We’re zigzagging through streets beside the Seine River, and despite the fact that I’ve lived in Paris for the best part of a decade, I feel as if I’m seeing it all anew.
Read MoreIn May 2020, China became the first major country in the world to introduce a central bank digital currency. Initially only available to select users in trial cities, it is now gaining ground across the country.
Read MoreChina is the world's largest producer and consumer of plastic products. But a series of new laws in effect since January 2020 aim to significantly reduce plastic pollution over five years. So are these goals realistic and is China willing to kick its plastic addiction?
Read MoreMany women and young girls in China, especially in rural areas, cannot afford feminine hygiene products. The lack of basic menstrual knowledge and the common menstruation taboo in China only worsen the situation. FRANCE 24 met with Chinese women who are fighting to change the situation.
Read MoreRentrer en famille célébrer l'Année du Buffle malgré un voyage parsemé de restrictions anti-Covid? Ou rester seul à #Pékin comme l'incitent à le faire les autorités? Le dilemme agite les Chinois travaillant dans la capitale. Reportage France 24 de Charles Pellegrin, Anna Hartley et Zhifan Liu.
Read MoreThe Chinese city of Wuhan, epicentre of the disease, continues to show signs of recovery in terms of health and its economy. Local officials report GDP is close to 90 percent of its level before the outbreak. FRANCE 24 correspondent Charles Pellegrin filed this report with Anna Hartley and Charlie Wang.
Read MorePlus d'un an après l'apparition du virus SARS-CoV-2 à Wuhan en Chine, la vie reprend son cours normalement ou presque. Car, l'épidémie a laissé des traces à bien des égards. Reportage de notre correspondant, Charles Pellegrin.
Read More“This adventure of mine was oriented around the Chinese heartlands and the core myths that are at the heart of Chinese history and modern society.”
Read MoreFrance and China both have proud language traditions, a long history of cultivating the arts, and *ahem* overly-hierarchical and opaque bureaucratic systems. But best of all, they both have very old and interesting culinary traditions. Here are a couple of dishes that connect these two diverse nations.
Read MoreThese are all one-day rides fit for more advanced cyclists so you probably shouldn't attempt these on a shared bike (unless you're a sucker for pain). We've given approximate distances from the Chaoyang District area, but of course, you can modify the route however you like.
Read MoreNormally one of Beijing's busiest retail sectors, Sanlitun has become a ghost town.
Read MoreChina is currently experiencing the largest quarantine in human history. By some estimates, more than 46 million people are now under lockdown in Wuhan and surrounding cities.
Read MoreI have signed up with the Hutong, a small independent cultural center and school based in Beijing, for a week-long cycling and cultural tour of Xishuangbanna, in the southernmost part of Yunnan province, which is itself in the far southwest of China.
Read MoreRegardless of where you come from, there are a few steps we all should take to ensure we are safe and secure during our time in Beijing.
Read MoreMeredith Sides and Catherine (Katie) Tarrant are the founders of Naked拿颗酱 (formerly Naked Nut Butters), which won the Poverty Alleviation award in the category of Small/Medium Enterprise at the China Social Impact Awards on Nov 7, 2020.
Read MoreThe biggest Beijing book news this year was arguably the closure of our beloved Sanlitun bookstore and hangout, The Bookworm. Yet while this certainly left a big hole in our community, when it comes to actual books, 2019 still offered plenty to be happy about. We look back on a selection of the Beijing and China-related books that caught our eye this year, and made waves both here and abroad.
Read MoreAt just 33 years old, French travel enthusiast Aurélie Gonet has achieved more than most people attempt in a lifetime. Since leaving her hometown of Dijon, France on Mar 3 this year, she has ridden over 7,000km by bicycle and traversed 16 different countries.
Read MoreMaintaining a healthy friendship at the best of times requires some work and commitment, and when one of you moves far away, things can get more than a little tricky. Over the years I have picked up a few tips about how to maintain friendships abroad, and specifically, from China.
Read MoreToday marks exactly one year since my husband and I arrived in Beijing. It’s been quite an adventure for us both, and as with any life change, I've learned, grown, and changed a lot. Mostly because I did everything ass-backward. There were moments when I've wished that a future version of myself could whisper the secrets of Beijing in my ear and smooth the path before me. But if I actually had the opportunity to go back in time and share such pieces of advice, what would they be?
Read MoreDrop by a stand-up comedy night here in Beijing and you'll probably see a lineup of straight, white men behind the microphone. But if one of those such men, David Jacobs of Comedy Club China, has anything to say about it, that's all about to change.
Read MoreAnna Hartley is an Australian writer based in Paris.
