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Amelie Richter Published: June 9th, 2021

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The herd of wild Asian elephants, which is currently on the move in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan, has taken a break just outside the metropolis of Kunming and allowed itself a nap in the grass. According to authorities, of the 15 elephants, one male is currently away from the herd. The animals have […]

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Redaktion Published: December 14th, 2022

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Every December, the city of Harbin in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang transforms into a gigantic sculpture park made of snow and ice. Here, a worker uses a shovel to put the finishing touches on a majestic snow steed. The “International Ice and Snow Festival” ends on February 28, 2023.

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Redaktion Published: December 13th, 2022

13.12.2022_Dessert

One of Asia’s biggest horse racing events ended on Sunday with the victory of the gelding Romantic Warrior. In the prestigious Hong Kong Cup on the course in Sha Tin, the 1.8:1 favorite brought his New Zealand jockey James McDonald to the finish line first. The race over 2000 meters was endowed with 4.1 million […]

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Redaktion Published: December 9th, 2022

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It eats bamboo and is home in the mountains of Sichuan in southwestern China. But apart from its name, the red panda, or lesser panda (as it is called in Chinese), is not at all related to the more famous giant panda. The red panda is also endangered. Only 10,000 are believed to exist in […]

08.12.2022_Dessert
Redaktion Published: December 8th, 2022

08.12.2022_Dessert

Christmastime has arrived at Hong Kong harbor – surrounded by palm trees, visually a bit more tropical than in Europe. The oversized Christmas tree, which somewhat comically towers over the real trees, is part of Christmas Town in the West Kowloon Art Park. Or could this be art?

Dessert 04.06.2021
Nico Beckert Published: June 4th, 2021

Dessert 04.06.2021

Wide green spaces around the concrete jungle – the residents of the Mount Nicholson luxury residential project in Hong Kong (photo) don’t have to move around in the city’s stuffy high-rise canyons. However, it becomes problematic with another matter: because parking spaces are in demand in the small neighborhood – but in such high demand? […]

07.12.2022_Dessert
Redaktion Published: December 7th, 2022

07.12.2022_Dessert

It was no coincidence that Jiang Zemin was keen to visit Wolfsburg during his state visit to Germany in 2002. After all, he had already been to the VW city 24 years earlier, in November 1978, to be exact. At that time, Jiang was the Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the First Ministry […]

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Redaktion Published: December 6th, 2022

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Winter is approaching in full splendor – here in the Hengshan Mountains in the Province of Hunan. The mountain range south of Changsha is home to one of the Five Sacred Mountains (五岳, Wǔyuè) of Daoism.

Dessert 02.12.2022
Redaktion Published: December 2nd, 2022

Dessert 02.12.2022

In the 18th century, Chinese arts and crafts were all the rage in Europe. Queen Maxima is also extremely fond of the objects from that period. She visited the Chinese room in Huis ten Bosch. The walls are covered with wallpaper and even the covers of the chairs are decorated with Chinese motifs.

20.05.2021_Dessert
Redaktion Published: May 20th, 2021

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Did Putin wrap Xi in plastic? This time, our dessert is not from China, but from Paris. There the Musée Grévin reopened after the pandemic – a wax museum.