China Insights

At 4,800 meters above sea level, world’s highest manned weather station stands vigil

By Li Hongmei, People’s Daily Over five hours northbound by train from Lhasa, in southwest China’s Xizang autonomous region, the landscape ascends steadily toward…

A three-generation bond with China

By Abdulkhakimov Jaloluddin (Uzbekistan) I’m a student from Uzbekistan, now pursuing a master’s degree in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages at the…

Zhejiang’s Pingyang turns pet products into big business

By Dou Hao, People’s Daily Pingyang county in east China’s Zhejiang province, has reinvented itself as a pet-lover’s paradise. When 1990s-born local Zeng Yao…

Ningxia’s arid plains yield vintage prosperity

By Qin Ruijie, People’s Daily On a sunlit terrace at the Chateau Huida Sunshine, nestled in Hongsibu district of Wuzhong, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui…

Exposing the illegitimacy of the South China Sea arbitration and its so-called ‘award’

By Ding Duo Each year around July 12, international discourse resurfaces regarding the so-called South China Sea arbitration and its so-called “award.” This year…

Transboundary waterfall symbolizes growing ties between China and Vietnam

By Zhang Yunhe, Qu Pei, Liu Lingling, People’s Daily Along the China-Vietnam border, the China-Vietnam Detian-Ban Gioc Waterfall cascades across both nations. As the…

Why has Guangdong become a magnet for robotics innovation?

By Han Xin, People’s Daily In a public square in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong province, a robot performs a precisely choreographed routine – fluid…

N China’s Shanxi accelerates transition to cleaner energy

By Liu Xinyan, Zheng Yangyang, People’s Daily From the platform at the Tashan power plant in Datong, north China’s Shanxi province, a  1,500-meter-long enclosed…

Honoring the enduring legacy of Nanyang Volunteer Drivers and Mechanics

By Li Maoying, Qu Pei, People’s Daily High on the Western Hills of Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan province, stands a nine-meter monument engraved with…