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  • Direct flights connect Harbin, Moscow

    2014-08-29

    The first direct air route from Harbin to Europe, flight U6856, launched its maiden flight, departing Harbin Taiping International Airport at 1:37 pm on Aug 28 and arriving at Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport.

  • Ice Bucket Challenge reaches polar animals

    2014-08-28

    The Ice Bucket Challenge, an Internet activity that began in the US in July, to raise money for people suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), has spread as far as China.

  • China relocates 5,000 people to protect cranes

    2014-08-25

    More than 5,000 people are to be relocated in northeast China to protect a colony of red-crowned crane, a species with a population of only 2,000 in the world.

  • The shared eco-paradise of Russia and China

    2014-08-25

    In the winter of 2012 on the Sino-Russian border, the Wusuli River was covered with thick ice when a female brown bear with two cubs strolled across the river and into China seeking food.This is just one of many media reports of wild animals crossing the

  • NE China seeks harmony between human and nature

    2014-08-24

    In Heixiazi Island wetland reserve, a floating walkway passes through wavering reeds and budding lotus, with the blue sky and white clouds reflected on the water."We saw the beautiful scenery on TV, and decided to come here to experience it first han

  • Rare bird forms unique bond with researcher

    2014-08-22

    An oriental white stork is just a rare bird in most people's eyes, but for Zhao Zhichun, Katyusha is one of his closest friends.

  • Schoenfeld String Competition kicks off in Harbin

    2014-08-20

    The Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition for Violin and Cello 2014 began on Aug 18 in Harbin, and will last until Aug 25.

  • Harbin China Summer Music Festival is a rousing success

    2014-08-19

    When the curtain came down on the 32nd China Harbin Summer Music Festival, in the city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, on Aug 15, music fans had seen more than 2,000 performers from almost two dozen countries and 1500 performances.

Sun Island celebrates song's legacy

The iconic song On the Sun Island was performed by soprano Yu Hongfei on Harbin's picturesque Sun Island 45 years after its debut.