A young man went viral in
#China
for reading
@FukuyamaFrancis
’s Origins of Political Order at a module hospital in Wuhan designated for
#coronavirus
patients. His calmness contrasted with the bustling hospital and showed the power of civilization.
#LIVE
#ShanghaiDisneyland
reopens to the public on May 11 after
#COVID19
disruptions. The number of visitors is limited, and indoor performances, daily parades, and children’s play zone remain closed. Join The Paper at the reopening ceremony!
#Tabletennis
legend Deng Yaping mentions pop star
#WangYibo
in an interview and hopes that he can represent
#China
to participate in the Olympic Games if he dances well enough. Breakdance will debut as the official Olympic sport at
#Paris2024
.
Respect! A
#doctor
on a flight from Guangzhou to New York uses a makeshift device to suck urine out of an old man’s body when the man is found to be in danger of breaking his
#bladder
due to inability to urinate. 2 doctors on board help solve the crisis.
Wearing protective uniforms, medical staff from the Dongxihu District People′s Hospital in Wuhan,
#China
send
#LunarNewYear
wishes to the public via video, reassuring the country that they will fight against the
#coronavirus
.
Sina Weibo has prohibited 43 accounts from posting for 15-30 days as they spread malicious rumors about pop stars like
#JacksonYee
,
#KarryWang
, and
#LayZhang
recently. The rumors have been refuted by the celebrities’ representatives or fan clubs.
66 days later, more than 700 medical workers return to Shanghai after combating the
#CoronavirusOutbreak
in Hubei. The head of the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital saw them off at the airport as they fought side by side for more than 2 months.
天问一号成功登陆火星,总设计师张荣桥哭了
After China’s
#Tianwen1
Rover landed on Mars Saturday, Zhang Rongqiao, chief designer of the country's first Mars exploration mission shed tears.
Fu Xuejie, wife of Dr.
#LiWenliang
, gave birth to a baby boy today. Fu says this 2nd child is the last gift that Li left her. She was hospitalized after hearing that her husband died of
#COVID19
in Feb., &had to lie to 1st child that Li had gone abroad.
#StarWars
9 premieres in
#China
on Dec. 18. Action director Yang Liang who was involved in several Star Wars movies reveals that Adam Driver would train 4 hours nonstop while Daisy Ridley completed her action sequences in spite of the heavy lightsaber.
Pop idols
#CaiXukun
,
#YuShuxin
, and
#ZhouZhennan
take the lead as the most popular idols from reality shows in 2020, according to the Weibo Entertainment White Paper. Actress
#YangZi
wins the honor of the star with the highest commercial value.
The
#doctor
who sucked 700-800ml urine out of an old man’s body in a medical emergency on a plane goes viral in
#China
due to his selfless act. A long-term colleague tells The Paper that he has worked for 30 years and is known for his professional ethics.
#DonaldTrump
dominated the Weibo trending list in 2020, followed by pop idol
#WangYibo
and renowned pulmonologist
#ZhongNanshan
. The list was updated every 10 minutes, and Trump made the list 589 times in the past year.
Two months later, The Paper returns to the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan where early cases of
#COVID19
were found. A witness says he saw snakes, turtles, weasels, and hedgehogs in the market. The Wild Animal Protection Law will be amended this year. Full:
The temperature in Beijing went as low as -17.1 degrees Celsius on Jan. 6, breaking the record since 2000. Two tortoises in Beijing Zoo put on customized sweaters knitted by staff members to keep warm.
On his way back home, a man from Wuhan was stranded between Anhui and Henan after both sides denied him of entry due to the
#CoronavirusOutbreak
. He had to sleep in his car by the highway for 2 nights. Local hotels also refused to accept Wuhan guests.
Popular Chinese girl group
#THE9
’s rapper
#XieKeyin
tells The Paper that she has dreamed to be an actress since her childhood as an act of rebellion against life. As a theatrical performance graduate, she shares her ongoing journey toward this dream. Full:
Raise a pet at work! Some companies in Hangzhou now allow employees to pet animals in the workplace to relieve stress. One company even promoted a dog as Chief Comfort Officer. (Dushikuaibao)
Returning from
#Canada
to
#China
amid
#CoronavirusOutbreak
, pop singer and actor
#KrisWu
is now undergoing a 14-day quarantine. While
#COVID19
halted the production of a TV series that he stars in, the crew will resume the production soon.
