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Another effect of China’s growing car market: More and more families are traveling by car for the Spring Festival. But regardless of whether they are traveling by plane, train or car: On the last day of the Festival, Chinese travelers are automatically part of a veritable mass migration. Like here at the toll station of […]

Spring has already begun in China. At least according to the traditional Chinese calendar. 立春 (Lichun), the first of 24 sections of the solar calendar, began on Monday. Spring is welcomed in China by beating a “spring cow” – fortunately, only a symbolic one made of clay or papier-mâché. It is said to guarantee a […]

Snooker has been firmly established in China for many years. In fact, numerous players from the People’s Republic now rank among the extended world elite – a development that was not foreseeable until the late 2000s. It has not yet been enough for a Chinese snooker pro to win a World Championship title, for example. […]

The Tsutaya bookshop chain was once considered a symbol of bourgeois sophistication thanks to its unique focus on literature, lifestyle and selected accessories. But those days are probably over. In Shanghai, a once-popular store in the Moho Mall closed its doors for good last week – and it’s not the only one. Money is tight […]

The often somewhat forced nature of Russian-Chinese relations can now also be seen in the Moscow metro. On Chinese New Year, a train with lanterns and flags wound its way through the tunnels of Line 3 – a friendship that literally runs deep.

Unusual dance partners: At the annual Spring Festival gala on Chinese state television, humanoid robots performed the Errenzhuan (二人转, literally: two-human rotation) side by side with human dancers – a traditional dance from the cold north-east of China. Humans and machines each twirled two red paper handkerchiefs. The humanoids obviously had well-oiled joints: They managed […]

Isn’t he adorable? This six-legged robotic dog recently completed a series of scientific research tasks at the Chinese research station Zhongshan in Antarctica. It navigated through ice and snow without any problems while carrying a box on its back – it is said to be able to carry up to 100 kilograms. Special shoes, which […]

Rugby may not be one of the most popular sports in China, but plenty of Chinese women have found their passion in this tough contact sport. And compared to a rugby nation like Australia, they are certainly not that bad. The two teams faced each other again in the rugby sevens tournament, the Olympic version […]

Bewitching or unsettling? The scent of durian fruit is not to everyone’s taste. In China, however, they are highly coveted: durian imports broke all records in 2024 with a value of almost seven billion US dollars. That’s 15.6 billion kilograms of durians, according to the South China Morning Post. The popular tropical fruit traditionally comes […]

Only one week to go until the Year of the Snake begins! With 元宵节, the Lantern Festival, the spring festival ends after 15 days. The lanterns symbolize the hope for a good start to the new year. In Hai’an, Jiangsu, production is therefore in full swing: here, a worker sets up red lanterns to dry.