China in Pictures Page 36

Jan 05, 2023 20:04 PM

Gallery: Shanghai’s Hospitals Overflow
Beds are being arranged in halls and corridors to accommodate the influx of primarily elderly patients suffering from Covid symptoms. A further 50,000 patients are expected in the next few weeks, said an infectious diseases expert at a hospital in the city. The local government has extended fever clinics’ hours to ease the strain
Jan 05, 2023 19:35 PM

Gallery: Philippines’ Marcos Visits China
China hosts Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. in Beijing, the first visit from a foreign leader in 2023. He arrived Wednesday for a three-day state visit, his first to a non-ASEAN country since taking office in June. After holding talks with President Xi Jinping, Marcos is meeting with other top officials, including Premier Li Keqiang
Jan 04, 2023 20:18 PM

Gallery: Testing Measures
China’s decision to relax international travel restrictions sparked concerns in countries about the spread of Covid-19. South Korea, Japan, Italy and several other countries have imposed new Covid restrictions on travelers from China. Measures include requiring passengers to wear masks and get tested upon arrival
Jan 04, 2023 18:20 PM

Gallery: Winter Sports Fever
There has been a spike in interest in cold weather sports across China since the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, prompting construction of new facilities like ice rinks and ski resorts. In the capital, about 20 outdoor ice rinks were open to the public as of Dec. 28, state media reported
Jan 03, 2023 19:22 PM

Gallery: Final Farewell to Pelé
Mourners line up to pay their respects to the Brazilian soccer legend at Vila Belmiro Stadium in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, where a 24-hour wake was open to the public starting on Monday. Pelé was scheduled to be buried Tuesday at the Memorial Necropole Ecumenical, a vertical cemetery in his hometown of Santos
Jan 03, 2023 18:06 PM

Gallery: Ring In the New Year Outside
People across China flocked outdoors to enjoy the New Year’s Day holiday this weekend. With the government dismantling ‘zero-Covid,’ tourists were able to travel largely unencumbered, making close to 53 million trips during the holiday, generating over $3.8 billion in revenue for the domestic tourism industry, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Monday. But the activity was still far from pre-pandemic levels, accounting for only 42.8% of the trips made in the same period of 2019
Dec 30, 2022 21:24 PM

Gallery: Slices of Life in 2022
As communities adapted to living with Covid in 2022, the world witnessed a horrific turn of events with the war in Ukraine, while natural disasters such as drought and fires disrupted the lives of millions. But even amid the gloom, there were moments of good cheer and unity as people worked to find solutions to make the world a better place
Dec 30, 2022 19:44 PM

Gallery: Pelé’s Legacy
The Brazilian soccer legend died Thursday in his home country following multiple organ failure. He was 82. Nicknamed ‘O Rei,’ or the king, by his fans, Pelé is considered one of the greatest players of all time. During his 21-year career, he scored 1,283 goals in 1,367 matches and won the World Cup three times. Born into poverty in October 1940, he helped promote the sport around the world, visiting many countries, including China
Dec 29, 2022 21:14 PM

Gallery: Highs and Lows of 2022
As economic and geopolitical turmoil rocked parts of the world, there were also events that brought people together to celebrate human achievements. While the war in Ukraine and growing tensions between Serbia and Kosovo cast a dark cloud, the World Cup gave people a reason to cheer and the completion of China’s Tiangong space station offered a promise of a better tomorrow. Beijing’s shift from ‘zero-Covid’ also looks likely to mark the beginning of the country’s economic recovery
Dec 29, 2022 16:43 PM

Gallery: Fog Causes 200-Vehicle Pile-Up
The collisions occurred on a bridge in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou on Wednesday morning as visibility fell to less than 200 meters in some areas. One person died, and firefighters rescued 11 people trapped in the crash. The bridge reopened to traffic from both directions that night, local media reported
Dec 28, 2022 20:23 PM

