Tag Archives: China

 COMING SOON FEBRUARY 2017  Directer: Wai Man Yip Cast: Yong-hwa Jung ,Barbora Mottlová, Yan Tang, Nicholas Tse,  Michelle Wai, Storyline:  A Cantonese street cook and his chief rival, a French-trained Michelin-starred chef, discover they have a lot in common as they prepare for a world-famous culinary competition. An international culinary competition becomes a battleground …

Monday, 6 February 2017 It seems like the whole country has changed its preferences for dog breeds. Since 2012, when a Tibetan mastiff pup sold for 20 million yuan ($2.9 million) in Shandong province, the country has become obsessed with brown toy poodles. Guo Jishi, who runs a pet dog …

Monday, 6 February 2017 Beijing: A record 6.15 million trips were made by Chinese mainland tourists to overseas destinations during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, which ended on Thursday, according to the China National Tourism Administration. That is an increase of 7% compared with last year’s Spring Festival. About 374,000 …

Saturday, 4 February 2017 Beijing: Many cities in northern China will face a smoggy weekend due to the windless weather, while smoke from firecrackers will worsen pollution in some areas, the national environmental authority said. Air quality has started to decline in many northern regions, and will reach a low …

Saturday, 4 February 2017 BEIJING – A car crashed and overturned near Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing on Friday which police blamed on the driver losing control on a slippery road, cautioning against the spreading of rumors. Police said on their official microblog on Friday that the 26-year-old …

Friday, 3 February 2017 Traffic slowed to a crawl on major highways on Thursday as tens of millions of people returned home after the Spring Festival holiday. About 94.2 million people were expected to travel on Thursday. Traffic was slow on several major highways, including Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway and Shanghai-Chongqing …

Thursday, 2 February 2017 Scientists from Taiwan have reportedly found the remains of a dinosaur in China, which contain remnants of its collagen protein. This material forms the basis of the connective tissue that is adjacent to the muscle and forms part of the meat of the animals. It was present in the vascular channels …

Thursday, 2 February 2017 OSAKA – The Lunar New Year holiday season kicked off Friday as Chinese and other tourists jammed major airports ahead of Asia’s traditional turn of the year on Saturday. “I have visited Japan 10 times or more and love this country,” said Li Wen-hsuan, 46, upon …

Wednesday, 1 February 2017 Beijing: China’s nutritious meal programme has improved rural students’ physical fitness and helped more students to study in rural schools. “The average height and weight of students in our school have greatly improved since the introduction of nutritional food,” said Zhang Yongming, head teacher of Gejia …

Tuesday, 31 January 2017 BEIJING: A Chinese man was taken to hospital after being bitten by a snake he had already killed and was planning to eat for a Lunar New Year meal. A reflex in the jaws of the dead, non-venomous oriental rat snake led to it biting the …