Hejian is to become greener. In the city in the northern Chinese province of Hebei, more than 20 new parks have been laid out in recent years. The green spaces were created as part of an ecological development initiative by the city.
Chinese authorities have singled out mahjong venues as a high transmission site in the recent Covid wave in the country. As a result, tens of thousands of the mahjong parlors across the country have now been closed, as news agency Bloomberg reported on Thursday. In the province of Jiangsu alone, more than 45,000 mahjong and […]
Beijing’s decision to withdraw the Chinese ambassador to Lithuania in the wake of a dispute over a Taiwan trade office in the Baltic country has drawn mixed reactions. Taiwan praises Lithuania’s “resolute will” against China, Taiwanese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou said, according to local media. Beijing had recalled its ambassador Shen Zhifei from Lithuania […]
Earlier this week, China recorded an all-time high in Covid infections since the latest wave began on July 20. A total of 181 new COVID-19 infections have been registered, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday, citing information provided by authorities. According to the report, the National Health Commission (NHC) reported 143 new symptomatic […]
Clemens Uhlig was appointed Senior Director of Market Research & Intelligence and New Business Development at SAIC Volkswagen in Shanghai earlier this month. Previously, Uhlig worked as Director of Platform & Function Strategy, Requirement & Innovation Management at Volkswagen in Beijing.Uwe Reifke took over the position of Engineering Director JV SHBRT, Services Technical Solutions Director […]
More than 30 Chinese officials have been punished over recent Covid outbreaks. Officials in four affected provinces have been held accountable for “slow response and inadequate management,” the state-run newspaper Global Times reported. The exact nature of the punishments was not specified. Vice mayors, district chief executives, heads of local health commissions, hospital managers and […]
More than 80,000 people have been brought to safety in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan due to heavy rains and flooding. The water levels of the major rivers throughout the province exceeded warning levels after rainfall from Friday to Sunday, news agency Reuters reported, citing state media. A reservoir in the city of Dazhou […]
After around 17 months, a herd of Asian elephants after gaining international notoriety for their unusual wanderings appears to be on its way back home again to Yunnan. The 14 animals were led across the River Yuanjiang. From here, a path should lead them back to the nature reserve in Xishuangbanna Dai, near the border […]
The megacity of Wuhan has finished its mass testing after a surge in Covid cases of the Delta variant. The local government tested 11.3 million people for the virus, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, citing local authorities. According to the report, this covered most of the population, with only students on summer vacation and children under […]
US athletes have overtaken China’s athletes in the medal table on the last day of the Olympic Games. In a total of 339 events, the U.S. won 39 gold medals, while China won 38. In the total number of medals won, the U.S. is slightly ahead of China (113 to 88).Beijing, however, can be pleased […]