China in Pictures Page 5

Jul 03, 2020 17:26 PM

Gallery: Locusts Swarm Africa
A plague of locusts have descended on East Africa, devastating farms and grazing lands. According to the International Rescue Committee, the most serious locust outbreak in 70 years could leave nearly 5 million people facing starvation. In Kenya, the county of Turkana, one of the country’s poorest, was among the areas hit hardest by the outbreak
Jul 01, 2020 16:29 PM

Gallery: Bidding Farewell to Wuhan’s Most Beautiful Bookstore
The Wuhan bookstore Beyond Book Story closed one of its most well-known locations Wednesday. Once voted Wuhan’s most beautiful bookstore because of its architectural design, the soon-to-be-closed store held a sale for customers who wanted to make one last purchase there
Jun 30, 2020 18:16 PM

Gallery: Getting Rowdy With Rice
Nepal’s National Paddy Day began Monday, marking the beginning of the country’s rice planting season. For the festival, which falls on the 15th day of the Nepali month Asar, farmers flock to their fields to plant rice and splash each other with mud to celebrate
Jun 29, 2020 18:35 PM

Gallery: Chongqing Underwater
Torrential rain in the megacity has affected 28 districts and counties, according to the local government. The downpour has flooded some regions, leading to the evacuation of thousands, with many homes damaged or destroyed
Jun 23, 2020 16:39 PM

Gallery: Too Much Monkey Business
Scores of monkeys were spayed or neutered Sunday in Lopburi, Thailand, as part of the local campaign to get the rapid growth of the animal’s population under control. Over the past three years, the city’s monkey population has doubled to 6,000. Despite their popularity with tourists, the monkeys have become increasingly aggressive over the years, breaking into houses and damaging residents’ belongings
Jun 22, 2020 16:56 PM

Gallery: Wuhan Sends Medical Help to Beijing
A medical team of more than 70 people from Wuhan landed in Beijing Saturday. They are the first assistance team to arrive since the capital’s Covid-19 flare-up began. The team includes specialists in medical testing, who also brought their own hospital’s supplies and equipment for nucleic acid testing
Jun 18, 2020 16:52 PM

Gallery: Living Through the Second Wave
Beijing has again strengthened restrictions over its population due to the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak in the city. On Tuesday, the local government raised its public health emergency response from level three to level two, the second highest level. Many residential communities now restrict who can enter and require people to have their temperature checked before they are allowed in
Jun 16, 2020 16:27 PM

Gallery: Beijing Tests Tens of Thousands for Covid-19
Beijing is stepping up Covid-19 testing after a new cluster of infections emerged over the past few days. More than 76,000 people were tested Sunday, with 59 testing positive, according to the local government
Jun 15, 2020 17:43 PM

Gallery: After the Explosion
At least 20 people have been killed and 172 others injured after a tanker truck carrying liquefied gas exploded in eastern China, local authorities said Monday. The truck blew up Saturday on a highway near Wenling, Zhejiang province, causing it to veer off the road and crash into a factory. The cause of the explosion remains under investigation
Jun 12, 2020 16:26 PM

Gallery: Life After the Flood
Residents in the southern city of Liuzhou got a break Thursday from days of heavy rain that caused flooding across 8 provincial-level regions in China. So far, the flooding and heavy rain has caused an estimated $5 billion in damages
Jun 11, 2020 17:19 PM

Gallery: Wuhan University Reopens to Graduating Seniors
Wuhan University’s graduating class has begun returning to campus for graduation related activities after a historically six-month “holiday” due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, the university welcomed the first group of students back on campus since the outbreak began. Students who want to return first need to apply and meet specific conditions such as passing Covid-19 nucleic acid and antibody tests
Jun 08, 2020 17:31 PM

Gallery: Flooding in South China
Flooding in the south China has affected more than 320,000 people and more than 34,000 acres of crops. A 10-day downpour in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region caused the flooding, which has so far led to $42 million in damages
Jun 05, 2020 16:57 PM

Gallery: Monorail Gets Moving
A suspended monorail train named “New Era” completed a trial run Thursday in Wuhan. The monorail is expected to be able to carry up to 400 passengers in three to five cars at a maximum speed of 80 kph (49.7 mph). State-run CGTN reported that Germany and Japan are the only countries to utilize these suspended monorail trains
Jun 04, 2020 20:05 PM

Gallery: Petrified Performer
Ma Long, a street performer in Xi’an, Northwest China’s Shaanxi province, went viral online after a video showed he could stand without blinking for 15 minutes. Ma dons full make up and gives five ‘human statue’ performances daily
Jun 02, 2020 16:57 PM

Gallery: Sidewalk Sales Return to Chinese Cities
Street peddlers are back in business as Chinese cities lift bans on roadside stands in an effort to boost employment in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Vendors are now allowed set up booths or stalls in open spaces such as parks as long as they promise to operate in an orderly manner
Jun 01, 2020 17:10 PM

Gallery: Cirque du Soleil Returns
Famed circus producer Cirque du Soleil will reopen one of its shows in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou on Wednesday. This will be the first performance since the company canceled its circuses worldwide in January due to the coronavirus pandemic
May 29, 2020 16:50 PM

Gallery: The Premier and the Press
Premier Li Keqiang held a press conference Thursday after the closing of this year’s annual session of the National People’s Congress in Beijing. The government invited around 100 journalists to the event, about one-tenth of the number attending in previous years
May 28, 2020 12:40 PM

Gallery: Fit to Reopen
Fitness junkies in China are now able to get their fix as gyms have begun to reopen across the country. But there are strings attached - wear a mask and have your temperature checked
May 22, 2020 16:05 PM

Gallery: CPPCC VIP
China’s two most important political gatherings of the year — the ‘Two Sessions’ — kicked off Thursday with a meeting of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, whose members include famous people like former NBA star Yao Ming
May 20, 2020 19:29 PM

Gallery: Political Conference Precautions
A press conference for the third session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference took place Wednesday, a day ahead of the official meeting’s start. The session, one of China’s two big annual political events, had been postponed for more than two months due to the coronavirus pandemic