China in Pictures Page 10

Oct 22, 2021 17:45 PM

Scant Harvest for Farmers in Flood-Ravaged Henan
Farmers living in floodwater-storage areas of Central China’s Henan province had a scant harvest this autumn as their fields were soaked following continuous rains and multiple discharges of floodwater. The autumn harvest accounts for 45% of Henan’s grain output. Since July, more than 12 million yuan in disaster relief has been distributed to the province. The coming year’s harvest year remains uncertain as farmers missed the optimal planting season this year due to the flooding
Oct 21, 2021 14:49 PM

Gallery: Three Die in Building Explosion in Northeast China
An explosion damaged buildings on a busy street Thursday morning in Shenyang, Northeast China’s Liaoning province, leaving at least three dead and more than 30 injured as of noon. Falling debris from the damaged buildings hit multiple vehicles, including a bus. The blast appears to have been caused by gas leak in a restaurant located in a mixed-use building. A rescue is underway with 110 firefighters on scene
Oct 20, 2021 18:07 PM

Gallery: What Modern Archaeology First Discovered in China
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of modern archaeological study in China, which started with the discovery of Yangshao culture in 1921. The culture, which produced different types of painted pottery, thrived along the Yellow River from around 5000 B.C. to 3000 B.C.
Oct 19, 2021 16:41 PM

Gallery: Olympic Flame Lit for Beijing Winter Games
The flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games was lit Monday in Olympia, Greece, marking the beginning of its journey to China. A total of 25 venues, some of which feature Chinese architectural styles will be used to host the Games in Beijing and Zhangjiakou in February 2022. They include 12 competition arenas, three training centers, three Olympic villages, three award plazas and three media centers
Oct 18, 2021 16:41 PM

Gallery: Fire Leaves 46 Dead in Taiwan
A fire tore through a 13-story residential and commercial building early Thursday in the city of Kaohsiung in Taiwan, leaving at least 46 dead and 41 injured. More than 350 people from the fire and medical rescue departments were deployed to the scene. Although the fire was extinguished around 7:15 a.m., rescue efforts continued in an effort to find the missing residents of the building, which was home to 120 people, most of whom were seniors. The cause of the fire was still under investigation Monday
Oct 15, 2021 18:03 PM

Gallery: China to Send First Woman to Space Station
China will launch the Shenzhou-13 space mission Saturday, sending astronauts Ye Guangfu, Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping to the Tiangong Space Station for six months. Wang, China’s second woman astronaut, who is noted for a lecture she delivered from space during the Shenzhou-10 mission in 2013, will become the country’s first woman to board the station and perform a spacewalk
Oct 14, 2021 18:10 PM

Gallery: Typhoon Kompasu’s Destructive Landing in China
Typhoon Kompasu hit parts of southern China less than a week after Tropical Storm Lionrock struck Hainan and Hong Kong. In Hainan, Kompasu made landfall Wednesday in the coastal town of in Boao, with a wind speeds reaching up to 119 kph, bringing with it heavy rains. In Hong Kong, the typhoon left one person dead and 20 injured Wednesday. And in neighboring Guangdong, floodwater submerged streets in cities across the province. Local authorities shut down public places including schools, ports and freeways to try to reduce damage
Oct 13, 2021 17:59 PM

Gallery: Grappling With the Flood’s Aftermath
Villagers in North China's Shanxi province are struggling to rebuild their damaged homes after six days of downpours that started on Oct. 2. Although the rain stopped Thursday, villages remain flooded, with damaged roads, collapsed houses and submerged fields causing severe economic losses
Oct 12, 2021 18:14 PM

Gallery: How China Is Protecting Biodiversity
Delegates to a key U.N. conference on biological diversity are discussing ways to boost global for the conservation of nature and the protection of animals this week at a meeting in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province. For the occasion, Caixin has compiled photos of rare and endangered animals residing in some of the country’s nature reserves
Oct 11, 2021 18:25 PM

Gallery: Super Typhoon Lashes South China
Super Typhoon Lionrock battered South China over the weekend, bringing rough winds and heavy rains that disrupted life along the Qiongzhou Strait. Lionrock made landfall in Hainan and Hong Kong on Friday, causing flooding that submerged roads and houses. One person died and another was injured Friday in Hong Kong after building scaffolding collapsed in the storm’s strong winds. In Hainan’s capital city Haikou, ports that had closed due to the tropical cyclone reopened Sunday as the storm moved away from the province
Oct 08, 2021 17:36 PM

