Tibetan doctor Lama’ala feels the pulse of a monk. Photo: Li Hao/GT Doctor Lama’ala’s consulting room is always the busiest one in the Beijing Hospital of Tibetan Medicine. The hospital, located in Beijing’s Chaoyang district, is not big, but patients arrive from all over China with big hopes Tibetan doctors can cure their illnesses. “He …
Linghan, the snow leopard during surgery Photo: Courtesy of Xining Zoo Chinese veterinarians successfully completed the world’s first cataract surgery on a snow leopard on Tuesday in Northwest China’s Qinghai Province. Linghan, an older snow leopard, was recovering from the cataract surgery on his right eye at the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Wildlife Zoo (Xining Zoo) on …
Photo: VCG Egrets rest in mangrove forest in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China’s Hainan Province, Oct. 17, 2019. The mangrove area in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve has increased from 1,578 hectares in 2001 to 1,771 hectares today. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu) Photo taken on July 3, 2018 shows the Red Beach scenic area in …
A worker carries water to a road construction site in Nonghe Village in Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 13, 2019. Dahua, where rocky hills cover over 90 percent of the land, is one of the most impoverished areas in south China’s Guangxi. In 2016, over 100,000 people, one fourth …
Egrets rest in mangrove forest in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China’s Hainan Province, Oct. 17, 2019. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu) Accounting for 15 percent of China’s land territory, the 2,750 natural reserves are home to hundreds of kinds of rare and endangered animals and plants. China owned 2,750 natural reserves across the country at the …
The polluted area in the Tengger Desert Photo: A screenshot of thepaper.cn Authorities in Northwest China is investigating a local paper company that had discharged waste into the Tengger Desert, one of China’s largest deserts, and covered the case for 20 years due to unclear administrative jurisdiction. The government of the Zhongwei city, Ningxia Hui …
A man crosses a street in smoggy conditions in New Delhi, India on Monday. Millions of people in India’s capital started the week choking through “eye-burning” smog, with schools closed, cars taken off the road and construction halted. Photo: AFP China’s remarkable achievements in reducing and managing air pollution could be educational for India, Chinese …
Totally 100,000 postcards with messages against climate change on the Jungfraufirn, the upper part of Europe’s longest glacier Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland on November 16, 2018 Photo: VCG New research shows that sea levels are rising faster than expected, and by 2050, some of the greatest coastal cities, including Shanghai, will be wiped out. But …
Photo: IC Chinese President Xi Jinping has underlined the important role of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in building “Healthy China.” The country should carry on fine elements in TCM and innovate them, Xi said in a recent instruction, stressing that traditional medicine is a treasure of Chinese civilization embodying the wisdom of the nation and …
File photo: Xinhua Chinese authorities published a comprehensive plan to control air pollution in Beijing, Tianjin, North China’s Hebei Province as well as surrounding areas which could experience heavy air pollution in autumn and winter. The plan issued by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said the average PM 2.5 concentration in the regions in …