China in Pictures Page 11

Nov 18, 2021 18:18 PM

Gallery: Dense Fog Descends on Parts of China
Heavy fog enveloped cities across China Thursday morning, causing low visibility in several regions. The fog started to appear in cities like Wuhan in Central China and Urumqi in Northwest China earlier this week, creating traffic jams. On Thursday, Beijing authorities shut down multiple highways to avoid accidents, while the northeastern city of Shenyang issued the highest-level alert as visibility reduced to less than 20 meters in some areas
Nov 17, 2021 16:58 PM

Gallery: Chinese Driver to Join F1 Team
Zhou Guanyu is set to become the first Chinese racer to join a Formula 1 team, after Alfa Romeo announced Tuesday it had signed him to team up with Valtteri Bottas for the 2022 F1 World Championship. The up-and-coming 22-year-old is currently ranked second in the F2 championship with three wins
Nov 16, 2021 17:28 PM

Gallery: Ice Floes Appear on Songhua River
The section of the Songhua River in Harbin, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province has begun to freeze, with temperatures plunging to around -10 C, leading to the formation of ice floes. The floating ice, which appears twice a year, is a special attraction for the city’s residents
Nov 15, 2021 18:17 PM

Gallery: North China’s Dalian Battles Covid Surge
Dalian, a port city in Northeast China’s Liaoning province, is battling a spike in Covid-19 cases, with more than 200 new infections recorded since Nov. 4. The local government has designated over 30 Covid-19 risk areas, and locked down parts of the city. Curbs have also been imposed on university students in the nearby town of Zhuanghe, where cluster infections have been detected
Nov 13, 2021 17:27 PM

Gallery: Caixin Summit Draws Big Names
Attendees including former Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming spoke Saturday on the second and last day of the 12th annual Caixin Summit. The topics of the talks ranged from China’s new economic growth drivers, global asset management and environmental and social governance
Nov 12, 2021 17:52 PM

Gallery: Caixin Summit Welcomes Thought Leaders
Leading figures in politics, business, finance and medicine attended Caixin’s 12th annual summit, which was held partially online because of the pandemic. The event, which is taking place in both Beijing and Singapore, featured speeches, forums and roundtables on the theme of Building a Community of Shared Future. Caixin Media Publisher Hu Shuli delivered an opening speech at the event Friday morning in Beijing
Nov 11, 2021 19:35 PM

Gallery: Inside Hong Kong’s New M+ Museum
The M+ Museum, a new landmark that showcases the contemporary visual culture of Asia, is set to open to the public on Friday in Hong Kong, with over 50,000 pieces of art. As one of 17 venues of the city’s West Kowloon Cultural District, the museum contains 33 galleries, as well as shops, restaurants, and multifunction spaces. It’s also an ideal place to view the city's skyline
Nov 10, 2021 18:46 PM

Gallery: Northern China Battles Blizzard
The heavy snowfall that started Saturday continues to batter parts of northern China. The blizzard in Tongliao in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region has lasted for about 46 hours as of Tuesday, bringing 59 centimeters of snow, the highest since 1951. As of 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, the snowfall has affected the lives of thousands of residents, leaving one dead, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The snowstorm has caused estimated direct economic losses of 34.46 million yuan
Nov 09, 2021 18:37 PM

Gallery: Northern China Hit by Heavy Snowfall
A cold wave swept across many parts of China over the last few days, bringing heavy snowfalls and plunging temperatures. From Monday to Tuesday, Inner Mongolia autonomous region in the north and Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces in the northeast are estimated to have received 20 to 36 millimeters of snowfall, according to the China Meteorological Administration
Nov 08, 2021 20:21 PM

Gallery: Shenzhou-13 Crew Completes First Spacewalk
The astronauts finished their first extravehicular operation Monday after six and a half hours of work outside China’s Tiangong Space Station. Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping carried out the spacewalk while Ye Guangfu worked inside the Tianhe core module to aid their work. Wang has become the first Chinese woman to walk in space. The Shenzhou-13 mission consists of two to three planned extravehicular operations for astronauts to construct the space station and conduct scientific experiments
Nov 05, 2021 20:19 PM

