Over the past few years, more and more people in China appear to be glued to their phones. Apparently, this abundance of phones in the world’s largest marketplace for smartphones is among the reasons for the rise of “no-mobile-phone-phobia” in China. It should also be pointed out that a myriad of mobile apps that incorporate …
Wang Baojing overlooks Fenghuo village from a construction site. Photo: Xie Wenting/GT Among the pile of books stacked beside Wang Baojing’s bed are Xi Jinping: The Governance of China and Learn the People’s Skills with Chairman Mao. The 86-year-old, who lives in Fenghuo village, Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, reads them attentively, notes down his interpretations …
Zhang Jinxing rests during an expedition in Shennongjia, Hubei Province, in April 2001. Photo: CFP Zhang Jinxing has spent the last 22 years in search of the Chinese Bigfoot, or yeren, in Shennongjia, a nature reserve in the western part of Central’s China Hubei Province. No solid proof of its existence has been found so …
Illustration: Luo Xuan/GT India is one of the few spots still buzzing with high growth in the global smartphone landscape, and has thereby increasingly become a magnet for smartphone makers from its giant northeastern neighbor, China, where the market for smartphones has now hit a plateau after years of explosive growth. These Chinese trailblazers are …
Zhang Mengfan Photo: CFP For most people, the memory of the August 12, 2015 blasts in the coastal city of Tianjin, which killed 159 people, is fading away. But for Zhang Mengfan, a firefighter with the Tianjin No.8 fire brigade, the explosions continue to haunt him. The night of the explosions, Zhang was manning the …
Lots of excitement has been generated this past week by the annual Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances at the Messe Berlin exhibition center, where Chinese tech giants, ZTE and Huawei included, ignited a lot of the enthusiasm with out-of-the-box tech gismos. The rise of Chinese tech brands, not only …
Zhang Haidi(right) meets a woman who looks up to her and regards her as idol. Photo: CFP In October , a Chinese woman will become the new president of Rehabilitation International (RI) , a global organization that empowers people with disabilities and provides sustainable solutions towards achieving a more inclusive society for them. Zhang …