On July 12, more than 100 people in Wuhan stuffed sandbags under a bridge overnight so as to seal the watergates along the Yangtze River. These sandbags will help prevent water from overflowing. All gates are being blocked and reinforced.
翻译家许渊冲的告别仪式在京举行。
A funeral to bid farewell to distinguished Chinese translator Xu Yuanchong who passed away at the age of 100 was held in Beijing on Tuesday.
现场供吊唁人群领取的纪念卡片上印双语寄语:不到绝顶,永远不停
7月6日上午,12头瓜头鲸在浙江台州临海头门港海域搁浅。酷暑下,百余人、历经10余小时的紧急救下9头,3头因搁浅时间较久死亡。
Chinese workers saved 9 of 12 beached pilot whales in the waters of a port in Linhai, Zhejiang province on Tuesday.
男子游泳偶遇小鸭子被当成“顺风船”
Hitch a ride! When swimming in the river, a man in Dezhou, Shandong came across a raft of ducklings. They then climbed onto his back to make their journey easier.
Within 76 hrs 30 mins, the Wangjia Dam on Huai River in Fuyang opened 13 gates to discharge 375mln m³ of flood on July 20-23, affecting 195000 villagers in the Mengwa flood storage area. Farmers rushed to save crops&evacuate before the flood arrived.
Marriage Story starring
#ScarletJohansson
&
#AdamDriver
will headline the online film screenings held by the Beijing Intl Film Festival and iQIYI. With offline screenings postponed due to
#COVID19
, the virtual event may help films reach a bigger audience.
Shanghai Ballet Company brings the third masterclass online today.
#Ballet
dancers perform famous sections of
#SwanLake
, including the White Swan Pas de Deux, Four Little Swans, and Dance of the Four Swans. Enjoy it through the following video!
Pay ¥150,000 for a concert? The price of concert tickets for the hit Chinese TV drama,
#TheUntamed
, climbed as high as 75+ times according to some scalpers. With 16,000 tickets in total, the concert sold out within 5 seconds. #陈情令 #ปรมาจารย์ลัทธิมาร
A
#Shanghai
teacher brings traditional culture from tea to etiquettes to pupils in
#Xinjiang
as she is assigned to support development there. Children tell The Paper that they’re excited abt such classes cuz they can wear traditional costumes. Full video:
#Microsoft
announces that it has developed the world’s most powerful
#AI
system for
#Mahjong
so far. This system called
#Suphx
has reached Level 10 and has played against human contestants 5000+ times, demonstrating remarkable thinking skills.
#WAIC2019
Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum reopens today after three years of expansion and renovation. The museum uses primary sources to immerse visitors in the history of the Jewish refugees who lived in Shanghai in the early 20th century.
Shanghai Museum will display 11 paintings with threads of Kesi and embroidery during the Ming and Qing Dynasties for the first time. The Kesi technique was introduced when the ancient silk road emerged. Get a sneak peek!
#China
and
#Chile
have reached an agreement for Chile to set up a consulate general in Chengdu that will cover services in Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Shaanxi. Chile is the first Latin American country to set up a consulate general in Sichuan.
Oct. 18 marks the 160th anniversary of the burning of the Old Summer Palace by British and French invaders. Shall we keep it as ruins or restore it to its former glory? Experts have long debated this issue, but the protection of current relics is pressing.
Starring
#LuHan
&
#WuLei
, the net drama series abt the game
#CrossFire
reaches out to audience members who don’t know much abt video games. The director Derek Hui says he doesn’t play the game but wants to share a positive life attitude through the story.
Will this work? To enforce
#socialdistancing
measures, a primary school in Hangzhou lets first graders wear DIY hats that are 1m in width so that these children can remember to keep their distance from each other on the first day of class.
