China in Pictures Page 26

Apr 05, 2022 18:10 PM

Gallery: China Pays Tribute to the Departed
China’s traditional Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Festival, falls on Tuesday this year. People sweep their ancestral tombs, burn paper money, and place chrysanthemums on graves across China. Falling on the 15th day after the Spring Equinox in the Chinese lunar calendar, the festival has been observed for over 2,500 years
Apr 04, 2022 19:02 PM

Gallery: China Musters Medical Help for Shanghai
Thousands of medical staff, including more than 2,000 medical personnel from the military, rushed to Shanghai on Sunday to aid in the battle against the city’s worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic. Teams from regions such as Hubei and Jiangsu will help Shanghai conduct citywide testing and treat patients in makeshift hospitals. The city started a new round of mass testing on Monday, a day after reporting more than 9,000 local cases
Apr 04, 2022 17:32 PM

Gallery: Spring Blossoms Pull People to Chinese Parks
Visitors are flocking to public parks during the three-day Qingming holiday weekend to enjoy the blooming flowers. Beijing’s Yuyuantan Park was packed Sunday, the first day of the holiday, as strict Covid control measures have forced people to spend their long weekend off in the cities they live in
Apr 01, 2022 20:16 PM

Gallery: Migrant Women Record Their Lives
Wen Qiong and Chun Fen, two migrant domestic workers, use their cameras to present their perspectives on their daily lives, showing their passion for life despite the obstacles they face. Official data from 2020 showed China has 285.6 million migrant workers, of which about a third are women
Apr 01, 2022 18:45 PM

Gallery: Shanghai Starts Second Phase of Citywide Covid Testing
The streets of Shanghai west of the Huangpu River look empty as a new round of Covid-19 mass testing starts Friday under the second phase of the lockdown. Officials have rushed to identify clusters of infection and at-risk groups through mass testing. And two exhibition halls have been converted into quarantine sites. The city reported more than 4,500 local cases on Thursday
Mar 31, 2022 20:49 PM

Gallery: Archaeological Accolades
China announced its top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2021 through an online conference held in Beijing on Thursday. Some of the projects hailed included the Piluo archaeological site and the Sanxingdui Ruins in southwest China, which were selected from a total of 32 projects. Other findings such as the tomb of Han Dynasty Emperor Xiaowen from last year's picks were also featured
Mar 31, 2022 19:19 PM

Gallery: Ukraine Races to Save Its Cultural Monuments
Ukrainians are scrambling to protect the country’s statues and artifacts from damage amid the war with Russia. Monuments in cities like Kyiv and Lviv have been protected from possible shellings with sandbags and fireproof materials. A report by the Council of Europe showed that Ukraine has over 140,000 monuments and objects ‘of immovable cultural heritage’
Mar 30, 2022 20:16 PM

Gallery: Light at the End of the Tunnel
The drilling of the Shanyang tunnel on the Dali-Baoshan section of the Dali-Ruili railway in Southwest China’s Yunnan province is done, marking the completion of drilling on the section after more than a decade of work. The 330-kilometer railway will shorten the travel time between the Dali Bai autonomous prefecture in northwestern Yunnan and Ruili, a city on the border with Myanmar
Mar 30, 2022 17:18 PM

Gallery: Russia Pledges to Ease Off Kyiv as Shelling Continues
Moscow says it will ease military activities around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv, following a new round of peace talks in Turkey. Despite the promise, fighting continued to rage around the country. A missile strike blew away the middle floors of a government building in the southern city of Mykolaiv. The attack killed at least 12 and injured 33, local media reported
Mar 29, 2022 18:13 PM

Gallery: Phased Lockdown Splits Shanghai
Shanghai has sealed off residential neighborhoods and certain roads as it embarked on a two-phase lockdown in order to test its 25 million residents for Covid-19. Districts on the east side of the Huangpu River are under lockdown until Friday. Districts west of the river will be locked down from Friday to April 5. The city reported more than 4,400 new cases on Monday, with the vast majority being asymptomatic
Mar 28, 2022 20:30 PM

