Foreign dancers embrace life and culture in China’s Nantong

An aerial panoramic photo taken on May 31, 2026 shows foreign staff dancers performing for tourists at the Sendi Resort in Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu Province. With their unique charm and outstanding dancing skills, foreign staff dancers have become an attractive part of the Sendi Resort in Nantong. After years of working and living here, they have gradually integrated into local life and fallen in love with the traditional Chinese culture. (Photo by Xu Congjun/Xinhua)

Two staff dancers from Ukraine take a look at a penguin at the snow ocean park of the Sendi Resort in Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 1, 2026. With their unique charm and outstanding dancing skills, foreign staff dancers have become an attractive part of the Sendi Resort in Nantong. After years of working and living here, they have gradually integrated into local life and fallen in love with the traditional Chinese culture. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

Foreign staff dancers of the Sendi Resort learn to make herbal sachets at the Nantong Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture in Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 2, 2026. With their unique charm and outstanding dancing skills, foreign staff dancers have become an attractive part of the Sendi Resort in Nantong. After years of working and living here, they have gradually integrated into local life and fallen in love with the traditional Chinese culture. (Photo by Xu Congjun/Xinhua)

Alina Kostenko, a staff dancer from Ukraine, puts on make-up before a performance at the Sendi Resort in Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 1, 2026. With their unique charm and outstanding dancing skills, foreign staff dancers have become an attractive part of the Sendi Resort in Nantong. After years of working and living here, they have gradually integrated into local life and fallen in love with the traditional Chinese culture. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

Foreign staff dancers feed a hippo at a zoo of the Sendi Resort in Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 1, 2026. With their unique charm and outstanding dancing skills, foreign staff dancers have become an attractive part of the Sendi Resort in Nantong. After years of working and living here, they have gradually integrated into local life and fallen in love with the traditional Chinese culture. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

Kateryna Borovska, a staff dancer from Ukraine, selects costumes at the Sendi Resort in Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 1, 2026. With their unique charm and outstanding dancing skills, foreign staff dancers have become an attractive part of the Sendi Resort in Nantong. After years of working and living here, they have gradually integrated into local life and fallen in love with the traditional Chinese culture. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

Foreign staff dancers perform for tourists at the Sendi Resort in Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 1, 2026. With their unique charm and outstanding dancing skills, foreign staff dancers have become an attractive part of the Sendi Resort in Nantong. After years of working and living here, they have gradually integrated into local life and fallen in love with the traditional Chinese culture. (Photo by Xu Congjun/Xinhua)

Foreign staff dancers perform for tourists at the Sendi Resort in Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 1, 2026. With their unique charm and outstanding dancing skills, foreign staff dancers have become an attractive part of the Sendi Resort in Nantong. After years of working and living here, they have gradually integrated into local life and fallen in love with the traditional Chinese culture. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

Foreign staff dancers from Ukraine take selfies at the snow ocean park of the Sendi Resort in Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 1, 2026. With their unique charm and outstanding dancing skills, foreign staff dancers have become an attractive part of the Sendi Resort in Nantong. After years of working and living here, they have gradually integrated into local life and fallen in love with the traditional Chinese culture. (Photo by Xu Congjun/Xinhua)

Ekaterina Artiukhova, a staff dancer from Russia, checks photos with her Chinese husband Huang Guohe, who is a staff actor, at the Sendi Resort in Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 1, 2026. With their unique charm and outstanding dancing skills, foreign staff dancers have become an attractive part of the Sendi Resort in Nantong. After years of working and living here, they have gradually integrated into local life and fallen in love with the traditional Chinese culture. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

Foreign staff dancers perform for tourists at the Sendi Resort in Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 1, 2026. With their unique charm and outstanding dancing skills, foreign staff dancers have become an attractive part of the Sendi Resort in Nantong. After years of working and living here, they have gradually integrated into local life and fallen in love with the traditional Chinese culture. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

Foreign staff dancers perform for tourists at the Sendi Resort in Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 1, 2026. With their unique charm and outstanding dancing skills, foreign staff dancers have become an attractive part of the Sendi Resort in Nantong. After years of working and living here, they have gradually integrated into local life and fallen in love with the traditional Chinese culture. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

Tatiana Krasnokutskaia, a staff dancer from Russia, talks to a colleague before taking part in a parade at Sendi Resort in Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 1, 2026. With their unique charm and outstanding dancing skills, foreign staff dancers have become an attractive part of the Sendi Resort in Nantong. After years of working and living here, they have gradually integrated into local life and fallen in love with the traditional Chinese culture. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

Sofiya Tatarin, a staff dancer from Kazakhstan, is seen after a performance at the Sendi Resort in Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 1, 2026. With their unique charm and outstanding dancing skills, foreign staff dancers have become an attractive part of the Sendi Resort in Nantong. After years of working and living here, they have gradually integrated into local life and fallen in love with traditional Chinese culture. 

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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