China in Pictures Page 2

Feb 18, 2021 17:12 PM

Gallery: China Breaks Holiday Box Office Record
China’s box office took in more than $1.16 billion for the last day of the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday, a new record. After the government asked the public to ‘celebrate in place’ — an effort to discourage people from traveling back home for the holiday to avoid spreading Covid-19 — going to the movies turned out to be a popular pastime
Feb 17, 2021 18:21 PM

Gallery: China Gets Ready to Work as Holidays Come to an End
People all over China began heading back to cities where they work as the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday draws to a close. This year, millions chose to visit local tourist attractions during the seven-day break instead of returning to their hometowns, as authorities called on the public to stay put and “celebrate in place” to avoid a resurgence of coronavirus cases
Feb 16, 2021 18:02 PM

Gallery: Flames Engulf Centuries-Old Village
The 400-year-old Wengding village was destroyed in a fire Sunday. The fire engulfed homes made of bamboo and straw, leading to the evacuation of hundreds of villagers, who are of the Wa ethnic minority. The fire was extinguished late that night with no fatalities reported. The cause remains under investigation
Feb 10, 2021 15:59 PM

Gallery: A Vision of Past and Future Travel
Beijing-based architecture studio MAD has unveiled its design for a new railway station project in Jiaxing, East China’s Zhejiang province. The futuristic 87-acre project, “Train Station in the Forest,” includes the rebuilding of the city’s destroyed century-old railway station, as well as renovations of the surrounding area. The project began in 2019 and is expected to be completed this July
Feb 09, 2021 16:10 PM

Gallery: Covid-Closed Railway Station Reopens in North China
Shijiazhuang’s main railway station reopened Monday after being closed for 34 days in the wake of flare-ups of the coronavirus across North China’s Hebei province. The province was home to one of the larger several outbreaks that emerged in January, leading to lockdowns in some places around the country
Feb 08, 2021 17:44 PM

Gallery: China Prepares for the Year of the Ox
With the Year of the Ox nearly upon us, people from all over China have been decorating the streets and scenic spots with lanterns and other traditional Chinese decorations, spreading festival cheer ahead of the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday
Feb 05, 2021 16:56 PM

Gallery: Student Sculpted Inspiration
Buddha, balance and an Academy Award-winning movie about a Holocaust survivor are some of the inspirations for the work of five young, aspiring Chinese artists. Xiangwai Artha, an arts sharing platform, contributed to the gallery.
Feb 02, 2021 17:17 PM

Gallery: Millions Stay Put Ahead of China’s Second Lunar New Year Under Covid-19
As the second Lunar New Year under the coronavirus arrives, many people are restricted from traveling. This holiday, across the country, some people are making do by sticking to their posts in an atmosphere of continued health and safety concerns
Feb 01, 2021 18:09 PM

Gallery: WHO Team Begins Wuhan Covid-19 Probe
A team of World Health Organization experts has begun investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in the city of Wuhan after finishing a 14-day quarantine. On Sunday, more than a dozen experts visited a market to investigate how local workers process imported cold-chain food, as well as the city’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, where the first few coronavirus cases were detected in late 2019
Jan 29, 2021 17:05 PM

Gallery: Through the Lens of Time
Photographer Jin Yongquan spent 20 years collecting more than 30,000 photos of people he didn’t know for a book about daily life in China in the second half of the last century. The book, ‘Unnamed Photos,’ which contains about 1,500 of Jin’s collection, aims to paint a complete picture of Chinese life from the 1950s to the 1980s
Jan 27, 2021 16:20 PM

Gallery: Hong Kong Neighborhood Locked Down Again
Hong Kong locked down part of its Yau Ma Tei neighborhood Tuesday following the emergence of dozens of new Covid-19 cases. Hundreds of residents living in the area have been required to stay at home until they have tested negative for the virus. It is the second time that local authorities have sealed off the area to curb the spread of the coronavirus
Jan 26, 2021 17:09 PM

Gallery: Masses in Transit
China’s Lunar New Year travel rush will officially begin Thursday, with travelers expected to make about 1.7 billion trips during the annual 40-day migration. However, local officials in many places have called on people to stay in the cities where they work and avoid unnecessary travel due to the recent Covid-19 flare-ups across the country
Jan 25, 2021 15:09 PM

Gallery: Saving the Softshell Species
A female Yangtze giant softshell turtle, one of the world’s largest freshwater species — as well as one of the rarest — has been discovered in Dong Mo Lake in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi, bringing a new hope to conservationists who have spent years working on how to save the species from extinction. Before the finding, there were only three Yangtze giant softshell turtles known in the world, including one in eastern China and two in Vietnam
Jan 22, 2021 16:57 PM

Gallery: U.S. Artist’s Childhood Dreams Animate Shanghai
An exhibition of the work of American conceptual artist Alex Da Corte recently closed in Shanghai. The exhibition, ‘Rubber Pencil Devil,’ was inspired by an eponymous video that Da Corte made in 2018. One of the exhibition’s highlights were the images of American cartoon characters, including the Pink Panther and Sylvester the cat
Jan 20, 2021 17:38 PM

Gallery: Rescuers Rush to Reach 22 Miners Trapped Underground
Twenty-two workers have been trapped underground for 10 days in a gold mine in eastern China after an explosion cut them off from the surface on Jan. 10.The blast blocked the mine’s exit and damaged communication facilities. Authorities have confirmed that a dozen miners are still alive, while 10 remain missing. The cause of the explosion is under investigation
Jan 19, 2021 18:48 PM

Gallery: A Shot in the Arm, Courtesy of China
The Brazilian government has launched a vaccination plan to tackle the country’s second wave of Covid-19, following the national health regulator’s emergency approval of a Chinese-developed vaccine from Sinovac Biotech Ltd. As of Tuesday, Brazil has reported more than 8.5 million Covid-19 cases nationwide
Jan 18, 2021 16:55 PM

Gallery: Frozen Fun
The Shichahai Ice Rink, one of the most famous outdoor skating venues in Beijing, began Saturday restricting how many people it lets in every day following recent Covid-19 flare-ups around the country. Shichahai opened two weeks later than usual this year with a series of coronavirus prevention measures in place, including temperature checks and mask requirements
Jan 15, 2021 15:41 PM

Gallery: Quarantine Center Under Construction in Covid-Hit City
The northern city of Shijiazhuang is racing against time to build a makeshift quarantine center to tackle its Covid-19 outbreak. Starting Wednesday, more than 3,000 workers have been sent to Zhengding county to work on the facility, which will provide 3,000 rooms
Jan 14, 2021 16:17 PM

Dinosaur Gallery: Following 80 Million-Year-Old Tracks
Scientists have discovered hundreds of fossilized dinosaur footprints that date back 80 million years in Fujian province, the province announced Tuesday. It was the largest and most diverse dinosaur discovery in China, as well as the first in the eastern province
Jan 13, 2021 19:37 PM

Gallery: China’s Most Controversial Buildings
Beijing-based architecture website archcy.cn has released their annual list of controversial Chinese buildings. The 11th edition of the list was compiled by an expert panel after architects and the public at large were invited to nominate and vote on the country’s wackiest buildings