Lotus festival kicks off in Yuanmingyuan Park in Beijing
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Tourists enjoy lotus flowers during a lotus festival at Yuanmingyuan Park in Beijing, capital of China, June 28, 2025. A lotus festival kicked off in Yuanmingyuan Park on Saturday and will run until Aug. 31. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)
Tourists enjoy lotus flowers during a lotus festival at Yuanmingyuan Park in Beijing, capital of China, June 28, 2025. A lotus festival kicked off in Yuanmingyuan Park on Saturday and will run until Aug. 31. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)
Tourists enjoy lotus flowers during a lotus festival at Yuanmingyuan Park in Beijing, capital of China, June 28, 2025. A lotus festival kicked off in Yuanmingyuan Park on Saturday and will run until Aug. 31. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)
Actresses perform at a flower exhibition during a lotus festival at Yuanmingyuan Park in Beijing, capital of China, June 28, 2025. A lotus festival kicked off in Yuanmingyuan Park on Saturday and will run until Aug. 31. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)
An actress performs at a flower exhibition during a lotus festival at Yuanmingyuan Park in Beijing, capital of China, June 28, 2025. A lotus festival kicked off in Yuanmingyuan Park on Saturday and will run until Aug. 31. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)
A tourist takes photos of flowers at a flower exhibition during a lotus festival at Yuanmingyuan Park in Beijing, capital of China, June 28, 2025. A lotus festival kicked off in Yuanmingyuan Park on Saturday and will run until Aug. 31. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)
A singer performs near a tent cafe during a lotus festival at Yuanmingyuan Park in Beijing, capital of China, June 28, 2025. A lotus festival kicked off in Yuanmingyuan Park on Saturday and will run until Aug. 31. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)
Tourists enjoy lotus flowers during a lotus festival at Yuanmingyuan Park in Beijing, capital of China, June 28, 2025. A lotus festival kicked off in Yuanmingyuan Park on Saturday and will run until Aug. 31. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)
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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.…
