A BLACK WORLD: Coal brings both wealth and challenges to Datong we had been forewarned that Datong would be extremely taxing on our lungs. The city of 3 million in northern Shared Province lies at the center of the co...A BLACK WORLD: Coal brings both wealth and challenges to Datong we had been forewarned that Datong would be extremely taxing on our lungs. The city of 3 million in northern Shared Province lies at the center of the country’s largest coal-producing region in north China.展开更多
Even in winter the variety of flora in Xishuangbanna in southwest China’s Yunnan Province is an im- pressive sight to behold. The north tropical monsoon climate ensures a year- round abundance of fruit. Besides run-o...Even in winter the variety of flora in Xishuangbanna in southwest China’s Yunnan Province is an im- pressive sight to behold. The north tropical monsoon climate ensures a year- round abundance of fruit. Besides run-of-the- mill offerings such as pineapples, coconuts and bananas is more exotic fare such as pa- payas, tamarinds, jackfruit and mangosteens.展开更多
One thing that I have come to know after living in China for more than a year is that there is a saying or legend for just about everything.And,of course,there is one for the panda bear。
Ateam of barefoot young peoplet ake to the water on 7.5-meter-long bamboo poles and maintain their stability with ease as they glide across the Hongfeng Lake in southwest China’s Guizhou Province.But unlike local mer...Ateam of barefoot young peoplet ake to the water on 7.5-meter-long bamboo poles and maintain their stability with ease as they glide across the Hongfeng Lake in southwest China’s Guizhou Province.But unlike local merchants who long agou sed large pieces of bamboo as makeshift floats to get their wares to market,thesey oung people are professional,full-timea thletes in the ethnic minority sport of single bamboo drifting.展开更多
It was a typical morning on the Yangtze River,overcast with mist covering parts of the lush riverbanks while fog hid the sculpted peaks beyond. I stepped
Hong Kong provides horses, officials and spectators with 5-star facilitieswhile the new and highly impressive Olympic venues in Beijing have received the lion’s share of media attention, the two
The United States steps up to the plate and uses sport to improve its image in China Two teams of table tennis players from opposite sides of the world cracked the icy relations between China and the United States in ...The United States steps up to the plate and uses sport to improve its image in China Two teams of table tennis players from opposite sides of the world cracked the icy relations between China and the United States in 1971 when they played a series of exhibi- tion matches in Beijing.While the nine American players were in the capital city of China,they met with Chinese students and workers,attended social events and visited the Great Wall and Summer Palace.This ping-pong diplomacy helped to pave the way for the then President Richard Nixon’s historic trip to China the following year—the first ever for a U.S.president—and the beginning of rapprochement between the two Cold War adversaries.展开更多
文摘A BLACK WORLD: Coal brings both wealth and challenges to Datong we had been forewarned that Datong would be extremely taxing on our lungs. The city of 3 million in northern Shared Province lies at the center of the country’s largest coal-producing region in north China.
文摘Even in winter the variety of flora in Xishuangbanna in southwest China’s Yunnan Province is an im- pressive sight to behold. The north tropical monsoon climate ensures a year- round abundance of fruit. Besides run-of-the- mill offerings such as pineapples, coconuts and bananas is more exotic fare such as pa- payas, tamarinds, jackfruit and mangosteens.
文摘One thing that I have come to know after living in China for more than a year is that there is a saying or legend for just about everything.And,of course,there is one for the panda bear。
文摘Ateam of barefoot young peoplet ake to the water on 7.5-meter-long bamboo poles and maintain their stability with ease as they glide across the Hongfeng Lake in southwest China’s Guizhou Province.But unlike local merchants who long agou sed large pieces of bamboo as makeshift floats to get their wares to market,thesey oung people are professional,full-timea thletes in the ethnic minority sport of single bamboo drifting.
文摘It was a typical morning on the Yangtze River,overcast with mist covering parts of the lush riverbanks while fog hid the sculpted peaks beyond. I stepped
文摘Hong Kong provides horses, officials and spectators with 5-star facilitieswhile the new and highly impressive Olympic venues in Beijing have received the lion’s share of media attention, the two
文摘The United States steps up to the plate and uses sport to improve its image in China Two teams of table tennis players from opposite sides of the world cracked the icy relations between China and the United States in 1971 when they played a series of exhibi- tion matches in Beijing.While the nine American players were in the capital city of China,they met with Chinese students and workers,attended social events and visited the Great Wall and Summer Palace.This ping-pong diplomacy helped to pave the way for the then President Richard Nixon’s historic trip to China the following year—the first ever for a U.S.president—and the beginning of rapprochement between the two Cold War adversaries.
