Tag: #Zhejiang Province

Chinese culture pursues ‘not king, but jade’

Li Yuche in Hangzhou December 08, 2023

Chinese culture pursues ‘not king, but jade’

Embracing more than 300 guests from around the world, the first Liangzhu Forum had its grand finale in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, on Sunday. Beside the main forum on Sunday, my journalistic experience of the event has been sweetened by two sub-events. The first one was crowded with 43...More

Chinese path to modernization: Wuzhen’s transformation from tourist attraction to livable town embodies essence of common prosperity

Cui Fandi and Pang Yue in Wuzhen December 06, 2023

Chinese path to modernization: Wuzhen’s transformation from tourist attraction to livable town embodies essence of common prosperity

From many perspectives, Wuzhen, in East China's Zhejiang Province, a town with thousands of years of history, is not a name that automatically comes to mind when poverty and backwardness are mentioned. Even without considering its rich cultural history and connections to many famous figures, in the last...More