With their bright yellow anoraks, they look like Lego figures or members of the Minions. The electricians are installing intelligent switches on the electricity pylons in the city of Chuzhou, Anhui province. Their aim is to coordinate and portion the electricity demand of the local autumn harvest so that private households do not run out […]
Mooncakes don’t just come from soulless factories. Here in Anqing in Anhui province, the sweet treats are lovingly baked by hand in the traditional way. On September 17, the Moon Festival is celebrated again, which in Chinese is actually called the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节.
What at first glance looks anything but disciplined – contrary to the cliché of Chinese educational institutions – is a physics class experiment at an elementary school in Qingdao. After the long summer break, classes have started for 291 million students at the 498,300 schools across the country. At least at this school, it’s not […]
On Thursday, it got very, very hot again in Fuyang in eastern China; night temperatures barely dropped to 30 degrees. These three elderly gentlemen are looking to cool off in the shade of a park on Lindai Road – with the help of their fans. At around the same time, the National Health Commission of […]
Green facades are considered climate-friendly and modern. These climbing plants, which are overgrowing a library at the university in Guiyang, Guizhou province, seem to have gone a little overboard. Teachers at the university planted more than 300 climbing plants 32 years ago, which now climb up the 12-story library building like a green castle. As […]
Taijiquan (太极拳) is an ancient Chinese martial art known for its slow, flowing movements – and an integral part of traditional Chinese medicine. Many people practice taiji more for inner contemplation and meditation than for fighting an imaginary opponent. However, “shadow-boxing,” as Taiji was often translated in the past, also exists as a competition to […]
What looks like a painting of a barren tree is actually a bird’s-eye view of a watercourse at the edge of a country road, visible at the bottom of the picture. The photo was taken by photographer Tang Dehong in Nyima, Tibet.
They are here!!! For the second time, the panda lady Meng Meng gave birth to twins on August 22nd at 1:03 and 2:19 pm in the Berlin Zoo. The excitement is huge. It is not unusual for pandas to give birth to twins. But the question is: Will they both make it past the first […]
The recently released computer role-playing game “Black Myth: Wukong” (picture right), developed in China, is already considered a milestone with its stunning graphics. Sun Wukong, the eponymous monkey king from the famous novel “Journey to the West,” has long been an evergreen in China’s pop culture.Almost every generation has its own Wukong hero stored in […]
Is this what going to the movies will look like in the future? Under VR glasses, two visitors in Hangzhou watch the animated film “Crayon Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation” – the first full-length anime blockbuster to be completely designed for the immersive technology of virtual reality. The Japanese manga series about […]