What looks like a factory site is actually a shot of a newly built quarantine camp in the city of Jilin, in northeastern China. By setting up entire quarantine villages, authorities in the People’s Republic try to quickly bring new Covid outbreaks under control. State broadcaster CCTV reported that the rooms are about 18 square […]
Cherry blossoms against a mountain panorama – the cherry orchard in the Guian New Area (Guizhou Province) is a tourist magnet with many charms.
Staff at the rescue and rearing station for elephants in Xishuangbanna measure little Longlong. He was abandoned by his herd shortly after his birth due to a leg injury and is now being nursed here – like 20 of his fellow elephants before him. The Xishuangbanna Biosphere Reserve in the deep south of the Yunnan […]
On Wednesday, China opened the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope to scientists from other countries and will accept applications for observation time. The telescope replaced the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico as the world’s largest radio telescope several years ago. Arecibo has since collapsed due to wear and tear. In the movie GoldenEye James Bond […]
These three overhead line workers should definitely not be afraid of heights when they install a new power line that spans the Yangtze River in the eastern province of Anhui. Once in operation, the project is expected to supply more than 31.2 billion kWh of power per year.
More knowledge about China in German schools: On Wednesday, the relaunch of the website of Bildungsnetzwerk-China went online. The network was founded at the beginning of last year as a joint initiative of Stiftung Mercator and the Goethe-Institut. In close cooperation with school ministries and authorities, it aims to support schools in becoming particularly involved […]
The Olympic bubble in Beijing has been gradually deflated since yesterday. After the end of the Paralympics on Sunday, athletes from all over the world have left the Chinese capital. For the numerous helpers, the so-called volunteers, however, the isolation under the five rings will not end for another two weeks. Because of China’s zero-covid […]
A 39-year-old farmer and noodle maker has unexpectedly become a social media star in China: Cheng Yunfu gained Internet fame for selling his hand-pulled noodles for the consistent price of three yuan – just over 40 cents – at a market in his home province of Shandong for as long as 15 years, several media […]
Selling directly from the field: A vendor advertises spring tea from a tea farm in Bashan village in eastern China’s Zhejiang province via online stream.
Due to the Covid situation, US fast-food giant McDonald’s plans to temporarily close 38 stores in Hong Kong. Another 90 of the chain’s stores are also to close earlier than normal. In a Facebook post, McDonald’s explained that there were “unprecedented difficulties” due to a lack of workforce and supplies. The fast-food chain operates a […]