Rush hour at the train station in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province: Thursday marks the start of the three-day Dragon Boat Festival and with it a boom in tourist traffic. Every year, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, colorful dragon boats race through the waterways of the ancient metropolis – a 2500-year-old […]
Admittedly, today’s dessert is not entirely fresh. However, we didn’t want to withhold this moment of great fan joy from you either. The photo is from last week’s friendly match between Argentina and Australia at the Workers’ Stadium in Beijing. A fan of the six-time world footballer Lionel Messi managed to run onto the field. […]
The 100-day countdown to the 19th Asian Games began Thursday in Hangzhou, eastern China. At the flame lighting ceremony, dancers interpreted a sun worship of the Neolithic Liangzhu culture, which is believed to have existed in the region between 3,400 and 2,000 B.C. and is considered proof of China’s continuity as a cultural nation. The […]
In the past, scaffolding was often made of bamboo. Nowadays, even in China, it is made of steel. Despite the ongoing real estate crisis, many cities are filled with these scaffolds. The construction boom in China continues. However, buyers don’t necessarily find the finished properties. Vacancy rates are reaching new records. That’s how the “Socialist […]
Tea time in historic Beijing: This backyard near the old Drum Tower, where these two men are taking a break, is located in Beijing’s Central Axis (中轴线), which was first created in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). Called hutongs (胡同) in the capital, the traditional narrow streets have been massively renovated – some say gentrified – […]
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei (right) and China’s Wang Xinyu (second from right) won the doubles final of the French Open against the US-Canadian duo Townsend and Fernandez. Depending on one’s political beliefs, the triumph can be interpreted as a symbol for the chances of Chinese-Taiwanese unification or as an example of the chances of peaceful co-existence.
She’s back – and she brought a friend: Ten years after her first appearance, the famous rubber duck by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman is back in Hong Kong harbor. For the exhibition “Double Ducks”, it has been given a double. The two giant squeaky ducks are officially on display for a fortnight from 10 June […]
Director Chloé Zhao won the Golden Globe for best film drama for her film Nomadland on Monday night. This was announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which awards the prizes. Zhao won the Golden Globe for Best Director and Best Production. Only once (1984, Barbra Streisand) has a woman won the award in the […]
With tourists returning to Hong Kong, retail sales are rising – and rents are following suit. The current post-Covid record is set by three floors in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district at the tip of the Kowloon Peninsula. An as-yet-unnamed company pays seven million Hong Kong dollars (about 830,000 euros) per month for […]
All the efforts of the past years leading up to this one big test: In China, 12.91 million students are taking the Gaokao this year – almost one million more than the previous year. The national examination, which determines access to higher education, is incredibly important and puts a lot of pressure on the participants […]