China in Pictures Page 3

Mar 25, 2021 16:35 PM

Gallery: Museum Goers Get Glimpse at Life Among the Stars
An interactive exhibition about China’s manned space program has drawn crowds since it opened last week. Using technologies such as virtual reality, the ‘Flying to Space’ exhibition offers visitors a look at the country’s space program and a chance to experience life as an astronaut
Mar 24, 2021 17:11 PM

Gallery: Dry Land Emerges on China’s Largest Freshwater Lake
A field of grass is now growing in the middle of China’s largest freshwater lake. Every year, parts of Poyang Lake in the eastern province of Jiangxi dry up, with the sprouting grass becoming an attraction for the lake’s visitors
Mar 23, 2021 15:58 PM

Gallery: China Digs Further Into Ancient Civilization
Chinese archaeologists recently unveiled a cache of artifacts dating back about 3,000 years at Sanxingdui, one of China’s most important bronze age archaeological sites, which is located in the southwestern province of Sichuan. The discoveries, including a gold mask and pieces of gold foil and ivory, help shed a light on the ancient Shu civilization that vanished thousands of years ago, authorities said
Mar 19, 2021 17:23 PM

Gallery: Top Officials Meet Face-to-Face for China-U.S. Talks
The first high-level meeting between China and the U.S. under the Biden administration began Thursday in Anchorage, Alaska. The meeting underscored the rising tensions between the world's two largest economies, with relations in the short-term looking unlikely to improve after sinking to their lowest point in decades during Donald Trump’s presidency
Mar 17, 2021 16:08 PM

Gallery: Archaeologists Unearth New Dead Sea Scroll Fragments
Israeli archaeologists announced Tuesday that they had discovered dozens of new fragments of the ancient biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, the first such discovery in nearly 60 years. The discovery was made in a cave south of Jerusalem. Other findings during the excavation include a skeleton and a woven basket, both of which are thousands of years old
Mar 16, 2021 15:17 PM

Gallery: Cherry Blossoms Offer Sweet Sights
Crowds have been flocking to a farm in Southwest China’s Guizhou province to get a look at its nearly 700,000 blossoming cherry trees. Shrouded in white and pink flowers, Pingba Farm is one of China’s most famous cherry blossom spots, attracting tens of thousands of tourists every year
Mar 15, 2021 12:29 PM

Gallery: Sandstorm Hits Beijing
A sandstorm smothered Beijing on Monday morning as a result of heavy winds from Inner Mongolia and parts of northwestern China. Local weather authorities issued a yellow alert for the storm, the lowest on the country’s three-tier system. The sandstorm reduced visibility in some areas to less than 1 kilometer and caused readings of PM10, a cancer-causing pollutant, to soar to a hazardous level in the city
Mar 11, 2021 16:48 PM

Gallery: Beijing Expands Vaccine Coverage to Seniors
Beijing has started vaccinating certain people aged 60 and over, a group that was not advised to get a Covid-19 shot when China’s inoculation drive began in January. Senior citizens in good physical condition can start receiving the shots, city authorities said Tuesday, adding that they next plan to begin offering the vaccine to people under the age of 18
Mar 10, 2021 15:55 PM

Gallery: Noodle Notoriety
Cheng Yunfu, a 40-year-old noodle vendor in eastern China, has become an internet sensation ever since popular livestreamers visited his hometown to show their viewers his famously inexpensive ramen. The price — 3 yuan a bowl — is about five times lower than the average price in many Chinese cities and has not changed in almost 15 years. Over the past two weeks or so, Cheng’s stall in Linyi, Shandong province, has been mobbed by customers and other visitors looking to get a glimpse of the man who has received the online moniker ‘Ramen Brother’
Mar 09, 2021 16:23 PM

Gallery: Tsunami Stopper
Japan has built more than 300 kilometers of seawall along its northeastern coast over the last 10 years, and it has another 80 kilometers under construction, Reuters reported. The construction began after 2011, when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit the country’s east coast. The quake, the most powerful on record to ever hit Japan, triggered a tsunami that devastated towns and villages along the coastline, leaving thousands dead
Mar 08, 2021 17:02 PM

Gallery: Women at the Two Sessions
International Women’s Day, which takes place on Monday, coincides this year with China’s key annual political meetings. Last week, thousands of people from across the country arrived in Beijing to attend the meetings, including a significant proportion of women officials and delegates
Mar 04, 2021 18:51 PM

Gallery: A Shorter Session
China’s top political advisory body held a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday, a day ahead of the start of one of the country’s two biggest annual meetings. Guo Weimin, spokesman for the fourth session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, told reporters that the session has been shortened to six and a half days due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Mar 03, 2021 16:30 PM

Gallery: China’s Lunar Legacy
One hundred grams of lunar soil brought back by China’s Chang’e 5 lunar probe is now on display at the National Museum of China in Beijing. Besides the soil samples, the exhibition, which opened Saturday, also features about 40 objects related to the country’s years-long lunar exploration program, along with photos and videos. On Dec. 17, the lunar probe retrieved nearly 2 kilograms of samples from the moon
Mar 02, 2021 16:57 PM

Gallery: Golden Globe Glory
Chinese director Zhao Ting, who also goes by Chloé Zhao, won this year’s Golden Globe for her film “Nomadland,” becoming the first Asian woman ever to win the award for best director. The film, which tells the story of a woman leaving home to travel across the American West and live as a modern-day nomad, also took home the top award — best dramatic motion picture
Mar 01, 2021 16:55 PM

Gallery: Spring Semester Begins, for Some
The spring semester has begun for many middle and elementary school students around China, though classes have yet to begin for many others. Authorities are staggering when schools reopen to comply with national requirements designed to avoid a resurgence in coronavirus cases
Feb 26, 2021 15:37 PM

Gallery: Lantern Festival Lights Up End of Lunar New Year
The Lantern Festival, which takes place Friday this year and marks the end of the Lunar New Year holiday, is one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals. The holiday brings families and friends together, along with celebrations marked by lanterns and light shows in many parts of the country
Feb 24, 2021 17:37 PM

Gallery: Metro Station Fascination
The Shanghai Metro’s Line 15 has been up and running for more than a month without anyone driving the trains. The 26.1-mile, 30-stop line can make the claim of being the country’s longest driverless subway line to open in one go. Since operations began on Jan. 23, the line has been a magnet for visitors curious to see the unusual designs of the stations
Feb 23, 2021 16:36 PM

Gallery: Spring Blooms Early
Cherry trees are blooming early in many parts of China, drawing crowds interested in getting a taste of spring in February. Wuhan University is one of the country’s most famous spots for seeing the flowering trees, which are usually in full bloom by mid-March
Feb 22, 2021 16:10 PM

Gallery: Hong Kong Receives 1 Million Doses of Sinovac Vaccine
The first 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Hong Kong on Friday, one week before the city government plans to begin inoculating all 7.5 million of its residents. The shot, developed by drugmaker Sinovac Biotech, is one of the vaccines that the city ordered amid the fourth wave of the local outbreak. Others include BioNTech and AstraZeneca’s shots
Feb 19, 2021 16:03 PM

Gallery: Relaxing Measures
Hong Kong began easing social distancing measures Thursday following a decline in new coronavirus cases, with certain businesses such as massage parlors and movie theaters allowed to reopen. For months, the city had imposed strict measures to curb the fourth wave of the local outbreak, including mandatory testing and lockdowns in some of its residential neighborhoods