Gallery: Heavy Rains Batter North China Province
Heavy rainfall hit North China’s Shanxi province, causing floods and landslides that damaged railways and devastated villages. The rain started on Saturday and continued through the National Day holiday. In Puxian county of Linfen, a landslide killed four and injured one on Tuesday; in Qixian county of Jinzhong, train services were interrupted after a railway bridge was damaged Wednesday; and in the ancient town of Pingyao, a 25-meter section of a city wall was damaged on Thursday
Oct 07, 2021 17:35 PM

Gallery: Holiday Ends With Packed Highways, Train Stations
Travelers crowded China’s transportation hubs as the weeklong National Day holiday came to an end Thursday. Railway stations and highways were packed with passengers and vehicles as people headed home. This year, rains and snow in some parts of the country have also caused train delays and road traffic
Oct 06, 2021 17:31 PM

Gallery: Suez Logjam Ship Returns to China for Repairs
The Ever Given, the massive container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for six days in March after running aground and causing a logjam in global shipping, berthed at a shipyard in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on Monday for repairs. The ship had been anchored in the waters off Qingdao after arriving on Sept. 18 while awaiting its turn to enter the port. Most of the damage was sustained to the bow, which will need more than 20 days to fix
Sep 30, 2021 16:09 PM

Gallery: Honoring China’s Fallen Heroes
China held a ceremony to commemorate the 8th annual Martyrs’ Day in Beijing on Thursday, the eve of the National Day holiday. The event brought together Communist Party leaders and thousands of other people at Tiananmen Square, where they put flowers on the Monument to the People’s Heroes. China’s legislature established Martyrs’ Day in 2014 in remembrance of those who sacrificed their lives for national causes
Sep 29, 2021 17:46 PM

Gallery: UNESCO Site Jiuzhaigou Completely Reopens
Jiuzhaigou, a noted nature reserve and UNESCO World Heritage site in Southwest China’s Sichuan province, has reopened multiple popular tourist spots to visitors, such as Panada Lake and the Primeval Forest. The changes mark the complete reopening of the reserve, which had been closed due to a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the area in 2017
Sep 28, 2021 16:55 PM

Gallery: China’s Zhuhai Airshow Gets Underway
Some 700 companies from over 35 countries are showcasing thousands of products at the 13th Airshow China, which opened Tuesday in Zhuhai, South China’s Guangdong province. The event, which runs until Oct. 3, comprises indoor and outdoor exhibits and aerobatic performances, featuring domestically developed military jets and drones like the J-16D and WZ-7
Sep 27, 2021 05:31 AM

Gallery: Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou Welcomed Home
The company’s chief financial officer flew back to China Saturday night, after spending nearly three years under house arrest in Vancouver, Canada. Thousands of residents gather at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport to welcome Meng back. The daughter of the founder of the Shenzhen-based tech firm was detained on fraud charges in December 2018 at the request of the U.S., and was freed by a Canadian judge Friday
Sep 24, 2021 19:21 PM

Gallery: Tsinghua Marks Nobel Physicist’s 100th Birthday
Renowned physicist Yang Chen-ning delivered a speech at a seminar to mark his 100th birthday held by China’s prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing. A Nobel Prize winner in Physics, Yang made distinguished contributions to the fields of statistical mechanics and symmetry principles. He now serves as an honorary director at Tsinghua and is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sep 23, 2021 18:04 PM

Gallery: Delta Cases Rise in Two Parts of China
Delta continues to spread in two provinces, with East China's Fujian reporting 20 new local cases on Wednesday and Northeast China's Heilongjiang reporting 11 local cases since Tuesday, taking the combined total of the two provinces to 449. To curb the surge, officials have ordered mass Covid-19 testing and imposed lockdowns in the hardest-hit cities like Xiamen and Harbin
Sep 22, 2021 16:30 PM

Gallery: Mid-Autumn Festival Kindles Micro-Tourism
Despite the recent delta flare-ups of Covid-19, travelers in China made over 88.51 million domestic trips during the three-day holiday, spending 37.15 billion yuan, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Cities across the country had launched different types of local tourism programs for the festival to encourage micro-tourism as the pandemic complicated long-distance travel