Gallery: 2022’s Climate-Related Disasters
The World Meteorological Organization, a U.N. agency, says that extreme weather and climate-related disasters are ‘tell-tale signs’ of intensifying climate change. In 2022, record droughts caused by heatwaves have been reported in regions including China and Europe, while monsoon rains during the summer led to immense flooding in countries like Pakistan, displacing millions. In some parts of the world, glaciers are melting faster, increasing the risk of more natural disasters in the future
Dec 28, 2022 19:30 PM

Gallery: Protecting a Rare Bird
Urbanization is threatening the habitat of the rare great bustard in Beijing’s Tongzhou district. For seven straight years, the endangered species has flown to the farmland of Tongzhou to spend the winter. Weighing up to 40 pounds or more, the great bustard is one of the heaviest flying birds in the world. About 2,000 remain in China
Dec 27, 2022 20:38 PM

Gallery: The Most Influential People of 2022
From the war in Ukraine to the Winter Olympics, the world witnessed stories of familiar faces and the emergence of new voices who will go on to shape the world for the years to come. In geopolitics, 44-year-old Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s heroics helped a nation stand up to an aggressor, and in the world of sports 18-year-old Eileen Gu made China a contender in winter sports. China also sent its oldest crew to the Tiangong space station, in a year where the world population reached 8 billion
Dec 27, 2022 17:50 PM

Gallery: Southwest China Express
The new Chengdu-Kunming railway has opened after 10 years of construction. The 569-mile railway passes through seven tunnels and across 11 bridges in several prefectures like Liangshan Yi in Sichuan and Chuxiong Yi in Yunnan. With a designed speed of 99 mph, the railway cuts the travel time between the two southwestern cities from 19 hours to seven and a half hours
Dec 26, 2022 20:21 PM

Gallery: ‘Sexy’ Robots Meet Alien Sculptures
Japanese illustrator Hajime Sorayama’s erotically depicted feminine robots meet Swiss artist H.R. Giger’s sculptures of sci-fi alien creatures in Beijing with the opening of the ‘H.R. Giger ✕ Sorayama: Approaching’ exhibition at UCCA Lab. Featuring 45 works, it is the first joint exhibition of the two artists’ archetypal works in China. It will run through March 24
Dec 26, 2022 19:15 PM

Gallery: Chengdu Hospitals Run Short of Beds
Hospitals in the city have been overwhelmed as Covid-19 infections surge. The capital of Southwest China’s Sichuan province has been dealing with a shortage of hospital beds even though an official tally of the number of daily visits to local fever clinics has fallen. The local government has established 602 fever clinics in hospitals and community medical centers to handle demand for treatment
Dec 23, 2022 20:00 PM

Gallery: Santa’s on His Way
The presence of Santa Claus, the traditional Christmas figure, has appeared at locations around the world as Dec. 25 approaches. Wearing a red hat and coat with cuffs, the jolly white-bearded figure comes with the promise of gifts for children on Christmas Eve. This year, he could be found arriving on skis down a Lego rooftop in Hungary, and by helicopter at an air force base in Romania
Dec 23, 2022 17:57 PM

Gallery: Patients Flood Beijing Fever Clinics
The capital’s emergency rooms, fever clinics and hospital wards are fast filling up, mostly with seniors, as the city battles a wave of Covid-19 cases. On Wednesday, a virus flare-up left hospitals running out of beds and oxygen after some 65,000 patients visited fever clinics. The city has been ramping up its capacity to treat patients by preparing 1,263 such facilities
Dec 22, 2022 19:32 PM

Gallery: ‘Toilet’ Building Ranked Among China’s Top Eyesores
Chinese netizens have selected 10 buildings as the ugliest in the country this year, chosen from a shortlist of 70. The Corpus Museum in East China’s Anhui province with its giant seated human figure was ranked at the top of the list. Other buildings including a tire-shaped science center in Guangzhou that respondents said resembles a toilet, were also listed among the top 10. The poll has been held annually since 2010 by the architecture website Archcy.com
Dec 22, 2022 17:15 PM

Gallery: Beijing Awakens From Covid Slumber
People are gradually returning to the streets of Beijing after a wave of infections swept through the capital this month. Roads are packed with vehicles, crowds are back at shopping malls, restaurants are filling up with diners and amusement parks are seeing an increasing number of visitors