Did they spot a dragon? Local authorities in Weining, Guizhou deny the rumor that a dragon howled there, saying that the abnormal sound was fabricated by netizens. The strange sound was recorded in mountains recently, drawing visitors to film videos.
Water
#MONSTERS
in the Three Gorges? Netizens speculated that the giant mysterious creature might be a fish or a big snake. Experts believe it is unlike living animals, more like floating objects.
1/9 Where is Yingying? Three years after she disappeared, The Paper returns to the hometown of
#YingyingZhang
, the Chinese visiting student at
#UIUC
@Illinois_Alma
who got kidnapped and killed by Brendt Christensen. Her body still hasn’t been found yet.
@YingyingFilm
Disabled leading dancer Tai Lihua and another CPPCC member touch many netizens for “singing” the national anthem in sign language at this year’s CPPCC National Committee opening session. The official sign language version was released on March 1.
A 16-second video of disabled nine-year-old girl Gao Jiajia in Bijie, Guizhou walking to the school garnered millions of views. She had her left foot amputated after a car accident at the age of three. Her mom hopes that she can get an artificial limb.
On this
#InternationalWomensDay
during the
#CoronavirusOutbreak
, it’s time to remember the female doctors and nurses that played a key role in the development of Western medicine in
#China
. They were some of the first modern female professionals in
#China
.
Local authorities in Menghai County, Yunnan deny rumors that a herd of
#elephants
drank 30kg liquor and passed out in a tea garden. The fact is that elephants went downhill and intruded into villagers’ homes, causing damages.
A new TV drama series is removed from video platforms in
#China
for anachronistic depictions of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. The depiction of Communist soldiers as having too much hairspray and machine guns verges on fantasy.
For the town of Xiejiatan in Poyang, Jiangxi, it only took 8 hours from water rising to the town being submerged. Locals scrambled to move to high ground. After the water receded, they face the muddy and stinking aftermath while uncertain about the future.
7月4日,整个中国夏季颜值最高的独库公路全线开通。过往经验来看,独库公路一般9月下旬再次封闭,最晚不过10月,所以一年中最多只有2-3个月时间来体验这条“中国最美公路”。
Known as one of China's most beautiful roads, the Duku Highway reopened on Sunday after the winter hibernation
A netizen in Langfang, Hebei came across a man riding a pig along the street there. The well-trained pig could walk straight, enabling its owner to get absorbed in his smartphone without any concern.
Disney, Lucas Film, and Tencent’s China Literature officially released
#China
’s first
#StarWars
novel online on Dec. 17. Incorporating traditional Chinese elements like Qiankun and Bagua, it depicts the protagonist’s adventure in a new galaxy.
We are all fighters! A young woman from Shenzhen,
#China
delivers a speech in English regarding the
#CoronavirusOutbreak
. Since humankind is facing a common challenge, she hopes to convey hope and confidence to the world. Full video:
A historical building on wheels! Dating back to about 100 years ago, an old building from a Catholic nunnery in Jinan, Shandong is moved to a nearby location due to urban development needs. This is the largest moving project of its kind in
#China
so far.
By 11 pm on July 12, the flood peak had passed the Wuhan section of the Yangtze River, according to local authorities. Water levels at the Hankou, Jiujiang, and Hukou stations were lower than those in the 1998 floods which wreaked havoc.
This may be the coolest thank-you gift ever! Japan’s Bandai Namco
@bnam_jp
sent
#Shanghai
Police’s Huangpu branch a limited edition of the golden Unicorn
#Gundam
model to thank the police for cracking down on millions of fake anime merchandise.
Beijing Daxing Int'l Airport, designed by the late Zaha Hadid, is among the 29 architecture in
#China
that won the Architizer A+ Awards this year. Others include Lize SOHO in Beijing, %Arabica Coffee in Shanghai & a bathroom in the mountains in Yantai.
A Sichuan boy who went viral three years ago for carrying his 1-year-old brother on the shoulders in the snow has now moved to a new house along with his family. He also got introduced to basketball and is a main player on his school’s team. (Xinhua)