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  • Sino-Russian stable relations

    2012-12-21

    I would like to evaluate the relations between Russia and China in 2012 in the context of the last 10 years and their projection into the future, as well as looking at them through the prism of global problems.

  • An icy blast

    2012-12-21

    While birds fly south for the winter, people in China head north to see one of the country's most spectacular sights - the ice sculptures of Harbin.

  • Ice without borders

    2012-12-21

    Making art from frozen water takes both determination and creativity. Zhou Huiying follows sculptors from seven countries around Harbin's annual winter festival.

  • China conducts survey of endangered Siberian tigers

    2012-11-21

    Authorities in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province are conducting a survey to find the exact number of endangered Siberian tigers as their numbers may have increased.

  • A fishy deal

    2012-11-21

    After more than a decade living overseas, I've come to consider myself a somewhat savvy expat. Yet I recently paid a princely sum for a fish and still wonder if I've been had or not.

  • Wild Siberian tiger spotted in NE China

    2012-11-21

    A wild Siberian tiger was spotted on a forestry farm in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Sunday, forestry officials said Tuesday.

  • Agricultural insurance shelters farmers in grain belts

    2012-11-21

    China's fledgling agricultural insurance sector has buffered farmers against greater losses after hail, pest outbreaks and a massive typhoon hit China's breadbasket, the northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin.

  • Harbin to host ice, snow festival

    2012-11-21

    The annual event is known as one of the world’s four major ice and snow festivals, together with those in Oslo, Quebec, and Sapporo.

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.