Snowfall in Beijing: After winter had already arrived in the north-east of the country for some time, the pre-Christmas period in Beijing is now also accompanied by heavy snowfall. Also in China, it is usually the children who enjoy the white splendor the most.
At one time, 46 loudspeakers from this system on the Taiwanese island of Kinmen broadcasted messages towards the People’s Republic of China. The distance to the Chinese mainland is only about two kilometers. Following their defeat in the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the Kuomintang, which fled to Taiwan, aimed to reclaim the Chinese mainland […]
McDonald’s China is once again targeting the affluent customer base of young “pet parents”. After launching a cat bed shaped like a burger box in 2021, which sold out immediately, the US fast-food chain has now introduced a cat carrier that resembles a takeaway paper bag. The handbag, available in three designs and intended to […]
Last call at Lixiahe National Wetland Park in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu: Migratory birds gather before departure – with an apparent sense for a picturesque setting.
Four judges and many, many students of an elementary school in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province, hold the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China in their hands. It is the revised version from Dec. 4, 1982, which was ceremoniously showcased yesterday. The original version of the constitution dates back to 1954.
At the second Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, this man demonstrates that, thanks to technology, intricate calligraphy is possible even when hands alone might not be able to achieve it.
The workers and builders of the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival still have a lot to do. They need to shape and stack 250,000 cubic meters of ice into huge and artistic, brightly illuminated structures such as pagodas, towers and slides. The building material consists of meter-thick blocks cut from the ice cover of the […]
At the dance training center in Handan, in the northern Chinese province of Hebei, a group of young dancers stretches for the camera. Every movement must be precise, and those experiencing pain are, at the very least, not allowed to show it. With this performance, the gymnasts are preparing to apply for the dance major […]
The freezing cold makes your beak clatter! Winter has arrived in north-east China. Even though they are as white as snow, these endangered Oriental white storks prefer to stay warm. The wildlife sanctuary in Changchun, Jilin province, has temporarily sheltered the birds with heating and a great view of the winter wonderland. Eleven of the […]
Would you have recognized it at first glance? Two daring ice swimmers enjoy the wonderful refreshment in the swimming pond of Beiling Park in Shenyang’s sub-zero temperatures. Temperatures in Liaoning’s provincial capital are dropping to 13 degrees below zero these days. It is just a foretaste of the months ahead in north-east China, when the […]