Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - A worker makes moulds at a workshop of a mould company in Xingren Town of Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, on December 15, 2025. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Zhai Huiyong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Baking Easter paskas in Kyiv

Baking Easter paskas in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - APRIL 29, 2024 - A cook picks up paper baking moulds for paskas (Ukrainian Easter bread) at a bakery ahead of Orthodox Easter on May 5, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Moulds used in production of Melia tiles, discontinued about 70 years ago, currently renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Moulds used in production of Melia tiles, discontinued about 70 years ago, currently renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

Tile production using 89-year-old technology launched in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 05, 2024 - Moulds used in production of Melia tiles, discontinued about 70 years ago, currently renewed in Zaporizhzhia, many historical buildings of which are clad with it, patucularly, on Sobornyi Avenue, including the one that is currently being restored after a Russian missile strike. These non-fading tiles are often mistaken for natural stone, due to their texture and durability, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine.

CHINA-GUIZHOU-ZHENG'AN-GUITAR-MAKING INDUSTRY (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-ZHENG'AN-GUITAR-MAKING INDUSTRY (CN)

(230610) -- ZHENG'AN, June 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker processes guitar moulds at the Zheng'an Guitar Industrial Park in Zheng'an County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 7, 2023. Zheng'an County is dubbed as a guitar manufacturing center in China. Zheng'an Guitar Industrial Park is an industrial cluster with standardized factories covering over 800,000 square meters and 126 guitar and guitar-related accessories manufacturers. More than six million guitars are produced here annually. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

GLOBALink | Young Chinese potter moulds dreams in art of clay

STORY: Young Chinese potter moulds dreams in art of clay DATELINE: May 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:04 LOCATION: NANJING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): CHEN SHENGWEI, Xinhua correspondent 2. STANDUP 2 (English): CHEN SHENGWEI, Xinhua correspondent 3. STANDUP 3 (English): CHEN SHENGWEI, Xinhua correspondent 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHEN SHENGWEI, Xinhua correspondent 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG ZHEN, Designer from Jiangsu Gaochun Ceramics Co., Ltd. 6. STANDUP 4 (English): CHEN SHENGWEI, Xinhua correspondent 7. STANDUP 5 (English): CHEN SHENGWEI, Xinhua correspondent 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YANG ZHEN, Designer from Jiangsu Gaochun Ceramics Co., Ltd. 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): TONG DINGJIA, Master of China Ceramic Arts in Jiangsu 10. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): YANG ZHEN, Designer from Jiangsu Gaochun Ceramics Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): CHEN SHENGWEI, Xinhua correspondent "Porcelain, a Chinese invention that has changed what we know and think of as art, a prized commodity

GLOBALink | Young Chinese potter moulds dreams in art of clay

From potteries produced thousands of years ago to a bowl worth several million dollars, Gaochun Porcelain Museum has collected porcelains all over China. Join us to explore the art of clay. Produced by Xinhua Global Service

THE LADY TAKES A FLYER

THE LADY TAKES A FLYER

THE LADY TAKES A FLYER LANA TURNER, JEFF CHANDLER Date: 1958