China’s Zhang Linyan and England’s Rachel Daly fight for the ball. China’s women are much better at football than the men. They were even runners-up in the 1999 World Cup. But this year, the Chinese women’s journey to the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand ended prematurely. They lost their match against England by […]
Comic characters brought to life: Fans of two-dimensional comic book heroes meet at the Anime and Game Carnival in Yantai. Over the past five years, China’s cosplay market has grown by an average of 10.4 percent. By 2026, it could reach a volume of 100 billion yuan.
Is this a simple photograph – or is it art? Engineering art, in any case. The photograph of the blue-green ball, which could certainly be framed and used to decorate walls, shows the Earth and the FAST spherical radio telescope in Guizhou, also known as China’s heavenly eye. It has a diameter of an incredible […]
Under strict supervision, Yuan Meng is escorted to his aircraft in a transport box. The first panda born in France is leaving Paris, where he was raised at the Beauval Zoo, heading for China, the home of his parents. Hundreds of visitors and zoo staff bid him “Bon Voyage” and wish him the best of […]
Normally we try not to feature too much cute animal-related content here in the Dessert section – but to mark Xi Le’s special day, we’ll make an exception. The giant panda is celebrating his 10th birthday at the Tianjin Zoo. There were party decorations and a cake made of fruit to celebrate.
Who let the elephants out? Their population in the province of Yunnan had declined massively in recent decades. Now their numbers are increasing again – thanks to the creation of special nature reserves. The only problem is that, like this family, they don’t always stick to the set boundaries, but trample around in one of […]
China has always been a paradise for fossil enthusiasts. A team of Chinese and Canadian paleontologists made a particularly spectacular find not far from Lujiatun in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning. The researchers led by Gang Han of Hainan Tropical Ocean University conclude in the journal Scientific Reports that the twisted pile of bones […]
Xi Jinping has dreams. One of them is for China to become a football nation. He expressed this wish shortly after taking office ten years ago. What followed were spectacular transfers of world-famous football stars who were lured to China for a lot of money – but quickly sought to leave again. Now, they are […]
Who doesn’t know them, China’s late-night street food stalls offering a quick treat after a night of partying? Their menu is usually meat-heavy and greasy, often hygienically questionable, but always hearty and fragrant. Who could resist, even if meat skewers and the like go straight to the belly and hips? On China’s social media, one […]