Manual labor does not necessarily mean being technically backward. Like most rice farmers in southern China, these farmers in Yuping-Dong County, Guizhou Province, swear by man-made rice terraces. Heavy equipment is almost impossible to use on small plots. Yet the farmers still bring in several harvests a year – by tending the fields as carefully […]
What appears so idyllic with the rock and the pagoda jutting out of the water in the Jiujiang district of Jiangxi province is, unfortunately, a medium-scale environmental catastrophe. Persistent rainfall in recent days has caused the water level of Poyang Lake to dangerously rise and flood its banks.
Since 2016, China has celebrated China Space Day every year on April 24. This day marks the anniversary of the launch of the first Chinese satellite Dongfanghong-1 (“The East is Red-1”), which was sent into space on April 24, 1970. State television livestreamed the current Shenzhou 15 mission. In addition, space events were held in […]
The exhibition “Virtually Versailles,” which opened in Hong Kong on Wednesday, brings the palace of Sun King Louis XIV to Asia. There, visitors can view holograms of baroque statues, for example, or even take a bike tour through the gardens of the sprawling estate. What this looks like is shown by this visitor on an […]
Over the weekend, around 20,000 people participated in the Yangzhou-Jianzhen Half Marathon, including this group of men in historical-looking robes. The name of the half marathon, which has been held annually in Jiangsu province since 2006, also has historical references. It was named after the monk Jianzhen, who worked in Yangzhou in the 8th century […]
