This weekend, the traveling wave ends on the first of May. Passengers wait – here at Kunming airport – in massage chairs, which are supposed to make back and neck pain from the strains of traveling simply disappear. For the equivalent of one euro, you can have nine minutes of waiting time “massaged away”. Who […]
Near the city of Zunyi in the province of Guizhou, a farmer proudly picks the yield from her pomelo trees.
China’s men’s table tennis team has won gold in the world championship team competition for the tenth time in succession. For the sixth time during this impressive series, the German team only lost in the final. Dang Qiu (foreground) and the German national team lost 0:3 in Chengdu at the weekend against the undisputed best […]
Admittedly, we are repeating ourselves. But the herd of elephants moving through Yunnan is now the topic of the month – also in the Chinese media and social networks. Little dramas are taking place: A young male animal has strayed from the herd and is now limping 17 kilometers behind. The others are therefore slowing […]
The Yuan Wang 5 tracking ship in the port of Hambantota, Sri Lanka. Ships of this design can track missiles such as rockets with their large parabolic antennas. They perform civilian tasks such as monitoring satellite launches; they can also maintain contact with man-made orbital devices outside Chinese territory. However, these vessels can also provide […]
Golden October, colorful harvest: These tourists were drawn to the village of Duanzhuang in the northern Chinese province of Hebei. The first week of October is travel season in China. A good opportunity to fill the social media profile with new pictures.
The whirring in the air looks unreal, more like a video error than a real object. The artist Ai Weiwei remade his installation “Forever Bicycle” for an exhibition in Lisbon. Originally created in 2011 for an event in Taipei, it has been seen – in ever-changing variations – in several cities. Now it is the […]
The US pizza chain Pizza Hut is known in Taiwan for its unusual creations. Now, for the fall-and-Halloween month of October, the chain cooked up something spooky – because how often do you find your own food staring back at you? Tangyuan garlic chicken is the flavor of this special pizza. The Tangyuan rice balls […]
And again and again, the sun rises: On this clear morning, getting out early and coming to Hong Kong Harbor was well worth it. Dozens of people gathered to look at the sunrise on the promenade outside the cultural center on the Kowloon side, snapping photos and selfies.
