A mooncake is a Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The festival is primarily about the harvest while a legend connects it to moon watching, and mooncakes are regarded as a delicacy. Mooncakes are offered between friends or on family gatherings while celebrating the festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is widely regarded as one of the four most important Chinese festivals. read more…
The Huajiang Canyon Bridge is a suspension bridge in Guizhou in China. The bridge crosses the Beipan River as it passes through the deep Huajiang Canyon and is the world’s highest bridge, measuring 625 metres (2,051 ft) from the bridge deck to the bottom of the gorge. It surpasses the previous highest bridge, the Duge Bridge, which crosses the same river 200 kilometres (120 mi) upstream. The bridge was opened to the public on 28 September 2025. read more…
Laogai (short for laodong gaizao, which means reform through labor, was a criminal justice system involving the use of penal labor and prison farms in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Laogai was gradually abolished starting in 2001, with many laogai facilities being converted into prisons or detention centers. read more…
Spring rolls are rolled appetizers or dim sum commonly found in Chinese, Vietnamese and Southeast Asian cuisines. The kind of wrapper, fillings, and cooking technique used, as well as the name, vary considerably depending on the region’s culture, though they are generally filled with vegetables. read more…
Huzhou is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province (Hangzhou–Jiaxing–Huzhou Plain, China). Lying south of the Lake Tai, it borders Jiaxing to the east, Hangzhou to the south, and the provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu to the west and north respectively. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,367,579 inhabitants, of whom 1,015,937 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Wuxing District as Nanxun District is not being conurbated yet. read more…
