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Promotional video for CMG Spring Festival Gala screened in various countries

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Promotional video for CMG Spring Festival Gala screened in various countries

2025-01-22 16:50 Last Updated At:17:07

A global wave of festive celebrations is unfolding as the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches, with the 2025 Spring Festival Gala promotional video by China Media Group (CMG) serving as a cultural bridge, connecting people from diverse backgrounds to the richness of Chinese traditions.

The Spring Festival falls on Jan 29 this year, ushering in the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese lunar calendar.

At the new compound of the Mission of China to the AU in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, a gala was held on Monday to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival.

Featured Chinese foods and traditional performances from both China and Africa, among others, the event has brought together over 300 participants including the representatives of the AU and the Chinese community in Addis Ababa.

Monique Nsanzabaganwa, deputy chairperson for the African Union Commission, said AU-China cooperation has achieved gratifying and fruitful results during the previous years, noting China's 35-year-long tradition of dispatching its foreign minister to Africa on their first overseas trips at the start of a year.

The AU is willing to work with China to make greater contribution to the development and prosperity of the Global South, she said.

"I wish Africa-China relations will achieve greater progress in 2025 and building an all weather Africa-China community with a shared future for the new era will yield fruitful results," Nsanzabaganwa said.

The promotional video for the 2025 Spring Festival Gala was also aired at the event, marking a step forward in cultural exchange while igniting interest in Chinese traditions among attendees.

Meanwhile, cinemas in landmark locations across Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban in South Africa conducted a synchronized screening of the promotional video for the Spring Festival Gala, marking a first for the collaborative initiative.

A South Korean expatriate residing in South Africa expressed that seeing the promotional video of the gala, which represents elements of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in South African cinemas evoked a warm sense of longing for family reunions within her.

"As a foreigner, I was very impressed by the Chinese Spring Festival Gala last year, I was so happy to see the beautiful performances in South Africa's shopping mall at Nu Metro (Cinema). I'm very looking forward to see the live performance with my husband and baby at this Chinese New Year," she said.

In addition, the Chinese Embassy in Zambia on Sunday held the 2025 Zambia-Chinese Spring Festival Temple Fair with a display of Chinese culture in celebration of the upcoming Spring Festival.

Featuring various Chinese cultures, including a kung fu performance, the celebration attracted scores of both Chinese people and local people, officials from the Chinese embassy and the Zambian government, and representatives of Chinese enterprises operating in Zambia.

Chinese food was also on display, while Chinese companies took advantage of the ceremony to showcase their products and services.

During the event, the promotional video for the gala made a stunning appearance, becoming the focal point of the gathering.

In December last year, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization inscribed "Spring Festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of the traditional new year" on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Promotional video for CMG Spring Festival Gala screened in various countries

Promotional video for CMG Spring Festival Gala screened in various countries

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All conflicts end at negotiating table: Chinese FM

2025-02-15 18:00 Last Updated At:18:37

All conflicts end at the negotiating table, and China has always advocated for dialogue, negotiations, and political settlement of disputes and conflicts around the world, including the Ukraine crisis, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday at the Munich Security Conference held in Germany.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that China did not create the Ukraine crisis, nor is it a party to it.

China has never stood by idly, nor has sought to profit from it, Wang said.

The four principles laid out by President Xi Jinping are the most authoritative explanation of China's position on the Ukraine crisis, said Wang, stressing that sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries should be respected, the purposes and principles of the UN Charter should be upheld, the legitimate security concerns of all parties should be addressed, and all efforts aimed at promoting peace should be supported.

China has actively engaged in diplomatic mediation based on these principles. In addition, China and Brazil, in collaboration with other countries from the Global South, have initiated a group of Friends for Peace to address the crisis. The development of the situation proves that China's position is objective, just, rational, and pragmatic, reflecting the broad consensus of the international community, Wang said.

Noting that the end point of any conflict is the negotiating table, and history will be fair as a result, Wang said that China would like to see all efforts aiming at promoting peace, including the consensus on peace talks reached by the United States and Russia. At the same time, China hopes that all the parties involved and relevant stakeholders will participate in the peace process at an appropriate time.

Wang also noted that as the Ukraine crisis is taking place on the European soil, Europe has an even greater responsibility to play a role in promoting peace, jointly addressing the root causes of the crisis, finding a balanced, effective, and sustainable security framework, and ensuring long-term peace and stability in Europe.

All conflicts end at negotiating table: Chinese FM

All conflicts end at negotiating table: Chinese FM

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