State leader to visit next week

    BEIJING - As the year 2023 draws to a close, here are the key takeaways from President Xi Jinping's diplomacy throughout the year. It has been a busy year for Xi with four trips abroad, dozens of meetings with foreign dignitaries, chairing the first China-Central Asia Summit and attending the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, and more.FOSTERING COOPERATION WITH MAJOR COUNTRIES On March 20, Xi embarked on a state visit to Russia. This was his first trip

Local teenager Peggy Chan Pui Yan is well on the way to realising her dream of becoming a professional musician by performing her first solo concert, at the Macau Cultural Centre on Monday. Chan plays the guzheng and has been doing so for almost 10 years as well as the piano.According to Wikipedia, the guzheng, also known as the Chinese zither, is a Chinese plucked string instrument with a history of more than 2,500 years. It has 16 (or more) strings and movable bridges. The modern guzheng