Silk Road film festival opens in NW China

Performance is seen during the opening ceremony of the 7th Silk Road International Film Festival in Xi'an Shaanxi Province, Oct. 11, 2020 (Xinhua-Zhang Bowen)
Performance is seen during the opening ceremony of the 7th Silk Road International Film Festival in Xi’an Shaanxi Province, Oct. 11, 2020 (Xinhua-Zhang Bowen)

Xinhua | 13-Oct-2020

XI’AN — The 7th Silk Road International Film Festival opened Sunday in Xi’an, capital city of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. Continue reading “Silk Road film festival opens in NW China”

Golden week holiday offers hope for China’s tourism sector

Travelers at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport [CFP]
Travelers at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport [CFP]
CGTN | 13-Oct-2020 | By Morag Hobbs

This year’s October holiday saw a resurgence in domestic tourism, with 637 million trips being recorded in eight days. Even though this represents a fall of around 20 percent compared with last year, it’s being seen as a positive step for the country’s tourism industry, which has been particularly hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading “Golden week holiday offers hope for China’s tourism sector”