More than 100 students started their 2026 China-US College Fencing Invitational & People-to-People Exchange Camp at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Thursday.
Root Anyway (holding microphone), founder of JokeUp Comedy Club, poses with performers and audience members after a show in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, filling arenas and driving ticket sales. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Across the Hudson River from Midtown Manhattan, shoppers at American Dream, the largest shopping and entertainment complex on the East Coast of the United States, paused on Sunday afternoon to watch rhythmic yingge dancers, roaring lion dances and classical Cantonese opera performances.
Guangzhou French School for Foreign Nationals, formerly known as École Française Internationale de Canton (EFIC), inaugurated its new campus in Guangzhou on June 22. Chen Guangjun, Deputy Director, attended the inauguration ceremony.
On June 8, Li Hongzhi, deputy director of Guangdong's provincial authority, met with Hou Zongyou, director of the China Representative Office of Argentina's La Rioja Province, in Guangzhou. The two sides reached a consensus on advancing football cooperation.
On June 12, Guangdong and the UK-based Aspiring Youth Association agreed to deepen cultural and people-to-people exchanges centered on football cooperation.
Standing atop the Canton Tower, members of the One Voice Children's Choir from the United States joined local Chinese students in a heartfelt rendition of the Cantonese classic Friends, culminating their two-week cultural journey across China on Jan 10.
On Dec 9, during the last stop on his visit to China, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said he sees opportunities for constructive cooperation in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province.