Worthington Lodriga-Sanchez, 8, won first place in the 2017 Student Mars Art (SMArt) Contest in Colorado, USA.Worthington Lodriga-Sanchez, 8, won first place in the 2017 Student Mars Art (SMArt) Contest in Colorado, USA. Lodriga, dubbed the Little Picasso of the Philippines, won in the elementary school category with his painting “Where No Man Has Gone […]
Filipino photographer Jophel Ybiosa is 1st Place Category Winner at the 2017 Moscow International Foto Awards for his photograph depicting a popular Manila scene. Ybiosa’s entry titled “The Feast of Black Nazarene in Manila” won the Events Professional category with its black and white depiction of the annual January procession of pilgrims. The MIFA description […]
Iconic jeepney modernization lauded The electric jeepney industry is praising the government’s initiative to modernize the jeepney, which is set to undergo an upgrade in its road safety standards and fuel use efficiency. The Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines, leaders in the e-jeepney movement, has announced its support for the government’s PUV Modernization Program […]
A growing number of taxis on Beijing’s busy streets are electric. The electric taxis may be better for the environment, but practical problems remain. Some cabbies say finding a charging post can be difficult and inconvenient. It takes about seven hours for a full charge, and about 90 minutes for a “quick charge.” Fully charged, […]
Visitors to China’s Old Summer Palace can now look beyond the physical bricks and mortar and see Yuanming Yuan (圓明園) in its original glory. Digital restoration of the place is finally completed after 15 years’ work – researching historical documents, completing thousands of drawings and digital models – by an 80-member Chinese team, to give […]
State-owned Xinhua Bookstore turns 80 this year. It was established in 1937 by the Communist Party of China in the wartime revolutionary base of Yan’an in Shaanxi province. Its logo is calligraphy written by Mao Zedong in 1948. It is the largest and only book retail chain that covers the country. Today, there are reportedly […]
Peking University announced plans to open a new campus in Oxford, England in 2018. The university says its HSBC Business School bought a medieval campus in Oxford from the Open University in Britain. Near-term plans include building the Peking University Oxford Center and Shenzhen Oxford Innovation Center. This purchase marks the first independent attempt by […]
Archaeologists rediscovered more than 1,500 Buddhist tablets and stone sculptures under Shiye Street in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, following the rediscovery of a lost temple, the West China City Daily reported. The ruins of Fugan Temple, a well-known Buddhist temple dating from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-589) to the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), were […]
No doctor to the royal family would have thought his prescriptions could fetch princely sums some 200 years after his death. Yet, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) imperial physician Wang Bichang’s manuscript which records 540 kinds of prescriptions, has been valued recently at RMB216 million (P1.576 billion). Born in 1764, Wang was selected for the Imperial Hospital […]
The 23rd day of the third month of the lunar calendar is the birthday of Maza (媽祖), prompting festivals in her honor around the world. In Singapore, her birthday is observed in a four-day festival in her honor. Mazu is probably one of the most-worshipped Chinese goddesses. Yet, she began life like anyone: a baby […]