Category archives: Foreign

By Mark Aylwin Thomas “Through his being and working, many blades of grass will grow in places where none grew before.” This epitaph was penned by Rewi Alley, New Zealand-born writer, social reformer and educator,  in memory of my uncle George Aylwin Hogg. Rewi Alley was a co-founder of the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives (CIC), and […]

By Huan Xiang, Han Liqun, Hu Renba, People’s Daily Horgos, located in the Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, lies directly on the border with Kazakhstan. Once a vital stop along the northern route of the ancient Silk Road, it has become an important gateway for China’s opening up to […]

By Li Kaixuan, People’s Daily More than 40 cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements, including large-scale industrial drones, fully implantable brain-computer interface, and aerial welding robots, were unveiled by high-growth companies at a debut event on Chunxi Road in the Jinjiang Economic Development Zone, Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan province. The showcase drew crowds of locals and […]

By Li Junjie, People’s Daily In Taihe county, Fuyang, east China’s Anhui province, a unique stall has become a fixture in a local park every weekend and on public holidays. It does not sell snacks or trinkets. Instead, it displays cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) manikins and first-aid kits, inviting passersby to stop, learn, and practice essential […]

By Chris Nash As the famous British poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote, “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” Her words poignantly articulate my affection for China. Reflecting on more than a decade of life and work there, a stream of vivid memories returns with remarkable clarity. In Beijing, I strolled through […]

By Zhu Dawei, People’s Daily Looking down from the skies above Yichun in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, the city presents a boundless expanse of forest stretching toward the horizon. With a forest coverage rate of 83.8 percent, the city boasts the world’s best-preserved Korean pine forest ecosystem. To the north, across the Heilongjiang River, lie […]

By Ji Juesu, Liu Junguo, People’s Daily At midday in a bustling yakiniku restaurant in Hachinohe, Japan, grills sizzled with freshly cooked meat as a delivery robot deftly navigated between tightly packed tables, serving steaming plates to diners. “The robot delivers steadily, clean and safe,” the restaurant’s manager remarked with evident approval. The robot was […]

By Wang Yuan, Liu Mengdan, Zhou Zhou, People’s Daily Fuyuan, a county-level city administered by Jiamusi, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, is dubbed “the east pole of Huaxia (historical concept representing China)”. Separated from Khabarovsk, the largest city in Russia’s Far East, by the Heilongjiang River, the two cities are just 65 kilometers apart by water. […]

By Zhao Juecheng, Fan Lingzhi, Global Times; Zhang Bolan, Xian Gan, People’s Daily A 17-hour flight from Athens, Greece, to Lhasa in China’s Xizang autonomous region- including a layover in Beijing – bridges five time zones. This journey from the Aegean Sea to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau spans a distance once unimaginable to ancient travelers. Yet […]

By Pan Junqiang, Li Jianguang, People’s Daily From Aug. 8 to 12, the 2025 World Robot Conference (WRC) was held in Beijing under the theme “Making Robots Smarter, Making Embodied Agents More Intelligent.” The event brought together over 200 robotics companies from around the world, presenting more than 1,500 exhibits and debuting over 100 new […]