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Profile: The last female hunter hits target of shaking off poverty

Wearing sparkling earrings and high heels, 29-year-old Na Si is bottle feeding her one-year-old son. Few would connect the modern mom with a very primitive skill -- hunting. "I was able to hit a

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Conspiracies of COVID-19 origins

Editor's note:James Rae is a professor at California State University Sacramento. He was also a Fulbright Scholar at Beijing Foreign Studies University from 2017 to 2018. The article reflects the

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China to extend tax relief policy for western firms

China's financial authorities decided to extend the term of tax relief measures targeting corporates in western China for another three years, as a powerful prop to pr

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Southwest China steps up epidemic prevention in border areas

China has strengthened the epidemic prevention and control work in its southwest border regions to reduce the risk of importing COVID-19 cases from South Asia, said a

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Top political advisor stresses overcoming challenges in poverty alleviation

China's top political advisor Wang Yang has called for more efforts to focus on the new challenges brought by the epidemic to the disadvantaged to ensure high-quality

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Chinese villager hands pet parrot to police to better protect wildlife

A villager in southwest China's Yunnan Province has handed the parrot that he has been petting for six years to the police. He obtained the parrot, a blue-and-gold mac

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Plants show stress response to recent droughts in SW China

01:04 In mid-April, many orchids at Xishuangbanna Botanic Garden in southwest China's Yunnan Province are blooming ahead of time.Orchids, including the pinecone-like raceme dendrobium,

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Discover China: Tourism aids ethnic village's fight against poverty

With spring in the air, Yu Guisheng, a guesthouse owner, has been busy these days catering for the crowds of tourists who are flocking to his home village tucked away

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China installs antenna reflector for Mars exploration mission

China integrally hoisting the antenna reflector for its Mars exploration mission in Tianjin, north China, April 25, 2020. /CCTV China integrally hoisted and installed the antenna reflector for

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Chinese military medical personnel arrive in Myanmar to assist in COVID-19 fight

A team of medical personnel from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Friday arrived in Myanmar's Yangon to assist the country in fighting against the COVID-19.

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Discover China: Green shoots of prosperity grow out of rock cracks in SW China

Aerial photo taken on May 9, 2019 shows the scenery of the terraced fields in Changxing Village of Changsha Township in Chishui, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xi

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Picturesque view of tea garden in Yunnan

MENGHAI, APRIL 23 (Xinhua) -- As a famous Pu'er tea producing area of China, Bulang Ethnic Township on Bulang Mountain, southwest China's Yunnan, boasts picturesque sce

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China to strengthen information sharing, cooperation with Mekong River countries: spokesperson

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang is seen at a press briefing in Beijing, capital of China, April 21, 2020. (Photo courtesy of Chinese Foreign Ministry) China will enhance hydro

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Reclusive ethnic villagers lifted out of poverty by protecting nature

01:18 For many generations, villagers in Dulong River Canyon have used ziplines to criss-cross the river, their skills are amazing, but also dangerous. Gongshan Derung

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"Non-contact" Mekong River joint patrol begins

The 92nd Mekong River joint patrol led by China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand started on Tuesday from Jingha Port, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southwest C

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Tunnel on China-Laos railway completed

The construction of a tunnel on the Kunming-Vientiane Railway to link southwest China's Yunnan Province with Laos was completed on Sunday. The Jingkuan No.2 Tunnel, ab

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Captive breeders hunt for new livelihood amid China's wildlife ban

Hungry for days, scores of snakes lazily slither at a farm in a remote Sanchang village in Anhui Province, occasionally hissing to signal their breeder Wang Yang to fee