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Seeing the world together

[2017-04-29 09:38]

The photos on this page are all selected from a photographic competition named Maple Leaf Cup 2016 "Foreign Teachers in China".

Saga of selflessness

[2017-04-01 07:46]

In Mianning county, Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province, the village doctor Ma Li is alone at the health center. On the door is her phone number.

Theater group uses panda tracks to find its way through Chinese history

[2017-03-18 07:27]

Two Italian explorers follow the footprints left by a panda and venture into the culture and history of China. This is the story being told in Panda's Home by Italian visual theater group TPO.

Sea sentries

[2017-03-04 07:22]

Covering an area of only 0.013 square kilometer, Kaishan Island sits at the outpost of the Yellow Sea, near the junction of Japanese and South Korean international waters.

Enjoy the sunshine

[2017-02-25 07:11]

Spring is about vitality and brilliance. An ancient Chinese poem goes: "Only silly people will not have fun in spring."

Putting Chinese diplomacy into frame

[2017-01-07 06:48]

Xu Genshun may already be 67 this year, but the memories of his profession as a political photographer are still as intact as the poignant images he once shot.

Reindeer Herding In Russia's Arctic

[2016-12-24 07:35]

In Russia's remote Arctic regions, reindeer herding has been a way of life for centuries.

On offer: Vietnam's homestyle fare

[2016-12-17 10:02]

Saigon Mama opens a Beijing branch, bringing its Southeast Asian style to the capital's international Sanlitun area.

Living in harmony with nature

[2016-12-17 09:50]

Every year the world loses an area the size of Britain to a layer of concrete. Planet Earth II, the 2016 British nature documentary series produced by the BBC as a sequel to Planet Earth, ended this week with a message calling on viewers to ponder the possibility of peaceful coexistence of humans and other species.

Nongtang:symbols of a vanishing life in Shanghai

[2016-11-26 07:16]

Nongtang, a unique type of Shanghai neighborhood, is an indispensable way of life for tens of thousands of Shanghainese. It can be said that if there were no nongtang, there would be no Shanghai and no Shanghai people.

Traveling back in time

[2016-11-12 14:14]

The Beijing subway officially opened to the public on Sept 11, 1981. Since the most recent line opening late last year, the total length of the subway is about 554 km, with a share of more than 55 percent of the total public transport in the city.

The camp that redefined luxury

[2016-10-22 07:27]

Tucked away in the remote recesses of the Tibetan Plateau in Gansu province, Norden Camp exists in its own vacuum of serenity.

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