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Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema visits a memorial park built to honor Chinese nationals who died in the 1970s during construction of the nearly 1,900-kilometer railroad line from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia.

Nimble rodents scurry across the tiles of a market in Hong Kong: The city’s government has declared war on litter and dirt. A three-month campaign is to bring 600 particularly unsanitary places in the metropolis up to standard. Markets and alleyways in particular, where dripping air conditioners leave puddles of water behind, will be targeted […]

Fine strands of noodle dough, pulled by hand. Li Nianping has perfected the art; noodle making is a family tradition. Once dried, the noodles are cut, packaged and wrapped with paper sleeves. Li inherited the noodle business in Luonan, Shaanxi Province, from his father. The handmade noodles of Luonan are a cultural heritage of the […]

Workstation overlooking the Yangtze River: Utility engineers wait for one of the final parts for a power transmission tower on the 800-kilovolt Baihetan-Zhejiang UHV direct line. This week, work on several transmission towers was completed. With a total length of about 2,140 kilometers, the project is an important part of China’s west-east power supply.

Harvest time for the fruits of the Chinese berry grape (Schisandra chinensis): The medicinal plant, which is harvested in summer, provides ingredients for the production of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The Chinese government has been promoting the marketing of TCM products for several years. The desired side effect is an economic stimulus for rural regions […]

These fish ponds are neatly lined up in an industrial park in Weishan in Shandong province. In this aerial view, they almost look like modern art.

“Who changed our film?” – “Well, the authorities in China,” “Really?”. As posts and screenshots on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo show, the US animated film “Minions: The Rise of Gru” has been given an alternative ending in China.Freeze frames and captions during the end credits sequence in the changed version for the Chinese market […]

Farewell to Chongqing: 300 firefighters from the southern Chinese province of Yunnan started their journey home in coaches and vans on Sunday. They helped to extinguish the large-scale forest fires in Chongqing, which raged for days around the metropolis on the Yangtze River.

Safe harbor – literally: Fishing boats in the harbor of the city of Yangjiang in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong were brought to safety from Typhoon Ma-on. The typhoon reached the coast near Maoming on Thursday morning. It had earlier lashed Hong Kong with rain and wind gusts. Ma-on is the ninth typhoon this […]

This gentleman once again receives an explicit warning from the authorities: Torrential rains and flash floods are forecast for Chongqing. In the meantime, Germany has also learned how dangerous floods caused by climate change can be. Especially if, like this resident of the western Chinese metropolis, you do not live in a properly reinforced house. […]