Monks celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 87th birthday in Kathmandu, Nepal. In China, all mention of the spiritual leader of the Tibetans is prohibited. In contrast, the Tibetan community in the Nepalese capital is allowed to hold their processions, albeit under guard by security forces. EU Ambassador Nona Deprez took part in the celebrations.
Botanical gardens do not have a long tradition in China. In fact, the first one only opened its doors in Beijing in April. Since last week, China’s second botanical garden has been open in Guangzhou. And the operators there are particularly proud of the giant water lily named after Queen Victoria. With a diameter of […]
On shaky legs, a tiger cub born in April made its first public appearance at the South China Tiger Breeding Station in Suzhou on Monday. In the wild, there has been no trace of the South China tiger “Panthera tigris amoyensis” for more than 20 years.
Nocturnal natural phenomenon: A huge moon stands over Beihai Park in Beijing. While some admire the supermoon, it robs others of their sleep. The largest full moon of the year occurred because the distance between the earth and the moon is smaller than usual. A supermoon will also rise in August, but not as brightly […]
Delivery service à la Stanley Kubrick: The Tianzhou-3 launch vehicle successfully transports supplies to the Chinese space station. Our picture shows the Tianzhou-3 leaving the station again on Sunday and heading back to Earth.
Seven years after construction began, a section of the Bar-Boljare highway in Montenegro has been opened. The 41-kilometer Smokovac-Matesevo section is part of the New Silk Road. The highway is extremely controversial in the small state south of Croatia: Montenegro had borrowed money from China for the construction project. NGOs are now demanding that the […]
Just switch off and – when the hot hours are over – dance in the wheat field. That’s what these tourists in the picturesque village of Caijiapo in Xi’an Province apparently thought.
Rice with fish – a good combination. Not only on the plate: In Qingtian, Zhejiang Province, a farmer releases a fish into the flooded rice field. There, it can grow and eat pests along the way, while the rice plants provide it with cooling shade. And the land is used twice. In China, such co-cultures […]
Bridges, roads, airports – to boost growth, China once again relies on an old recipe: infrastructure expansion. This new rail bridge over the Lancang River now connects China’s rail network to the city of Baoshan, home to two million people.
Members of a research expedition to Tibetan settlement areas in Qinghai have been studying the ecological conditions of the Yangtze and Lancang river headwaters since Sunday. The experts from the Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute (CRSRI) are interested in hydrology, soil erosion, glaciers, and permafrost in the region, among other things.