A new food trend is sweeping China. Under the not exactly politically correct term “white people food 白人餐,” Internet users have been posting their Tupper boxes stuffed with raw vegetables and gently cooked vegetables for days. The trend was inspired by Chinese expatriate students in Europe and the US, who were intrigued by the minimalist […]
Wang in Hangzhou has the best shaobing and youtiao in town. This is something many customers have known for a long time. But now everyone can read about it in the Michelin Guide 2023, which has included Wang’s small bakery in its exclusive list.
The sandy stretches of the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang hold a treasure: oil. On the Tarim oil field, China National Petroleum Corporation has started to drill boreholes that will reach a depth of 10,000 meters within 457 days, penetrating more than ten continental layers. This will reach the Cretaceous formation in the Earth’s crust – […]
Viktor Orban shared this photo on Facebook yesterday. The Prime Minister of Hungary had himself vaccinated with a dose from Chinese manufacturer Sinopharm. Hungary is stepping up its vaccination program with Russian and Chinese vaccines as a third wave of the pandemic has brought daily infections and deaths to mid-December levels.
On World No Tobacco Day, students at a sports field in Tangshan, Hebei Province, form the international symbol for “No Smoking”. According to the World Health Organization, one-third of the global smoking population comes from China, with no other country having more regular smokers. The government has been trying to counter this trend for years, […]
Amphibians are all the rage in China: All over the country, people are currently taking to the streets in frog costumes to dance, perform stunts – or simply behave in a way that social norms would otherwise forbid. Recently, street vendors, in particular, have discovered the trend to boost their sales. The costume was designed […]
The karstic peaks of Huangshan in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui offer perfect photo spots. This tourist even got out of bed extra early to photograph the sunrise.
A rare sight of the mega-metropolis of Chongqing: Under this idyllic layer of clouds live 32 million people. The incredible size of the world’s most populated city is the result of a territorial reform in 1997. It increased the administrative area to 82,403 square kilometers – almost the size of Austria. 6.9 million people live […]