The three taikonauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu arrived at the space station “Tiangong” on Wednesday. They docked with the “Shenzhou-15” at the space station and are now expected to spend about a week together with their three colleagues, who have already been living and working at the station for half a year […]
Military theme park as an excursion destination: In Yinchuan in northwest China, visitors can take a look inside a decommissioned submarine. In addition to the submarine, the People’s Liberation Army destroyer Yinchuan (107), named after the city, can also be seen, as well as aircraft and a railroad.
Students in Yongzhou take part in stress management activities before their university entrance exams. Relaxed like this, nothing should go wrong at a prestigious university.
The recent protests have once again inspired China’s Internet users to create numerous illustrations and memes. Someone photoshopped the Wulumuqi Road sign into this “Abbey Road” Beatles album cover – an ironic nod to the men in construction helmets who dismantled said sign the day after the first protests in Shanghai and carried it off […]
Nature must make way for road construction. This is also the case in China. The provincial government of Hubei apparently figured since the river near Yichang is used for shipping anyway, why not put a highway on it? Then nothing has to be removed from the picturesquely beautiful mountains. And this unusual expressway on stilts […]
This is what the situation in Beijing is like at the moment. The authorities have not imposed a lockdown on the capital. Nevertheless, stores, restaurants, malls and even parks are all closed. And so a few hardy women resort to practicing tai chi in front of the park entrance – nothing compared to what happens […]
It makes you want to dig out your old Gameboy from the attic – does it still work? A mural in Xi’an shows Nintendo plumber Mario in a distinctive pose.
In Hong Kong, the Museum of Coastal Defense will reopen after renovation work. This life-size model of a pilot with ammunition at the ready can be seen there. The Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defense is located in a former coastal defense fort overlooking the Lei Yue Mun Channel on Hong Kong Island. The fort […]
No, no one threw their garbage into the Yangtze River. What archaeologists pulled out of the mud near Shanghai is part of a gigantic wooden shipwreck dating back to the 19th century. Experts believe the ship was in use between 1862 and 1875 under Emperor Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty. They hope to gain insight […]
With numerous public light displays throughout the country, the People’s Republic of China honored International Children’s Rights Day last Saturday. The day commemorates November 20, 1989, when the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted. Here, a high-rise complex in Wuhan is aglow. The date is not to be confused with World […]