The 2022 China (Qufu) International Confucius Cultural Festival and 8th Nishan Forum on World Civilizations will open in four days. Kong Zhong, vice-chairman of the World Federation of Confucius Descendant Associations, hoped to meet all guests, scholars, and entrepreneurs from all over the world in Nishan Forum from Sept 26 to 28 and become brothers and sisters with them.

WELLINGTON - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted central New Zealand on Thursday evening, according to New Zealand"s geoscience research service provider. It struck at 21:07 local time (0907 GMT) 30 km northeast of French Pass at the north end of the South Island of New Zealand, at a depth of 51 km, said GNS Science, which called it a "strong earthquake". The tremor was felt in Wellington and throughout central New Zealand. More than 44,000 people reported feeling the quake and there are no reports of casualties or structural damages so far. New Zealand has frequent seismic

For John Moffat Fugui, the Solomon Islands" first ambassador to China, high on his agenda is finding ways to boost exports to China and open direct air connections between the two countries as part of growing bilateral cooperation. Three years ago, the Solomon Islands, a small island nation in the Pacific Ocean, established diplomatic relations with China, a move that Fugui said enables the country to reach out to the wider world. "We have been excited about our relations," the top envoy told China Daily in an exclusive interview. Earlier this month, Fugui co-led a joint promotional mission with Pacific