A site which used to be illegal buildings is now recovered with green. Photo: Courtesy of Chongqing forestry administration China’s central environmental inspection is the country’s largest, highest-level environmental campaign. Since 2016, the inspection and its “looking back” review mechanism have taken place across the country, diagnosing environmental problems. The campaign uncovers some drawbacks of …
Illegal buildings are demolished in the Jinyun Mountain, Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. Photo: Courtesy of Chongqing forestry administration To recover the ecology of a mountain national reserve seated in Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, original residents on the mountain moved out and illegal constructions were demolished amid a national environmental campaign. Li Xinghua’s old house had …
On November 2, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs opened its official Twitter account, following the efforts of Chinese embassies and diplomats around the world. The account, dubbed “spokesperson office,” has more than 14,200 followers. Tweets are often quotes from daily foreign ministry press conferences with a picture of the spokesperson for a given week. …
Children in Xinjiang play happily with a muscial drum. Photo: Cui Meng/GT Typing “China” on Twitter’s search engine, numerous tweets on heated topics concerning China come up. Many of them deal with China’s economy and political system, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Tibet Autonomous Region and Hong Kong. The increasing attention paid to China by the …
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev casts his ballot at a polling station in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, June 9, 2019. Kazakhstan’s presidential election kicked off with seven candidates vying for the top office. (Photo: Xinhua) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson appreciated Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s fair and just remarks on Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, saying that the president’s …
Rioters occupy the streets in a protest in front of the Hong Kong Police Headquarters on August 18. Photo: Cui Meng/GT Editor’s Note: In the six-month of chaos in Hong Kong, rioters have spread a lot of rumors trying to mislead the international community. The Global Times compiled some of these rumors and held them …
Fu Dawei (right), in the traditional Manchu costume, teaches Manchu language on Saturday. Photo: VCG Fu Dawei, a citizen of Shenyang, capital of Northeast China’s Liaoning Province, teaches residents Manchu language free of charge. Fu, in his late 50s, holds Manchu language classes every Saturday at a museum in Shenyang, aiming to save the language. …
A student presents a bouquet on behalf of his classmates to their teacher Yu Jie during their senior high school class. Yu is a PhD graduate from Tsinghua University. Photo: VCG A recruitment list from the No.1 Middle School affiliated to Central China Normal University ignited debate on China’s social media platform. The list released …
Children in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Photo: Cui Meng/GT A senior imam in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region called on Western media to stop spreading rumors about Xinjiang, and he invited more people to visit Xinjiang to experience its social stability and harmony. “In my view, it is very good and necessary to set …
People attend a culture and tourism festival themed on Dolan and Qiuci culture in Awat County of Aksu Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, Oct. 25, 2019. The festival kicked off recently in Aksu Prefecture. (Xinhua/Sadat) Some Western media and politicians turned a blind eye to the great efforts on counter-terrorism made by people …