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Pandas: China's secret soft-power weapon amid growing tensions with the West

A French zoo will bid farewell to one of its star attractions – a 5-year-old giant panda – on Tuesday, with the bear set to participate in a breeding programme in China’s Sichuan province. Although Yuan Meng was born in France, he is Chinese property on loan to the zoo…

France 24

Restaurant that challenges diners to eat 108 dumplings lands in trouble with police

The restaurant in Yibin, Sichuan is being investigated for violating China's strict anti-food waste laws - a big issue in China as many elderly people have memories of losing their loved ones to the world's largest famine during the 1950s and 60s

Daily Mirror

4 dead, 900 evacuated after landslides triggered by flash floods in southwest China

Four people have died and three others are missing after landslides hit a county in China’s southwestern Sichuan province, leading authorities to evacuate more than 900 people

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An ongoing food festival in Coimbatore lays out Cantonese, Sichuan and Hunan fare

Master Chef Lian Yun Leif lays out some of the timeless delicacies of Cantonese, Sichuan and Hunan, at an ongoing Chinese food festival

The Hindu

Optical Illusion: Hiker thought he saw a 'ghost'; here's what this spooky figure was

A hiker in the Sichuan province of China thought they were seeing a ghost because they thought they could make out the shape and picture of a "ghost" in the distance, along with shining haloes and beams of sunlight through the clouds. The hiker thought the creature was waving to…

The Times of India

Natural optical illusion sees 'ghost' appear on top of mountain in eerie footage

Baffling video footage shows what appears to be a person waving in the clouds surrounded by a rainbow-like halo on top of a mountain in the Sichuan province of China

Daily Mirror

Explore regional Chinese cuisine at Pagoda Chinese Restaurant

Pagoda Chinese Restaurant at Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park embarks on a new journey through flavourful recipes from different regional Chinese cuisines with marbled Wagyu as the highlight ingredient.

Bangkok Post

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Daniel Andrews returns from media-free China trip as opposition vows to pursue unanswered questions

Victorian premier reveals it was his decision not to invite media on his four-day mission to China

The Guardian - AU

Japanese wave goodbye to 3 more pandas returning to China

SHIRAHAMA, Japan: Eimei, a giant panda that has lived in Japan for 28 years, has left west Japan's Wakayama park along with his twin daughters to fly back to China.

Bangkok Post

Japan bids teary farewell to pandas sent to reserve in China

Japanese panda fans bid teary farewells to their idols Xiang Xiang, “super papa” Eimei and his twin daughters who were sent to China to live in a protected facility in Sichuan province

The Independent UK

Chinese province ends ban on unmarried people having children

Sichuan measures aim to encourage more people to have children after population fell for first time in 60 years

The Guardian - UK

China's Sichuan frees unmarried people to legally have children

Health authorities in China's southwestern province of Sichuan will allow unmarried individuals to raise a family and enjoy benefits reserved for married couples, in the latest effort to bolster a falling birth rate.

Reuters

Rural residents worry for elderly as COVID rips across China

In a busy village clinic in Lezhi county in southwest China's Sichuan province on Thursday, 59-year-old Yang waited anxiously as her husband received an intravenous drip in the adjacent room.

Reuters

China Reports 2 New COVID Deaths as Some Restrictions Eased

China on Sunday reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic restrictions amid increasingly vocal public frustration over the measures. The National Health Commission said one death was reported each in the provinces of Shandong and Sichuan. No information was given about the ages…

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Rebel with a ‘tingly’ cause: Yao Zhao brings piquant peppers to the US

His company, 50Hertz Tingly Foods, isn’t a chili oil or spice purveyor – it’s a ‘sensory company’ importing the taste of China’s Sichuan province to the US

Bangkok Post

Rich Chinese eye life abroad amid questions about Xi Jinping policy direction

In early November, amid a resurgence of coronavirus outbreaks across China, a luxury hotel in the southwestern province of Sichuan was fully booked with hundreds of immigration consultants for a three-day summit.

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Money is 'A Made Up Thing' — but that doesn't change rising inflation

Author and podcaster Jacob Goldstein says we don't think of money as a technology, but we should. He traces the first paper currency to China's Sichuan province, and ponders the Fed's next move.

Dynamite News

China's drought threatens its food and energy security

Over 900 million people in over 17 provinces, as well as an estimated 2.2 million hectares of agricultural land in China, have been impacted by the record high temperatures, adversely impacting its food and energy security. Read more on Dynamite News:

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The Independent UK

Man missing for 17 days after Sichuan earthquake found alive

A man who was missing for 17 days after an earthquake in southwestern China has been found alive

Los Angeles Times

Drought, record heat and blackouts test China's faith in renewable energy

TAIPEI, Taiwan — With 80% of its electricity coming from hydropower, the province of Sichuan in southern China has been lauded as a model for a clean energy future in the nation most crucial to the worldwide fight against climate change.

Reuters

China's Sichuan returning to normal as earthquake death toll hits 93

Officials in China's Sichuan province, which was hit by an earthquake that killed 93 last week, lowered the emergency response level as most transportation, electricity and communication services resumed, state media reported on Tuesday.

The Guardian - AU

Sichuan fondue and cheat’s custard tart: Rosheen Kaul’s Chinese-ish recipes

Drawing from her eclectic mix of backgrounds, Kaul shares three joyfully inauthentic, colourful recipes

Asharq Al-Awsat

China's Chengdu Extends Covid Lockdown

The Chinese megacity of Chengdu has extended a Covid-19 lockdown in most areas, maintaining curbs that have ground business to a halt and confined the majority of its 21 million residents to their homes. China is the last major economy welded to a zero-Covid strategy, tamping down virus flare-ups through…

Reuters

Death toll in China's Sichuan earthquake rises to 86

The death toll from a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan has risen to 86, state media reported on Thursday.

Reuters

Millions in China's Chengdu thrown into extended COVID lockdown

The Chinese city of Chengdu extended a lockdown for a majority of its more than 21 million residents on Thursday to prevent further transmission of COVID-19 while millions more in other parts of China were told to shun travel in upcoming holidays.

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