The earliest way of cooking in China: Steamer

One of the earliest ways of cooking in China was to steam food over trailing water. This practice is yet to be abandoned. In ancient times, food was steamed over earthenware with a basin-sized mouth and many holes at the bottom. Food was placed on a porous fabric spread at the bottom. This container was heated on top of a water container over a fire. Steam penetrating through the holes at the bo...

Internationalized Hainan

The proposal by Hainan provincial government to transform the island into an international tourism destination is likely to be approved in the near future, according to experts quoted in a recent report by China Securities Journal. The construction of Hainan International Tourism Island is moving forward with only relevant policies needed, analysts were quoted as saying. Chi Fulin, head of Chi...

Residents in Guangzhou trash plan to construct incinerator

Experts and decision makers are faced with a dilemma about how to keep the environment safe and deal with the huge amount of household garbage, a problem highlighted in a recent dispute surrounding a planned incinerator in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. "We must address the problems of garbage incineration and garbage sorting," Lü Zhiyi, deputy secretary general of the Guangzhou Government said...

The international garden city of China—Tonglu

Tonglu County, situated on the Fuchun River, is under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou is the Shanghai Economic Development Zone. It is endowed with not only natural beauty but also historic and cultural sites, which were both greatly extolled by ancient poets. Its tourist attractions ranked as national parks as early as 1983 include the Fuchun River, Tongjun Hill, Yan Ziling Angling Terrace, the Ba...

Celebrating singledom, customs in a foreign country

One of the excellent advantages of living overseas is the opportunity to mark and celebrate the customs of all of your friends around you, your newly-found home and of course, those of your own. When you add these international days and celebrations up, not many weeks go by when there isn't something on. On the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month, in Australia we take a minute's silen...

Signs of makeover on Chongqing's expat street

A popular expat street in Southwest China's Chongqing went through a makeover of sorts after several racy overhead street signs were removed to make way for more sanitized ones that reflect China. Foreigners' Street or Yangren Jie, a riverside road in Nan'an district, is renowned for its restaurants, pubs and cafés, some of which are operated by foreigners. The signs, erected by workers on the...

Heavy snow blanketed North China

Heavy snow blanketed Shijiazhuang, capital of North China's Hebei Province, for a second day and paralyzed all transport, provincial authorities said Wednesday. Meteorological officials said the city recorded 7.44 centimeters of precipitation in the 24 hours till 6 am Wednesday, with the accumulated snow 48 centimeters thick in most areas. It was the heaviest snowfall in the city since 1955 wh...

Aliens are living in Yunnan?

     Aliens are living in Yunnan, Heilongjiang and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to a professor of physics at Yunnan University.     "The complicated terrain of these places makes them perfect for observation of us earthlings," said Zhang Yifang, director of the Kunming UFO Research Association. A flying object is seen on Va...

5th Chinese bloggers conferences open in Guangdong

Bloggers from China and overseas convened in the city of Lianzhou, South China's Guangdong Province Sunday to chitchat about how instant communication is changing the world. More than 150 people attended the 5th Chinese Bloggers Conference (CBC), under the theme of "micro power and a broader world." The two-day event focused on micro-blogging and the application of web 2.0 technology, with a v...

German man died in accident in Beijing

A German man died after hitting a roadside tree while driving an hijacked taxi in Chaoyang district, Beijing early Saturday morning, leaving a South Korean woman in the backseat seriously injured. The taxi's driver surnamed Wang said he was picking up the woman at the Lidu Hotel at about 4 am, when the man, known later by police as Thomas, suddenly grabbed the door and pulled him out. The man j...