Tag: China
China’s Easier Travel Rules Are Still the World’s Toughest
Travelers wanting to get into China will still need to contend with the intricate web of testing and bureaucratic requirements that underpin Covid Zero, tempering optimism that its decision to halve quarantine time signals the country is ready to emerge f...
Searing heatwave scorches China, pushing temperature to 42°C
A searing heatwave has swept across northern and eastern China, causing extreme temperatures. On June 24, 2022, Zhengzhou topped 42.3 degrees Celsius (108°F), breaking the heat record in June since 1954.
NEW YORK CITY Walking Tour [4K] - CHINATOWN
Follow me on my new walking tour - CHINATOWN on a rainy day ! Recorded June 27, 2022
China’s Tech Giants Lost Their Swagger and May Never Get It Back
Fear and paranoia now cow a once-proud $1 trillion internet industry. Even if Beijing relents, the sector is a shadow of its former self.
China: Not as rich as you think; truth revealed
How does the Chinese regime present China to the world? Full of the so-called “positive energy,” including: Flashy GDP figures; Outstanding economic reports;...
In Beijing, Covid Zero Can Unexpectedly Ruin Your Weekend
Everyone at the massive China World Mall was flagged
China-funded international airport in Pakistan expected to be ready in September 2023
A China-funded airport in southwestern Pakistan is scheduled to be completed by mid-September 2023, four years after work began on the US$230 million project. The New Gwadar International Airport project is in Pakistan’s Gurandani area, some 26km (16 mile...
China completes overhaul of antitrust law to corral Big Tech
Legislation takes effect Aug. 1, keeping pressure on sector despite earlier signs of easing
Beijing Declaration adopted at the 14th BRICS Summit
The BRICS group on Thursday issued a joint declaration adopted at its 14th summit. As China holds the chairmanship in 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over the summit in Beijing via video link
China-made world's largest container ship delivered
The world's #largest #container ship, with a capacity of 24,000 #TEU, was delivered on Wednesday in the coastal city of #Shanghai.
Family watch in terror as their house collapses into floodwaters amid record rains in southern China
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called for authorities nationwide to step up flood control measures and disaster relief efforts on June 22, 2022, as southern China continued to battle severe flooding. Yingde county in Guangdong province saw record flooding, wh...
Beijing uses hardest Gaokao exam to lessen the employment challenge/Record 12M sit for 2022 Exam
The 2022 Gaokao or college entrance exams, lasted 4 days and ended on June 10th. A record number of students attended the exam and many students and parents are confused as to why this year’s exams are so difficult.
Putin claims that 'economic blitzkrieg' has failed in antiWest rant | DW Newas.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has slammed the West, saying the days of a unipolar world led by the United States were over. In a speech full of grievances at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin said what he called the West's economic...
What is known about the Fujian, China’s first home-designed aircraft carrier
With the launch of the Fujian on June 17, 2022, China unveiled its first home-designed aircraft carrier – a hi-tech vessel meant to counter the new Gerald R Ford-class of American aircraft carriers currently in operations.
China opens ‘relic hospital’ in Chongqing to better preserve World Heritage Dazu Rock Carvings
A ‘relic hospital’ was opened on June 11, 2022, to help maintain and preserve a Unesco World Heritage Site in China. The Dazu Rock Carvings in southwest Chongqing are made up of 75 protected sites containing some 50,000 statues, with over 100,000 Chinese...