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No, this creature is not an undersized horse but a Chinese Crested Dog. Under Mao, pedigree dogs were largely eradicated in the People’s Republic because they were considered too bourgeois. Now they are enjoying a resurgence in popularity. This hairless breed is named for the tufted hair growth on its head. They are offered in […]

A towering delegate: Chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association and former professional player Yao Ming on his way to the National People’s Congress in Beijing. With his 2.29 meters, Yao Ming is definitely a head-turner, also to other delegates.

Protesters in Taiwan’s capital Taipei: On the 64th anniversary of the 1959 Tibet Uprising, Tibetan and Taiwanese protesters drove attention to China’s oppressive policies in Tibet.

A strange collection of rather stiff gentlemen: 200 bronze Chiang Kai-sheks are standing in Taiwan’s Cihu Memorial Sculpture Garden. Their presence probably does not exactly arouse spring fever in Taiwanese visitors. After all, the ex-president ruled by martial law and a police state. As is well known, the dictatorial legacy was succeeded by democracy. The […]

Overnight Bernie Sanders became an internet star, and his appearance at the inauguration of the new US president was alienated and shared thousands of times on social media platforms – also in China, where this Twitter montage of Sanders playing mahjong went viral on Weibo. The photo was taken by Kevin Frayer (GettyImages) exactly one […]

Closed – hopefully forever. The authorities in Hong Kong celebrate the closure of the Covid Isolation Center in Penny Bay with an oversized cardboard lock. “Mission accomplished,” reads the sign on the entrance gate.

The residents of the village of Zhouwo in the northern Chinese region of Wuqiang perform at the music festival. The small village with 900 inhabitants is known for its “music industry”. Over 60 instrument manufacturers have settled here. More than 10,000 people work in the factories, which ship their timpani and trombones all over the […]

With the end of Covid restrictions, Chinese tourists have begun to return to international tourism hotspots. Here, two ladies pose hearts in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Among the first things Scholz saw of China: the Great White Shapes.

It’s not first class, but at least the flight isn’t long. Lady panda Ouhin leaves Adventure World in Shirahama, Japan, in a cage. She will travel to Sichuan in China together with her twin sister Touhin and father Emei. The two eight-year-old females will find a partner there for reproduction. And for Emei, it’s time […]