Until 16 October, the world’s most famous fashion designers will present their collections for the upcoming 2024 spring and summer season at Shanghai Fashion Week. The fashion event, which is known far beyond China’s borders, focuses especially on Chinese brands this year and also sent well-known first-generation Chinese supermodels back to the catwalk, including Qu […]
US basketball star Shaquille O’Neal recently embarked on a small promotional tour in China, winning over the hearts of the Chinese people, as shown by numerous photos shared on social media. In the span of a week, “Shaq” visited the cities of Shanghai, Hangzhou and Macao, immersing himself in the local culture. Fans spotted him […]
Eating exotic animals is a vicious stereotype about Asia. Well. Here is a whole roasted alligator on display in a shopping center in Bangkok. The meat is especially popular with Chinese tourists. After all, it is said to be particularly healthy. Crocodile meat is supposedly good for the cardiovascular system.
A bird’s eye view of 15 massive grain silos in Huai’an in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu: The silos each have a diameter of around 30 meters and are part of a massive storage logistics system. In total, China has storage capacities of 700 million tons of grain.
The Asian Games in Hangzhou ended on Sunday with a lavish closing ceremony. China won 201 gold medals, followed by Japan with 51 gold medals and South Korea with 42. In addition to traditional competitions like the Olympics, the Games featured specifically Asian competitions such as dragon boat races. In the picture, Team China fights […]
A new Netflix series starring Nicole Kidman will start in January: “Expats” is about the lives of Western foreigners in Hong Kong. The series is directed by Lulu Wang and based on a book by Janice Y. K. Lee.
Suspense to the top: Yang Hao competes in the preliminary round of the ten-meter diving at the Asia Games.
A flagship store for small plastic figurines? Absolutely. Chinese toy manufacturer Pop Mart International has opened its first flagship store in Thailand’s Central World shopping mall. Pop Mart is one of the largest toy manufacturers in China.
The camel traffic jam is back. During Golden Week at the beginning of October, China’s domestic tourism is booming. In Dunhuang, a historic oasis town on the Old Silk Road, people gather to ride camels – so closely packed that traffic lights have been set up especially for the occasion. This is to prevent the […]
In Hong Kong’s Tai Hang district, residents parade through the crowd with a red glowing kite. The custom dates back to the 19th century. At that time, a community living there is said to have been haunted by a plague, a typhoon and a python before the moon festival. Only a three-day dragon dance was […]