Photos: Torrential rain floods Qionghai, Hainan
Qionghai, Hainan Is this a Honda ad? Thunderstorms struck the southern island province of Hainan on Friday, bringing 43 mm of rain in three hours and category 8 wind gusts. Residents of the urban...
View ArticleShenzhen’s Overseas Chinese Town showcases local artists
Shenzhen When is a sofa not really a sofa? When it’s not a real sofa, but a piece of artwork. Chinese artist Dai Yun’s sofa is made of bricks and mortar and steel. And weighs a ton (2,000 lbs). The...
View ArticleOld Summer Palace replica captures royal life during Qing Dynasty
ZHUHAI, GUANGDONG Several hundred years ago during the Qing Dynasty, most commoners wouldn’t even dream of setting foot inside the Emperor’s palace. The Old Summer Palace, or Yuanming Yuan (literally...
View ArticleDemand for fish bladders causes potential species extinction
Hong Kong While at my favourite local traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) shop recently, the owner showed me a story in a local newspaper reporting that last week US authorities charged 7 people with...
View ArticleTrue-to-life miniature art of Hong Kong’s collective memory
HONG KONG Miniature art display in an out-of-the way shopping mall? Reluctantly tagging along with a friend, I was amazed at the showcase of 70 pieces of miniature artwork by 28 artists from Taiwan,...
View ArticleHong Kong art scene heats up
Hong Kong The Hong Kong art scene seems to be heating up lately, particularly with the upcoming West Kowloon cultural district under construction. Most notably, there’s Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman‘s...
View ArticleShirtless men draw public attention to child trafficking
Additional reporting from Zhengyun Lu Taiyuan, Shanxi On May 18, the citizens of Taiyuan were surprised to see 6 shirtless men standing on the street handing out brochures about child trafficking to...
View ArticleYoung couples get their marriage certificate on 5/20
Taiyuan, Shanxi On May 20th, many young couples waited in line to get their marriage certificates at the License & Registry Services Office in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. Young couples are more...
View ArticlePhotographer captures passengers’ miserable expressions on crowded buses
Beijing, China Ask yourself: what kind of facial expression do you make when you are on a extremely crowded bus? In our previous article “Mid Autumn Festival creates unprecedented traffic congestion in...
View ArticleProtestor goes viral, gets arrested after posting online: “Leave the children...
Feminists in Wanning City, Hainan, started an online protest after Chen Moupeng, principal of a local elementary school, kidnapped and molested six students. The six girls, who were in Grade 6, were...
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