on Wednesday and is set to open for operation soon. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
A Libyan military delegation arrives at the plane crash site near Kesikkavak village in Ankara's Haymana district, Türkiye, on Dec. 24, 2025.
Libya's army chief of staff, Mohammed al-Haddad, and four other military officials were killed when their business jet crashed south of Ankara on Tuesday evening, Libyan and Turkish authorities said. (Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua)
People holding signs attend a rally in front of the Japanese Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 23, 2025. Japanese citizens held a rally on Tuesday evening in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, demanding that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract her erroneous remarks on Taiwan and criticizing comments by a senior government official advocating nuclear armament. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
A drone photo taken on April 14, 2025 shows people exercising at Waizhuang park in Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province.
China is stepping up efforts to raise public awareness of the dangers of obesity, striking a chord among the government, academic circles and social forces to see that citizens maintain a healthy weight using healthy methods. (Photo by Yi Fan/Xinhua)
