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Mar 20, 2025 16:51 PM

Gallery: Burmese Refugees Flee War to Toil in China
In Lincang, Southwest China’s Yunnan province, a significant portion of laborers on sugarcane farms are Burmese, including many refugees fleeing the country’s civil war. These workers are filling critical labor shortages across the border region, where local populations are shrinking due to migration and declining birth rates, according to an associate professor at Yunnan Open University
Mar 06, 2025 18:51 PM

Gallery: ‘Two Sessions’ Start
The two biggest annual events on China’s political calendar kicked off this week in Beijing. The annual meetings of the national legislature and the top political advisory body began with much fanfare, including a performance by a military band. The meetings are widely covered by the media as they can offer a glimpse into China’s policy priorities for the year
Feb 05, 2025 18:59 PM

Gallery: Ringing In the Year of the Snake
Travel and box office sales boomed during the eight-day Lunar New Year holiday as people flocked to tourist attractions and movie theaters. Travelers made an estimated 2.3 billion trips between the country’s regions during the holiday, which ended Tuesday, state media reported. The domestic box office taking for holiday movie releases hit $1.3 billion as of Wednesday morning, a record high, authorities said. During the holiday, visitors crowded temples, train stations, and at least one museum where a robot dog offered onlookers a New Year’s greeting
Jan 23, 2025 19:32 PM

Gallery: Caixin’s Davos Luncheon Highlights AI
The rise of AI and its global implications dominated the discussion at a Caixin-hosted CEO luncheon Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland. The closed-door event, which took place during the WEF’s annual meeting, brought together dozens of global leaders including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan and Primavera Capital Chairman Fred Hu. Those attending shared their views on matters ranging from shifts in geopolitics — particularly in U.S.-China relations — to global cooperation on trade, health and the climate
Jan 08, 2025 18:35 PM

Gallery: Rescuers Rush to Xizang
The death toll of the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Xizang rose to 126 as of late Tuesday, while 188 people have been injured. Power has been restored to the three most devastated villages near the epicenter in Tingri county
Dec 26, 2024 17:28 PM

Gallery: Christmas Sparks Spending in China
Although it’s not an official holiday on the Chinese mainland, the festive spirit was on vivid display in Christmas markets, decorated trees and fireworks displays throughout the country. The holiday saw people head out to shop and spend at a time the country is struggling to revive sluggish domestic consumption. In the first 11 months of 2024, retail sales of consumer goods in Beijing and Shanghai recorded year-on-year declines for most months. Analysts attribute the trend to an outflow of high-net-worth individuals and young professionals, caused by the exit of foreign enterprises, high unemployment and the overall economic slowdown
Dec 06, 2024 19:40 PM

Gallery: Spring Festival Wins U.N. Recognition
UNESCO has added China’s celebration of the Lunar New Year to its world intangible cultural heritage list. The addition enshrines the holiday’s status as a practice worthy of preservation. UNESCO has recognized 44 Chinese cultural elements or practices on the list. The Spring Festival is China’s biggest holiday of the year. Next year’s festival, which falls on Jan. 29, marks the start of the Year of the Snake
Nov 29, 2024 14:13 PM

Gallery: Destruction in Lebanon
Since the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire took effect on Wednesday, tens of thousands of Lebanese who had fled their homes returned to scenes of devastation in their towns and villages
Nov 18, 2024 18:37 PM

Gallery: Straining to Stand Out at the Guangzhou Auto Show
Automakers have been competing for the spotlight at the 22nd Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition, which ends today, as competition grows ever fiercer in the world’s largest car market. Brands such as Xiaomi, BYD and Mercedes-Benz showcased new models and intelligent driving technologies while major component suppliers including Huawei and CATL showed off their cutting-edge technologies
Nov 15, 2024 14:55 PM

Gallery: Airshow China Takes Flight
The biennial event this year follows the 75th anniversary of the founding of the country’s air force, and has attracted over 1,000 exhibitors from dozens of countries and regions
Oct 30, 2024 18:25 PM