Gallery: Fighting Intensifies Ahead of Russia, Ukraine Talks
Street battles and airstrikes raged across Ukraine over the weekend. Explosions near the western city of Lviv destroyed facilities, including a fuel base, on Saturday. Villages around Kyiv and the besieged port city Mariupol suffered intensified airstrikes that wrecked buildings. Representatives of the two countries are set to resume peace talks this week in Turkey
Mar 28, 2022 19:49 PM

Gallery: Plane Crash Rescuers Pause for Memorial
Rescuers found the second black box of China Eastern Airlines jet on Sunday at the crash site in Teng county in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. The black box, which contains data such as the speed and altitude of the plane, was sent to be decoded in Beijing on Sunday. The rescue team held a memorial that afternoon to mourn the 132 people who were aboard the flight when it crashed
Mar 25, 2022 18:56 PM

Gallery: Snapshots of Migrant Domestic Workers
Seeing Is Inviting: The Art and Life of Mulan And Her Friends, an exhibition on the lives of migrant domestic workers, opened at the Fei Arts museum in Guangzhou on March 12. Featuring snapshots by woman workers, and items collected through years of work, the exhibition gives visitors a glimpse of dilemmas faced by this group of people
Mar 25, 2022 18:11 PM

Gallery: Plane Crash Site Scoured by Rescuers
The search continues at the crash site of China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735. So far, the search has found more than 180 pieces of wreckage and 21 items belonging to the 132 people who were on the flight when it went down in Teng county in South China’s Guangxi region. Rescuers have combed through 58,000 square meters in and around the crash site
Mar 24, 2022 20:28 PM

Gallery: A Month of War in Ukraine
The Russia-Ukraine war has been raging for a month. While rounds of peace talks have yielded limited results, bombing continue to reduce Ukrainian cities to ruins. More than 3.5 million people have fled the country since Feb. 24, according to the U.N.
Mar 24, 2022 15:38 PM

Gallery: Guangxi Plane Crash Black Box Found
Search teams recovered one of the two black boxes from the crashed China Eastern Airlines jet on Wednesday at the accident site in Teng county, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. The recovered black box is believed to be a cockpit voice recorder and has been sent to Beijing for decoding. Despite rainfall forcing a suspension of work on Wednesday, more wreckage has been recovered, including human remains
Mar 23, 2022 18:27 PM

Gallery: Born Into War
More than 4,300 women have given birth in war-torn Ukraine since Russia’s attack on its neighbor began on Feb. 20. And some 80,000 more are expecting to have their babies in the next three months, according to a report by officials from the U.N. and the World Health Organization
Mar 23, 2022 18:23 PM

Gallery: As Shenzhen Eases Curbs, Shanghai’s Streets Empty
While people in the southern boomtown resumed work Monday in light of loosened Covid curbs, residents of the mainland financial hub face tightening restrictions. The city has instated a swathe of lockdowns to tackle its outbreak, leaving its once crowded streets far less lively. More than 1,000 new local cases were detected there on Tuesday
Mar 22, 2022 19:10 PM

Gallery: The Debris of Ukrainian Lives
Intensifying attacks continue to smash people’s lives into pieces, causing nearly 6.5 million people to be displaced inside the country. On Monday, Kyiv rejected Moscow’s demand to surrender the port city of Mariupol and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said any compromises with Russia to end the war would need to pass a referendum
Mar 22, 2022 16:24 PM

Gallery: Plane Wreckage Found Scattered in Guangxi Hills
Aircraft wreckage of various sizes has been found in the mountainous area of Teng county, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, where a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 crashed Monday. Search and rescue efforts are underway, after a fire caused by the crash was extinguished. Officials have activated an emergency response mechanism to investigate the accident and to provide support for affected families