Guangzhou – October 19, 2026 -- Outdoor brand KAILAS is now title sponsor of the Freeride World Tour (FWT) China Series for 2026/27, with four FWT Qualifier events planned at Jikepulin Ski Resort in Hemu, Altay, Xinjiang.

Two competition windows are set for Xinjiang

The qualifiers run December 9–15, 2026, and February 26–March 3, 2027. The series aims to connect Chinese riders with the international freeride competition pathway. Freeride skiing takes place on natural, ungroomed terrain, where athletes assess snow conditions and choose their own lines.

Beijing – October 19, 2026 -- China's Shanxi province brought hand-knotted brooches, colored glazeware and lacquerware to more than 100 foreign diplomats at a Geneva reception in late September. Some guests left talking about visiting.

Shanghai – – October 18, 2026 -- The second edition of The Magic of Tomorrowland in China sold out two nights at Hero Dome, with Axwell headlining day one and Tiësto closing day two.

The festival ran in INS SEA, a newly developed waterfront destination in Shanghai's western Huangpu district. Tomorrowland staged it with Hero Esports, INS LAND and Budweiser, turning the purpose-built indoor venue into a two-day electronic music event for thousands of visitors.

Hong Kong – October 16, 2026 -- Coffee drinkers in Hong Kong can now order a Buffalo Milk Latte, hot or iced, at all five local Lavazza stores, and a Liquid Tiramisu drink is on the way. Lavazza says it is the first chain coffee brand in the city to serve buffalo milk drinks.

Shanghai – October 15, 2026 -- Twenty gaming monitors from Lenovo's Legion line and HKC's ANTGAMER brand are among the first to earn TÜV Rheinland's new Native Gaming Performance Certification, which rates displays from three to five stars.

Harare – October 15, 2026 -- Visitors in Zimbabwe's capital can now see evidence of some of the world's earliest rice cultivation, along with hands-on tea, pottery and puzzle activities, at an exhibition on China's Shangshan culture that opened on October 12.

Los Angeles – – October 14, 2026 -- Chinese author Xuemo's novel Eternal Love, available in English on Amazon, has won a 2026 NYC Big Book Award and reached No. 1 on an Amazon psychological literary fiction bestseller chart, according to its publisher, Ruxue International Media Inc.

Beijing – October 13, 2026 -- A new documentary, From Barren Land to Prosperity: Fujian-Ningxia Partnership, premiered on China Media Group's CCTV-4 channel on October 5. It looks at how one of China's poorest regions changed over three decades.

Hangzhou – October 11, 2026 -- Rihanna's golden embroidered dragon robe from the 2015 Met Gala is on public display in China until August 31, 2027, as part of a Guo Pei retrospective at the China National Silk Museum.

"Garden of Ethereal Realms: Guo Pei Costume Art Exhibition" opened on September 27, 2026, in the museum's Fashion Gallery. It covers four decades of work by Guo Pei, a leading figure in Chinese contemporary haute couture, and shows how her career has developed.

Chengdu – October 10, 2026 -- Climbing brand KAILAS has launched "Stay Warm, Stay Together," a campaign built around its GT Glacier Traverse Series, a line of snow-mountain gear that uses goose down with a fill power of up to 1,000.