Category: China
Letters sent surface mail cost 10 fen within the same city and 20 fen to destinations elsewhere. Airmail inside the country costs 30 fen. There is also an express …
Meeting The most important source of energy is undoubtedly coal which supenergy plies 73% of the nation’s requirements with oil the second largest requirements (17%). There are also major …
Nowadays rickshaws (sanlunche) are more strictly speaking “pedicabs” with passengers in covered seats pulled along by someone pedalling a bicycle rather than running between the shafts. If you’re not …
In 1956 Mao introduced the “Hundred Flower” movement, a reference to the Hundred Schools of the Warring Kingdoms period, with the aim of promoting education, science and culture. In …
Ji’nan is situated in the west of the province of Shandong, between the Huanghe in the north and the Taishan in the south, at 117°E and 36°41 N. The …
South of the Temple of Huacheng Si stands Zhantanlin Temple (late 18th c.). It contains statues of Sakyamuni, Guanyin and Dizang. The best-known temple on Mount Jiuhuashan is that …
The Outer Gate was situated at the south end of Tian’An Men square. It was The Outer Gate erected in 1421, and burned down in 1780 and again in …
In Sanshia, 22km/13% miles south-west of Taipei, the Tsu Shih Temple which was destroyed during the Second World War is being rebuilt. Visitors can watch the artists and sculptors …