Chinese Daily Photos for 2020!!!

We're taking the mask off today. Photos from before the mask..before the dark times.





People climb the Badaling section of the Great Wall to pray for blessings on New Year's Day, on Jan 1, 2020. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]



A group poses for a selfie on the Badaling section of the Great Wall as a way to celebrate the New Year on Jan 1, 2020. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]



Students attend a wine class in Beijing. Photo provided to China Daily
Basic know-how

Learning about the origins, varieties and vintages of wine, how to properly decant it and the right variety to accompany dishes help broaden the consumer experience, he added.

"For industry insiders, basic know-how will help them better run their business, while for consumers, it will help them better choose and appreciate different kinds of wine."

Walker said that just a decade ago, wine education was rare in China. "But since around 2012, the number of people learning about wine and the number of training schools have both seen explosive growth."



Rebecca Li, an etiquette expert, holds a wine course. Photo provided to China Daily

12.24.2019...Around 1,000 people taste the noodle on-site. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]



Staff members count the number of bowls. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]





The lines formed by 3,988 bowls of rice noodles was certified by Guinness World Records as a world record in terms of the longest lines of noodle bowls at Jinshi in Changde city of Central China's Hunan province on Sunday.



Well, they had to wear a mask...

12.24.2019...The noodles were cooked by 20 chefs and 20 assistants. Around 1,000 people tasted the noodles on-site

Kindergarten students learn to sort waste into four categories in a game in Rugao, Jiangsu province, earlier in June. XU HUI/FOR CHINA DAILY



During 2019...Many expressway toll booths are replaced with electronic toll-collection (ETC) devices. [Photo/IC]



A Tibetan woman draws thangka, a distinctive style of painting in Tibetan culture, at a promotional event held in Beijing on Dec 8, 2019. The event promoted specialty products from Southwest China's Sichuan province in an effort to help the province in its poverty alleviation campaign. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/chinadaily.com.cn]



Saleswomen from Tibetan and Qiang minorities promote baijiu, a Chinese liquor produced in Sichuan province, to visitors at a promotional event held in Beijing on Dec 8, 2019. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/chinadaily.com.cn]



A visitor takes photos with a teaching robot at the 2019 International Educational IT Solutions Expo, or Smart Show 2019, in Beijing. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]

12.02.2019...A robot interacts with children in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Sunday, the first day of a weeklong event promoting the national Constitution. China's National Constitution Day, designed to promote awareness of and education about the Constitution, falls on Wednesday. [Photo by YANG TAO/FOR CHINA DAILY]



Children fly planes in Guanyun county, Jiangsu province on Nov 24 2019 as part of activities organized by local care facilities, also known as "homes of left-behind children". The facilities mainly provide care and entertainment for children whose mothers and fathers are working in other cities and help with their studies and lives to make up for the absence of their parents. [Photo by Wu Zhengxiang/For China Daily]



Lovers of hanfu － traditional Chinese clothing － gather at Confucius Temple in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Nov 23 2019 for the city's first hanfu-themed carnival. [Photo by Yu Xiangquan/For China Daily]



A park staffer shows wild animal skull specimen to tourists in Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park on Nov 23, 2019. [Photo by Zhang Jiacheng for chinadaily.com.cn]

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China Daily Editor's note: The novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak has had a profound impact on Chinese people's lives. Because of the epidemic, photographer Qian Han has spent the majority of the past 30 days confined in his apartment in Jinan, Shandong province. But with his mobile phone, he has managed to document life returning to normal in his community.



A member of the Aolongguandi residential community in Jinan, Shandong province, exercises at home on Feb 4. [Photo by QIAN HAN/FOR CHINA DAILY]



A resident walks his dog on Feb 10. [Photo by QIAN HAN/FOR CHINA DAILY]



A doorman checks the photographer's temperature at the community entrance on Feb 4. [Photo by QIAN HAN/FOR CHINA DAILY]



A girl flies a kite on the running track at the Olympic Sports Center in Jinan on Feb 22. [Photo by QIAN HAN/FOR CHINA DAILY]



A barbershop in Shunyilu street reopens on Feb 10. [Photo by QIAN HAN/FOR CHINA DAILY]

An interpreter for the Potala Palace live broadcast works via the Taobao platform on March 1, 2020. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

"The interpreter also can interact with the audience from time to time, and the livestreaming can bring online users to places that are usually closed to visitors," Jondan said.

He said the livestreaming was part of the palace's effort to comply with a request by the State Bureau of Cultural Relics to promote museums and cultural sites and conduct online activities using digital information.



A tourist poses for a photo on the observation deck of the Potala Palace. [Photo by Palden Nyima/chinadaily.com.cn]



One of the live broadcast sites of the Potala Palace. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]



A screenshot of the live broadcast video. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

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A model chooses clothes at a fashion market in Zhuzhou, Central China's Hunan province, on March 2, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]



A model shows the details of a piece of clothing at a fashion market in Zhuzhou, Central China's Hunan province, on March 2, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]



Staff members register before entering a fashion market in Zhuzhou, Central China's Hunan province, on March 2, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]



An owner of a clothing shop takes a photo of a model at a fashion market in Zhuzhou, Central China's Hunan province, on March 2, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]



A model introduces tips for choosing clothes during a video livestream at a fashion market in Zhuzhou, Central China's Hunan province, on March 2, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

Fashion businesses have turned their brick-and-mortar stores into livestreaming studios after resuming work amid efforts to fight against the novel coronavirus pneumonia in Zhuzhou, Central China's Hunan province.

More from before the mask..before the "mask" times...





Customers line up for Godiva-White Rabbit ice cream at Raffles City in Shanghai's Huangpu district on Sept 4. [Photo by He Qi/chinadaily.com.cn]

Guanshengyuan Group, producers of White Rabbit candy, has launched a pop-up store in collaboration with Belgian chocolate brand Godiva.

The store offers two flavors of ice creams, which have been much anticipated since March when a US food company launched White Rabbit-flavored ice cream as a Chinese New Year special for Asian-Americans. The product was a major success.

The Godiva-White Rabbit pop-up store, which opened at Raffles City near Shanghai's People's Square on Sept 3, sells two flavors of ice cream at 55 yuan ($7.68) each.

The ice cream, which are made with crushed White Rabbit candy and a bar of Godiva chocolate, are wrapped with the brand's classic glutinous rice paper.



Customers line up for Godiva-White Rabbit ice cream at Raffles City in Shanghai's Huangpu district on Sept 4. [Photo by He Qi/chinadaily.com.cn]



Classic White Rabbit candy is also available at the pop-up store at Raffles City in Shanghai’s Huangpu district. [Photo by He Qi/chinadaily.com.cn]



Customers purchase the White Rabbit ice cream. [Photo by He Qi/chinadaily.com.cn]