Gallery: China’s Shenzhou-19 Space Mission Takes Off
The spacecraft carried three astronauts, including the country’s only female spaceflight engineer, into orbit on Wednesday, where it docked with the Tiangong space station. The mission will last about six months, during which the crew will conduct experiments and take spacewalks. They will replace the crew of the Shenzhou-18 mission, who are scheduled to return to Earth on Nov. 4
Oct 25, 2024 18:41 PM

Gallery: Readying for Launch
The Shenzhou-19 spacecraft will carry astronauts into space on the second of the two crewed missions that China has planned for this year. The first occurred in April. The upcoming launch of the 40-plus-ton rocket assembly will take place in the coming days following a series of pre-flight tests
Oct 08, 2024 18:30 PM

Gallery: China Wraps Up Golden Week
The weeklong National Day holiday ended on Monday, with travelers making 765 million domestic trips between Oct. 1 and Oct. 7, government data showed. That’s up 5.9% from the comparable period last year. Meanwhile, tourist spending rose 6.3% to 700.8 billion yuan. Both figures surpassed pre-Covid levels in 2019. The most popular domestic destinations were Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing and Shanghai
Oct 01, 2024 20:18 PM

Gallery: Big Names Grace Asia New Vision Forum
More than 400 business leaders, industry experts and decision-makers from over 10 countries and regions gathered in Singapore for the Caixin-organized event, which explored solutions to global issues from an Asian perspective, ranging from technology innovations to consumption and the environment
Sep 18, 2024 18:10 PM

Gallery: China Lights Up for Mid-Autumn Festival
The domestic tourism industry got a boost during the public holiday, with travelers spending the long weekend at popular tourist sites and lantern fairs. Holiday-makers made an estimated 205 million trips on each of the three days through Tuesday, an increase of 28.2% over the comparable period last year, state media reported
Sep 12, 2024 20:02 PM

Gallery: China Gears Up for Mid-Autumn Festival
While Beijing is to hold a huge lantern festival, people across the country will celebrate the holiday through traditional crafts, activities and foods, such as mooncakes imprinted with symbolic designs
Sep 06, 2024 17:11 PM

Gallery: Four Killed in U.S. School Shooting
The U.S. was rocked by another school shooting on Wednesday. A 14-year-old gunman killed at least four people, including two students, and wounded nine more when he opened fire at a high school in the state of Georgia, law enforcement said. The shooter — a student at the school — was taken into custody. He will be charged with murder and tried as an adult, authorities said
Aug 28, 2024 19:14 PM

Gallery: Inspiration Behind Black Myth: Wukong
The success of video game Black Myth: Wukong has sparked a tourism boom in North China’s Shanxi province, whose history and culture heritage inspired much of the title’s stunning visuals. Released on Aug. 20, the game selected 36 sites across China as in-game backdrops, 27 of which are in Shanxi, including Shuanglin Temple and Yungang Grottoes. On the back of Wukong’s wild popularity, Shanxi’s culture and tourism department on Aug. 22 launched a themed travel package designed to allow travelers to experience in real life the historical relics and buildings featured in the game
Aug 23, 2024 15:29 PM

Gallery: Farmers Float Balloons
At Hongze Lake Farm in Suqian, East China’s Jiangsu province, farmers are using hydrogen balloons to spray agrichemicals on rice crops to increase yield, as part of the country’s broader effort to enhance agricultural efficiency
Aug 15, 2024 17:16 PM

Gallery: Ukraine Punctures Russian Border
Ukraine launched a surprise offensive into the Russian border region of Kursk on Aug. 6, capturing over two dozen towns and villages in the most significant incursion into Russian soil since World War II. Ukrainian troops control about 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory and are continuing ‘offensive operations,’ according to a video posted by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday. Moscow ordered the evacuation of nearby towns following the attack last week