Poetry in a picture – in front of the old town wall of the former imperial residence in Xi’an. The structure was built at the end of the 14th century during the Ming Dynasty and encloses an area of twelve square kilometers. Since 1961, it has been a protected monument. Over the centuries, it has […]
White as snow, red as blood, black as ebony: The centuries-old city wall of Xi’an is seasonally decorated in the colors of one of the Brothers Grimm’s most famous fairy tales.
“Dajia hao!” This photo of a friendly seal was taken a few days ago by the Chinese icebreaker Xuelong 2, which is currently on an Antarctic expedition in the Amundsen Sea. The expedition aims to gain insights into the marine hydrology, climate and biological cycles of the Antarctic. China also wants to establish itself as […]
The mascots for the 9th Winter Asian Games in China in 2025 were revealed to the public yesterday. Binbin and Nini are inspired by two little tigers that were born in September 2023 in the Northeast Tiger Forest Park in the host city of Harbin. The official slogan of the games, freely translated by the […]
What looks like a new video game is actually Taiwan’s Election-O-Mat. It is designed to assist undecided voters in finding their best candidate before casting their votes. However, the pixelated individuals here don’t engage in a jump-and-run adventure. Users can arrive at a result by answering ten questions. This Election-O-Mat is created by the digital […]
Famous German football personality Franz Beckenbauer passed away on Sunday and was extremely popular in football-crazy China. Even in the 1990s, Chinese people would ask travelers from Germany about “be-ken-bao-er” on the train, for example, usually with a smile and a thumbs-up.Chinese state television has been broadcasting the German Bundesliga live for many years, despite […]
While tourists in China’s northernmost province of Harbin admire ice sculptures wrapped up tight in winter clothes, the southwestern province of Yunnan has a completely different winter atmosphere. Here, visitors to the city of Jinghong splash themselves with buckets of water at 28 degrees Celsius. The annual water throwing is a traditional festival of the […]
Chinese paleontologists discovered this crystallized dinosaur egg while restoring a nest found last year on Qinglong Mountain in Hubei Province. Crystallized egg fossils are extremely rare due to the harsh environmental conditions required for their formation. Fossil dinosaur eggs dating back to the mid-Cretaceous period 60 to 80 million years ago were first discovered on […]
A thick blanket of fog has covered Nanjing, Jiangsu. Other provinces are also affected. In Anhui, visibility was only 50 meters at times and highways were temporarily closed. At Shanghai Pudong International Airport, numerous flights were delayed or diverted. Only the residents on the upper floors of these towers were able to enjoy the weather […]
Public matchmaking has been a long-standing tradition in China, where older individuals gather in parks to find a partner for their children or grandchildren through personal ads. This tradition has now been taken over by young Chinese of Generation Z. Instead of presenting themselves, they promote the virtues of their cats in public spaces. Unlike […]