Yin Jixian answers young people’s questions related to war and history online. Photo: Li Hao/GT Although the Chinese public generally take a harsher attitude toward North Korea for its sporadic nuclear tests, some veterans who fought in the Korean War think differently. “If the US wages a war against North Korea, we should …
Gas masks and other equipment used at Unit 731 are exhibited in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. Photo: VCG “As long as I’m still alive and able to talk, I won’t stop telling the truth and advocating for peace,” said Japanese Yamabe Yukiko. The 89-year-old is one of the few Japanese who are now sharing the history …
Illustration: Peter C. Espina/GT It may be too early to get nervous about frothy bubbles in China’s Internet sector, but the country’s remarkable rise to global fame in terms of churning out unicorns does merit attention. The world’s second-largest economy – one of the twin engines of global Internet development along with the US …
Food waste Photo: VCG In a food waste recycling plant in Zhangqiu district in Jinan, East China’s Shandong Province, piles of food waste, freshly delivered here from local restaurants and canteens, are waiting to be recycled – by cockroaches. After being ground, the food is pumped into glass containers in the plant through a pipe, …
Huang Hongxiang dedicates himself to preserving Africa’s wildlife. Photo: Courtesy of Huang Hongxiang Huang Hongxiang remembers the first time he went undercover as a researcher for animal protection NGO Eagle Network, when he pretended to be a merchant from Hong Kong and came face to face with a smuggler in Uganda. He met the …
Qian Jun stands in front of a men’s room at the US House of Representatives in March. Photo: courtesy of Yu Ting Public Welfare Foundation Although he has been jokingly nicknamed by media as “China’s Mr Toilet,” Qian Jun insists that toilets are no trivial matter and that he will continue to fight for improved …