Breakdowns and mishaps are no problem for the operator of this repair shop in Beijing on three wheels. He has new inner tubes ready for cyclists, and scooter motorists are also served when they have run over a nail again, causing a flat tire. Unlike in Germany, however, a fee is charged for pumping up […]
One swipe on the smartphone app and within 15 minutes, orders arrive at the doorstep in China’s major cities. Deliveries are made by scooter – or by using public transport: Here, a Foodpanda delivery man sits in the Hong Kong subway. Foodpanda is owned by the German delivery service Delivery Hero. More than two years […]
Outing with a group photo: The ladies in the picture on the left have their best side photographed in front of the newly opened Universal Studios amusement park. In the Beijing suburb of Tongzhou, Harry Potter, Kung Fu Panda and the Minions will soon be inviting visitors to the world’s largest Universal amusement park. So […]
Residents of the ancient city of Ciqikou in the southwest Chinese province of Chongqing move their furniture to a safe place. Earlier this week, a flood control alert was declared. After heavy rains, the Jialing River in Chongqing burst its banks. Floods in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou had claimed the lives of 99 […]
Even in preschool, the dribbling of a basketball has to be spot on. The sports curriculum is also being adopted across China because in the future the sports grade will play a greater role in admissions to better schools. The fact that jumping rope, dribbling a ball, or practicing kung fu could now help kids […]
Chinese soldiers carry coffins to a transport plane at South Korea’s Incheon Airport. They contain remains of Chinese army personnel who died in the Korean War. Mao Zedong had sent the “People’s Volunteer Army” 人民志愿军 to the neighboring country in 1950 as unofficial units to fight the US alongside North Korea. Unofficially, because he did […]
Elementary school students in Guangzhou receive a medal at the start of the school year. The new school year started on September 1st. In some provinces, children of unvaccinated parents are not yet allowed back to classrooms. But children between the ages of 12 and 17 are also still barred from attending classes in some […]
A bamboo cake for their second birthday: The panda children Pit and Paule (picture) – with Chinese names Meng Yuan and Meng Xiang – were born exactly two years ago at Berlin Zoo. Their parents have been living in the capital for 15 years as part of the German-Chinese panda diplomacy. Pit is obviously already […]
China’s table tennis player Zhao Shuai (26) won the gold medal at the Paralympics in Tokyo. For Zhao, the victory is a triple. He previously won the C8 singles at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and defended his title in Rio four years later. Zhao manages to do all this without his left arm. He lost […]
“A new school year, a new beginning,” this elementary school teacher in Beijing’s Haidian district writes beautifully on the blackboard in two colors. The floral pattern is meant to make the start seem all the more friendly. Elsewhere in the building, people are scrubbing and disinfecting to keep classrooms hygienic during the ongoing pandemic. Some […]