Gallery: Artistic Expressions of Environmental Crises
A World Meteorological Organization report released during COP26 says that 2021 is set to become one of the seven hottest years on record, highlighting the rising global risks of climate change. Caixin has compiled photos of artworks by artists and environmental groups around the world aimed at drawing people's attention to the environmental crises that threaten the planet
Nov 04, 2021 19:39 PM

Gallery: Thick Fog Disrupts Traffic Across China
Dense fog has enveloped cities across central and northern China, disrupting air and road traffic since early this week. In the region around Beijing, the fog reduced visibility to less than 200 meters in some areas Wednesday, resulting in traffic restrictions and highway closures. In Zhengzhou on Tuesday, the fog pushed the AQI in the city to above 180, which is categorized as unhealthy. The National Meteorological Center issued a third-level yellow alert Thursday morning, predicting that the fog will last until Saturday afternoon
Nov 03, 2021 18:50 PM

Gallery: Northeast China Tightens Covid Curbs
China reported 93 local Covid-19 cases Tuesday, with more than a third found in Heihe city of Heilongjiang province, prompting officials to step up control measures. Heihe has deployed more than 10,000 officials, medical workers and volunteers, locked down multiple communities, and conducted over five rounds of mass Covid-19 testing since Oct. 27
Nov 02, 2021 19:17 PM

Gallery: Bangkok Reopens to Vaccinated Visitors
Suvarnabhumi Airport welcomed the first group of international travelers Monday after Thailand allowed quarantine-free travel to fully vaccinated visitors from over 60 countries, including China, the U.K., and the U.S. The Grand Palace, Bangkok’s most famous landmark, reopened to the public on the same day, after being closed due to Covid-19. The vaccine policy is aimed at reviving the country’s tourism industry which has reportedly lost more than 3 million jobs
Nov 01, 2021 19:10 PM

Gallery: Shanghai Disney Closed Due to Covid
The theme park said Sunday night that it will close its Disneyland and Disneytown areas to comply with the Covid-19 prevention requirements of the Shanghai government after a person who tested positive had reported visiting the resort on Saturday. On Sunday night, all visitors were asked to take nucleic acid tests before exiting. People who had visited the resort over the weekend were required to report to their residential communities, take four more nucleic acid tests, and isolate themselves. As of 8 a.m. Monday, more than 30,000 people have been tested. No positive cases have been found
Oct 29, 2021 18:04 PM

Gallery: China Reinforces Grotto Relics Protection
Provinces across China are stepping up efforts to protect grotto temples following the completion of a national investigation on grotto relics from September 2020 to June 2021. Even though the country is expected to completely eliminate the threats to such sculptures by 2035, multiple factors such as natural disasters present obstacles to the preservation
Oct 28, 2021 20:30 PM

Gallery: The Building of Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory
Electric-vehicle juggernaut Tesla has announced that it has finished building the innovation and data centers at its Gigafactory 3 plant in Shanghai. The innovation center is the U.S. automaker’s first research center outside its home country. Work at the innovation center will focus on developing software, materials and other projects. And the data center will store the operations data that the company collects in China. Tesla started construction on its Shanghai factory, where it produces its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, in 2019
Oct 27, 2021 17:53 PM

Gallery: Beijing Locks Down Some Areas to Contain Delta
Beijing has closed off a number of communities across the city to contain the current outbreak of the Covid-19 variant. Residents in these areas are required to stay at home and take a Covid test. Besides, the city has prohibited the sale of fever medication in drugstores to prevent people from hiding an infection. More vaccination points have been set up to encourage people to get a booster shot
Oct 26, 2021 18:28 PM

Gallery: China Marks Sanitation Worker’s Day
In China, Oct. 26 is designated as National Sanitation Worker’s Day, which was created in 1987 to recognize the efforts of those who keep the environment clean and safe for people. According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the total number of sanitation workers in the country reached 1.8 million in 2020. Besides the daily cleaning tasks, these workers also undertake other jobs, such as disinfecting public areas to prevent the spread of diseases
Oct 25, 2021 17:54 PM

Gallery: China Intensifies Steps to Contain Delta
Cities across China are intensifying measures to tame the latest delta surge, which has spread to 11 regions in a week, affecting hundreds of residents. Communities in high-risk areas have been locked down, and rounds of mass Covid-19 tests are underway. According to the National Health Commission, China reported 39 new cases Sunday, including 35 local cases and four imported ones