Various dragon boat-themed activities are held across China
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A drone photo taken on June 14, 2026 shows dragon boat teams taking part in a waterborne parade at Bijiang District of Tongren, southwest China’s Guizhou Province. Various dragon boat-themed activities have been held across China to welcome the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on June 19 this year. (Photo by Peng Jun/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on June 14, 2026 shows dragon boat teams taking part in a waterborne parade at Bijiang District of Tongren, southwest China’s Guizhou Province. Various dragon boat-themed activities have been held across China to welcome the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on June 19 this year. (Photo by Peng Jun/Xinhua)
Contestants compete in a dragon boat race in Jingzhou, central China’s Hubei Province, on June 13, 2026. Various dragon boat-themed activities have been held across China to welcome the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on June 19 this year. (Photo by Ye Liming/Xinhua)
Contestants compete in a dragon boat race in Jingzhou, central China’s Hubei Province, on June 13, 2026. Various dragon boat-themed activities have been held across China to welcome the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on June 19 this year. (Photo by Ye Liming/Xinhua)
Dragon boat teams take part in a waterborne parade at Bijiang District of Tongren, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, on June 14, 2026. Various dragon boat-themed activities have been held across China to welcome the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on June 19 this year. (Photo by Shen Yikai/Xinhua)
Dragon boat teams take part in a training session in Dunhuang City, northwest China’s Gansu Province, on June 14, 2026. Various dragon boat-themed activities have been held across China to welcome the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on June 19 this year. (Photo by Zhang Xiaoliang/Xinhua)
Contestants compete in a dragon boat race in Yueqing City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, on June 14, 2026. Various dragon boat-themed activities have been held across China to welcome the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on June 19 this year. (Photo by Cai Kuanyuan/Xinhua)
Dragon boat teams take part in a waterborne parade at Bijiang District of Tongren, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, on June 14, 2026. Various dragon boat-themed activities have been held across China to welcome the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on June 19 this year. (Photo by Xiao Hao/Xinhua)
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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.…
