China: Wedding Feast Carries On as Heavy Rain Floods Venue in Shaanxi

This unforgettable scene was captured in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, on May 18, 2026. It looks like a party on a river, but it’s actually an outdoor wedding feast. A sudden heavy downpour flooded the square with dozens of centimeters of water. Relatives and friends sit around dozens of round tables, watching the ceremony and waiting for the meal. Thankfully, the organizers set up cozy canopies and fences, keeping guests dry. Rain can’t stop love and blessings—everyone shows up in the storm to celebrate the newlyweds.

Chinese ex-forced laborers survey ruins of Nagasaki coal mine

Chinese ex-forced laborers survey ruins of Nagasaki coal mine

NAGASAKI, Japan - Li Qingyun (C), a 77-year-old former Chinese forced laborer, sails around the Hashima Island, southwest of Nagasaki, on July 27 to survey the ruins of a coal mine on the island. About 1,000 Chinese were forced to work in four coal mines in Nagasaki Prefecture, including one on Hashima Island, during World War II.

Music lights up life of visually impaired people

STORY: Music lights up life of visually impaired people DATELINE: May 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of singing 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN JINCAN, Fujian Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HUANG YANPING, Fujian Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHENG XUAN, Fujian Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI YANBING, Fujian Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe 6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN QINGYUN, Fujian Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe 7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIN PENG, Fujian Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe STORYLINE: Music has lit up the life of eight visually impaired people in a singing group in east China's Fujian Province. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN JINCAN, Fujian Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe "We are all visually impaired people, so our singing group is called "seeing." This means that we have a spirit of pursuing light." SOUNDBITE (

(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER PARALYMPICS-PARA ALPINE SKIING-WOMEN'SWOMEN'S SLALOM-SITTING(CN)

(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER PARALYMPICS-PARA ALPINE SKIING-WOMEN'SWOMEN'S SLALOM-SITTING(CN)

(220312) -- BEIJING, March 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Qingyun of China competes during para alpine skiing women's slalom sitting of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games at National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, March 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)

Tau Ming Chong; The Warlords (2007)

Tau Ming Chong; The Warlords (2007)

Andy Lau & Jet Li Characters: Zhao Er-Hu (as Dehua Liu), General Pang Qingyun (as Lianjie Li) Film: Tau Ming Chong; The Warlords (2007) Director: Peter Chan & Wai Man Yip 12 December 2007 Date: 12 December 2007

Tau Ming Chong; The Warlords (2007)

Tau Ming Chong; The Warlords (2007)

Jet Li Characters: General Pang Qingyun (as Lianjie Li) Film: Tau Ming Chong; The Warlords (2007) Director: Peter Chan & Wai Man Yip 12 December 2007 Date: 12 December 2007

Tau Ming Chong; The Warlords (2007)

Tau Ming Chong; The Warlords (2007)

Andy Lau, Jet Li & Takeshi Kaneshiro Characters: Zhao Er-Hu (as Dehua Liu), General Pang Qingyun (as Lianjie Li), Zhang Wen-Xiang Film: Tau Ming Chong; The Warlords (2007) Director: Peter Chan & Wai Man Yip 12 December 2007 Date: 12 December 2007

Tau Ming Chong; The Warlords (2007)

Tau Ming Chong; The Warlords (2007)

Takeshi Kaneshiro & Jet Li Characters: Zhang Wen-Xiang, General Pang Qingyun (as Lianjie Li) Film: Tau Ming Chong; The Warlords (2007) Director: Peter Chan & Wai Man Yip 12 December 2007 Date: 12 December 2007

Tau Ming Chong; The Warlords (2007)

Tau Ming Chong; The Warlords (2007)

Jet Li & Peter Chan Characters: General Pang Qingyun (as Lianjie Li), Director Film: Tau Ming Chong; The Warlords (2007) Director: Peter Chan & Wai Man Yip 12 December 2007 Date: 12 December 2007