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Promotions of Chinese culture abroad

2017-09-21 11:57 Last Updated At：23:01

An increasing number of activities aimed at promoting Chinese culture across the world have been taking place since 2012.

The activities not only introduce Chinese culture to the world but also enhance the cultural exchanges between Chinese people and other nations.

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An increasing number of activities aimed at promoting Chinese culture across the world have been taking place since 2012.

Happy Chinese New Year is a worldwide celebration hosted by the Ministry of Culture of China and Chinese authorities. It seeks to provide a global platform that is joyful, harmonious and accessible to all, to encourage people across the world to celebrate the Chinese New Year, experience the profound yet interesting Chinese culture and understand the huge achievements China has made, as a worldwide boom to visit and know China emerges.

In 2017, about 2,000 cultural activities have been held in over 400 cities across more than 130 countries and regions across the globe. The activities featured traditional events such as temple fairs, China lantern festivals, parades, exhibitions, special performances and intangible cultural heritage displays. As a part of Happy Chinese New Year, "Just Share It", launched in 2015, is an annual online contest that invites people all over the world to share their photos of Chinese New Year celebrations.

An increasing number of activities aimed at promoting Chinese culture across the world have been taking place since 2012.

Happy Chinese New Year is a worldwide celebration hosted by the Ministry of Culture of China and Chinese authorities. It seeks to provide a global platform that is joyful, harmonious and accessible to all, to encourage people across the world to celebrate the Chinese New Year, experience the profound yet interesting Chinese culture and understand the huge achievements China has made, as a worldwide boom to visit and know China emerges.

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In 2017, about 2,000 cultural activities have been held in over 400 cities across more than 130 countries and regions across the globe. The activities featured traditional events such as temple fairs, China lantern festivals, parades, exhibitions, special performances and intangible cultural heritage displays. As a part of Happy Chinese New Year, "Just Share It", launched in 2015, is an annual online contest that invites people all over the world to share their photos of Chinese New Year celebrations.

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Let’s take a look at some of these activities.

Happy Chinese New Year is a worldwide celebration hosted by the Ministry of Culture of China and Chinese authorities. It seeks to provide a global platform that is joyful, harmonious and accessible to all, to encourage people across the world to celebrate the Chinese New Year, experience the profound yet interesting Chinese culture and understand the huge achievements China has made, as a worldwide boom to visit and know China emerges.

Since 2009, a number of celebrations have been held overseas under the theme, Happy Chinese New Year, engaging both Chinese based abroad and others from all over the world.

In 2017, about 2,000 cultural activities have been held in over 400 cities across more than 130 countries and regions across the globe. The activities featured traditional events such as temple fairs, China lantern festivals, parades, exhibitions, special performances and intangible cultural heritage displays. As a part of Happy Chinese New Year, "Just Share It", launched in 2015, is an annual online contest that invites people all over the world to share their photos of Chinese New Year celebrations.

The Latest | Trump's hush money trial enters 11th day as second week of testimony is set to wrap up

2024-05-03 21:05 Last Updated At：21:10

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will return to Manhattan court on Friday as his hush money trial enters its 11th day, capping a frenzied second week of witness testimony.

Lawyer Keith Davidson concluded his testimony Thursday after spending nearly 6 1/2 hours on the stand over two days. He laid out for jurors details of his negotiations with Michael Cohen and the National Enquirer on behalf of Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, not shying away from an election night realization that his efforts might have contributed to Trump's 2016 win.

Forensic analyst Douglas Daus also took the stand, testifying about what he found on Cohen's cellphone. Among other things, Daus said Cohen had nearly 40,000 contacts saved to the device.

Thursday's proceedings included a contempt hearing over whether the former president had again violated his gag order.

Merchan heard from both sides about four more prospective violations, including comments Trump made about the jury. Prosecutors said they were seeking only fines and not jail time for the potential violations. An immediate decision was not made and it was unclear when Merchan would rule.

Prosecutors have said that Trump and others conducted a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election by purchasing and burying salacious stories that might hurt his campaign.

Trump is accused of falsifying internal business records to cover up hush money payments — including $130,000 given to Daniels, a porn actor, by Cohen — recording them instead as legal expenses.

Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

The case is the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president and the first of four prosecutions of Trump to reach a jury.

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Here's the latest:

Despite not yet having testified in Donald Trump's hush money case, Michael Cohen has been very present in the courtroom — in audio recordings of conversations he had and in witness testimony.

On Thursday, jurors heard a taped call between Cohen and Keith Davidson, Stormy Daniels' former attorney, wherein Cohen could be heard telling Davidson about a conversation he'd had with someone believed to be Trump.

“I can’t even tell you how many times he said to me, ‘You know, I hate the fact that we did it.’ And my comment to him was, ‘But every person that you’ve spoken to told you it was the right move,’” Cohen said in the recording.

The panel also heard a recording of Cohen briefing Trump in September 2016 on the plan to buy former Playboy model Karen McDougal’s story. That particular recording included Cohen detailing that he'd spoken to then-Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg about “how to set the whole thing up with funding.”

Cohen, who is the prosecution's star witness, was Trump's lawyer and personal fixer at the time.

Court proceedings in Donald Trump's hush money case will end early on Friday to accommodate an important appointment one of the jurors has in the late afternoon.

Judge Juan M. Merchan announced the scheduling change just before adjourning court on Thursday. Court will end at 3:45 p.m. Friday, about 45 minutes earlier than normal.

Donald Trump is expected to return to court Friday morning for the 11th day of his hush money trial as the second week of witness testimony wraps up.

Thursday's proceedings saw the former president facing yet another contempt hearing, this time over four more prospective violations of his gag order.

While Judge Juan M. Merchan did not immediately rule on the sanctions request from prosecutors, he told defense attorneys he was concerned about three of the potential violations — including comments that Trump made about the political makeup of the jury. Merchan said he wasn't worried about a comment Trump made last week calling former Enquirer publisher David Pecker a “nice guy.”

Prosecutors said they were only seeking fines and not jail time over the potential violations.

Trump is barred under a gag order from speaking publicly about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to the case. He was fined $9,000 on Tuesday over nine online posts.

The introduction has been updated to correct the spelling of the last name of forensic analyst Douglas Daus, from Daul.

Promotions of Chinese culture abroad

Promotions of Chinese culture abroad