China in Pictures Page 18

Apr 15, 2022 19:18 PM

Gallery: Another Province Clamps Down to Contain Covid
North China’s Shanxi province has tightened restrictions to get a handle on a growing Covid-19 outbreak. Cities including Taiyuan and Yuncheng locked down some areas and imposed traffic control measures as multiple cases were detected among express delivery workers. The province reported 54 local cases on Thursday
Apr 14, 2022 19:03 PM

Gallery: Ukraine’s Gathering Storm
As Ukrainian forces prepare for a more intense battle in the eastern Donbas region, satellite images show Russian military forces gathering for a renewed assault. In the besieged port city of Mariupol, more than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered, Russia’s Defense Ministry says
Apr 14, 2022 18:59 PM

Gallery: Hainan’s Rainforest Biodiversity
Researchers have discovered at least 28 new species of wildlife in the tropical forests of the southern island province. The discoveries were made over the past three years as part of government efforts to protect biodiversity and establish nature reserves. The island’s rainforests are home to endangered animals such as the Hainan black-crested gibbon and peach blossom jellyfish
Apr 13, 2022 19:39 PM

Gallery: Top Press Photos of the Year
A photo of red dresses hung on crosses, captured by Canadian photographer Amber Bracken, was one of four to win the 2022 World Press Photo of the Year award. On Thursday, the World Press Photo Foundation also recognized three other works as the best piece of photojournalism and the best documentary project, including Saving Forests with Fire by Matthew Abbott, and Lalo de Almeida’s Amazonian Dystopia, a series that documents threats facing the Amazon rainforest. This year’s competition drew 4,066 photographers from 130 countries
Apr 12, 2022 21:24 PM

Gallery: Women in Space
On the International Day of Human Space Flight, which commemorates the first manned space flight carried out by the Soviet Union’s Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961, Caixin has compiled photos of women astronauts who made history among the stars
Apr 12, 2022 19:41 PM

Gallery: Remembering the Flying Tigers
An expo featuring nearly 700 photographs to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Flying Tigers and America's Second World War Air Defense of China opened Saturday at the National Air and Space Museum in the U.S. Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Qin Gang, Former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Norton A. Schwartz, delivered speeches at Saturday’s opening ceremony. The Flying Tigers were American airmen who battled Japanese forces in China and Southeast Asia during World War II
Apr 11, 2022 20:16 PM

Gallery: Civilians Brave Hardship in Eastern Ukraine
Eastern Ukraine has become the epicenter of escalating fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces. In besieged Mariupol, ongoing street fights and airstrikes have ravaged the city and led to a rising death toll. Even those who attempted to flee were not spared — a missile hit a railway station in Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region on Friday, killing at least 57 people
Apr 11, 2022 17:01 PM

Gallery: Shanghai Scrambles for Food
Couriers and volunteers are racing to distribute food in Shanghai to ease a shortage for residents under lockdown for Covid-19. More couriers have returned to work during the past weekend as e-commerce and food delivery platforms like JD.com have joined the fight against the virus. The city launched a new round of citywide mass testing over the past two days. It tested more than 25 million people, 25,000 of whom had results outside the norm, Shanghai officials said
Apr 08, 2022 20:23 PM

Gallery: Shrinking Fringe Communities of Beijing
Amateur photographers Xiao Laoshu and Spring present their lives as migrant workers on the fringes of Beijing, where rent is cheap and many out-of-towners live. Their photos show the changes that are taking place in the capital’s suburban communities
Apr 08, 2022 16:34 PM

Gallery: China’s Makeshift Covid Hospitals
More venues are being converted into makeshift hospitals across the country amid the rising omicron wave. In Shanghai, workers are racing against time to set up beds for Covid-19 patients. In Shenzhen, the first makeshift care center for pets separated from their owners due to the pandemic opened Sunday. National health authorities said on March 22 that each province should set up at least two to three makeshift hospitals to battle the outbreak
Apr 07, 2022 19:53 PM

Gallery: Famed Painter Zao Wou-Ki’s Donated Collection
Hong Kong’s newly-opened M+ museum recently introduced its donated collection by preeminent Chinese-French painter Zao Wou-Ki, who synthesized the tenets of Western modernism and traditional Chinese painting. Born in Beijing in 1920, Zao showed an early aptitude for calligraphy and was accepted to the prestigious Hangzhou School of Fine Arts at age 15. Zao was made a member of the French Academy of Fine Arts in 2002 and is considered one of the most successful Chinese painters of the 20th century
Apr 07, 2022 17:42 PM

Gallery: Commuters Queue as Capital Reopens Border
Covid-related travel restrictions on three areas adjacent to Beijing were lifted Tuesday, leading to long lines of passengers at bus stations and checkpoints along the commuter routes between Beijing and Hebei. Many out-of-town travelers have been impacted by the closure, being forced to wait more than 20 days to enter the capital or return to Hebei
Apr 06, 2022 19:53 PM

Gallery: Russia Under Sanctions
The U.S. and EU are hammering Russia with a fresh round of sanctions, after revelations of the killing of civilians in Bucha, Ukraine. The sum of economic penalties on Moscow has put a heavy toll on the country’s economy, as European countries curb Russian fuel purchases and international brands withdrew. More than 600 companies have announced a suspension of operations in Russia since the beginning of the war, according to a Yale School of Management report
Apr 06, 2022 18:27 PM

Gallery: China’s Frontline Covid Fighters
Workers in protective gear are at the center of China’s efforts to control the spread of Covid-19 as the country tightens restrictions to fight the virus. On Tuesday, the country reported more than 20,000 new locally transmitted cases, of which more than 17,000 were reported in Shanghai and more than 2,500 were found in the northeastern province of Jilin
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