Category World

Wellness tourism: 'slow travel' unlocks a booming market

Wellness tourism: ‘slow travel’ unlocks a booming market

By Zhang Wenhao, Dong Zeyang, People’s Daily Wellness tourism – combining healthy lifestyles with extended stays in destinations renowned for pristine nature, scenic landscapes, therapeutic hot springs, or advanced medical services – represents an evolving global trend. In recent years,…

Chinese surgical robot enables cross-continental operation

Chinese surgical robot enables cross-continental operation

By Dou Hao, People’s Daily Decades ago, the notion of performing major surgery across continents seemed nearly impossible. Yet on July 19 in Strasbourg, France, during the Society of Robotic Surgery 2025 Annual Meeting, a Chinese-developed surgical robot turned this…

Upholding the correct view of WWII history

Upholding the correct view of WWII history

By Zhang Yuebin On Aug. 6, the U.S. Department of State made remarks on World War II, claiming that the United States and Japan “concluded a devastating war in the Pacific.” The U.S. Embassy in China subsequently reposted this statement,…

Niche sports step into the spotlight

Niche sports step into the spotlight

By Chen Chenxi, People’s Daily On August 14, the Drone Racing competition kicked off at Dong’an Lake Sports Park in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan province, during The World Games 2025. Known as the “aerial F1,” this futuristic sport is rapidly…

Shanghai Museum’s ‘sleepless super night’

By Wu Yan, Ju Yunpeng, Cao Lingjuan, People’s Daily At midnight on Aug. 16, while most of Shanghai had settled into slumber, the plaza at the south gate of the Shanghai Museum on People’s Square (Shanghai Museum) was growing ever…

In memory of my uncle George Aylwin Hogg

In memory of my uncle George Aylwin Hogg

By Mark Aylwin Thomas “Through his being and working, many blades of grass will grow in places where none grew before.” This epitaph was penned by Rewi Alley, New Zealand-born writer, social reformer and educator,  in memory of my uncle…