As winter’s chill settles over Toronto, a different kind of language is being spoken inside the cultural icon Meridian Hall. It’s a syntax of spinning kicks, silent screams, and graceful dance steps — the kinetic vocabulary of “Wing Chun,” Shenzhen’s acclaimed dance drama.

The 2025 Guangming Science City Forum gathered an impressive lineup of leading scientists and industry pioneers from China and abroad, offering cutting-edge insights under this year’s theme of “Openness · Innovation · Leadership.”

A community-based international volunteer practice led by Shekou Management and Service Center for Expats (Shekou MSCE) was selected as one of Guangdong’s Top 10 Outstanding International Volunteer Service Cases, it was announced at the 2025 Understanding China Conference in Guangzhou on Monday.

A Maserati parked like a time machine — gleaming, low-slung, and impossibly aerodynamic — drew a crowd at the north wing plaza of the Baoneng All City mall in Shekou, where Italian flair met Chinese curiosity at the Chinese/Italian Artists Exchange Program that kicked off Saturday afternoon.