Watermelons are healthy. With their high water content, they detoxify and deacidify the body. And: At least in China, it is said that watermelons are also good for the skin. Regardless, a daycare center in the city of Hanan, Hebei province, holds a watermelon eating contest every year.
Who needs a Summer Olympics in Paris? Records are also being set in the indoor ice park in Nantong. And although a world record has yet to be broken, it still seems to be a lot of fun.
The CEO of Xiaomi, Lei Jun, is one of China’s most popular entrepreneurs. This is also thanks to his online presence. His public presentations are watched by millions of viewers and his quotes are shared like Confucian wisdom. However, Lei Jun is also often the target of mocking memes and comments. The billionaire recently set […]
This is what it looks like when thousands of fishing boats are allowed to set sail again from Zhoushan in the coastal province of Zhejiang after a three-month fishing moratorium. Why this moratorium? Fishing vessels from the entire region must dock and take a three-month break to allow fish stocks in the East China Sea […]
The Chinese internet is abuzz with excitement over the 405 athletes from the People’s Republic who have traveled to Paris. Every day, a new hero or heroine is celebrated, such as Hong Kong fencer Vivian Kong Man-wai or table tennis stars Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, who have all won gold.At the same time, netizens […]
When pedestrians step onto the rainbow bridge in the port city of Qingdao, they are suddenly surrounded by magnificent light – a photographer’s delight. It is not entirely clear what exactly the blaze of color leading across the water stands for – but one thing is relatively certain: It is not meant as a public […]
Not a woke show like the one at the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris, but the finale of the ChinaJoy cosplay convention in Shanghai: The performance is a fantasy drama based on Chinese mythology – with plenty of vibrant costumes and diverse actors and actresses. And quite a lot of skin is also […]
Chongqing, a city home to ten million people, is also known as the “Furnace City” due to its location in the basin and the extreme heat that builds up in summer. With temperatures of over 40 degrees, extreme humidity and hardly any wind, citizens used to hide away in caves in the mountainous city to […]
They may bloom late, but they are all the more golden: While the rapeseed blossoms brighten up spring in many parts of the country, the visually appealing oil plants in the Qilian Mountains are late to bloom. Every year in July, however, the sea of yellow stretches over dozens of kilometers. Some of these locations […]
The Olympic Games in Paris have not yet started. However, these swans on a lake in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, are already practicing synchronized swimming. Normally, most swans are solitary creatures. But when a lake becomes crowded and the population large, they can become more sociable and form colonies.