Searching for Spring

Visitors make their way through 西湖 (West Lake) park in 杭州 (Hángzhōu), 浙江省 (Zhèjiāng province), China. Photo: 新华社 (Xīnhuá News Agency)/Shutterstock.

Blossom Time

Plum blossoms flower at a wetland park in 杭州 (Hángzhōu), 浙江省 (Zhèjiāng province), China. Photo: AFP/Getty Images.

颱風利奇馬 (Typhoon Lekima)

Vehicles damaged after Typhoon Lekima made landfall in 乐清 (Yuèqīng), 浙江省 (Zhèjiāng province), China on August 9, 2019. Photo: China News Service/VCG via Getty Images.

车票 (Ticket to Ride)

杭州 (Hángzhōu), 浙江省 (Zhèjiāng province), China: Passengers gather in 杭州东站 (Hángzhōu East railway station). Millions of Chinese people travel to their home towns to celebrate the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, with their families. Photo: Reuters.

Alternate Olympus

Tourists eat at a restaurant built on a cliff on 龙泉山脉 (Lóngquán Mountains) in 丽水 (Líshuǐ), 浙江省 (Zhèjiāng province), China. Photo: VCG/Getty Images.

Family Portrait

Over 500 members of a single Chinese family reunite in 嵊州 (Shèngzhōu), 浙江省 (Zhèjiāng province) for the giant photo. Photo: 周建道 (Zhōu Jiàndào)/Sipa Asia/Rex/Shutterstock.

History doesn’t repeat itself

杭州 (Hángzhōu) already boasts a copycat Eiffel Tower, while other Chinese cities feature facsimile reproductions of Manhattan and Tower Bridge. But the firm behind the 浙江 (Zhèjiāng) Gate Towers says any resemblance to New York’s World Trade Center is unintentional. Illustration: Lava.

辩证唯物主义 (Dialectical materialism)

• 浙江省海盐县上万名群众反对垃圾焚烧 | Thousands of people protest against the waste incineration in 海盐县 (Hǎiyán County), 浙江省 (Zhèjiāng province), RedChinaCn.net, April 22, 2016

On April 21, 2016, thousands of people took to the streets in 海盐县 (Hǎiyán County), 浙江省 (Zhèjiāng province), to protest against the waste incineration. Massive clashes broke out between police and the unarmed protesters. Police forces reportedly used water cannons, tear gas, batons, rubber bullets, pepper spray, as well as any other unlawful entry to shut up the people. Countless people were badly injured and arrested. [Read more].

海盐县 (Hǎiyán County), 浙江省 (Zhèjiāng province), April 21, 2016
All photos courtesy of RedChinaCn.net

Waiting room

浙江 (Zhèjiāng), China: Passengers wait inside a railway station after trains were delayed due to heavy snow during the travel rush ahead of the forthcoming Spring festival. Photo: Reuters.