Explore China - Spring Around China

1. Spring Arrives in Lhasa

Lhasa, the capital of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, is thriving with lovely flowers in bloom as spring approaches, March 17, 2015.











(Photos : China News Service/Li Lin)


2. Colorful Yunnan In Spring

Photos taken in early this spring shows the scenery of terraced fields in Yuanyang County, southwest China's Yunan Province. (Photo/Chinapic. people.com.cn)

Below photos show the beautiful scenery of the countryside in early spring in southwest China's Yunan Province. (Photo/Chinapic. people.com.cn)





Below photos show the scenery of Yuanmou Earth Forest in Yuanmou County, southwest China's Yunan Province. (Photo/Chinapic. people.com.cn)









Below photo shows the beautiful scenery of the countryside in early spring in southwest China's Yunan Province. (Photo/Chinapic. people.com.cn)

3. Kunming - Spring Is In The Air

Spring is in the air as the temperature of Kunming gets warmer and flowers enter the bloom season recently. (Xinhua/Lin Yiguang)

Tourists enjoy spring scenery in Yuantong Park of Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province

Tourists enjoy the game of flying chair in Yuantong Park of Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province

A swan rests in Yuantong Park of Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province

Tourists enjoy cherry blossom scenery in Yuantong Park of Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province

Tourists enjoy cherry blossom scenery in Yuantong Park of Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province

4. Visitors Crowd University to View Cherry blossom

Thousands of cherry blossom lovers crowd a 200-meter-long path at Wuhan University in Hubei province on Saturday, turning the usually quiet campus into a crowded park. It was estimated that more than 100,000 visitors made their way to the annual event, March 21 2015.[Photo/Chinanews.com]

A couple from Zhejiang University shares a kiss in front of the romantic blossom. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

Tourists take selfies at the campus. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

A girl smells the blossom as she poses for photos. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

Visitors add bubbles to the blossom. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

Cherry trees in full bloom at Wuhan University. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

Two girls share a selfie with cherry trees as a backdrop. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

Visitors take photos at the university grounds. [Photo/Chinanews.com

5. The Arrival of Farming Season!

As the farming season comes, farmers are busy with spring ploughing. (Xinhua/Yang Fengsheng)

A farmer plants tobacco seedlings in the field in Beihua Village of Luocheng County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

A farmer plows the field in Xinxi Township of Xinyu City, east China's Jiangxi Province

A farmer splashes fertilizer in the field in Zaozhuang City, east China's Shandong Province

Farmers work in the field in Guanchang Village of Jiujiang County, east China's Jiangxi Province

Farmers work in the field in Guanchang Village of Jiujiang County, east China's Jiangxi Province

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Explore China - People Enjoy Beautiful Spring Day

Many citizens enjoy peach blossoms in the Forest Park of Fuzhou after the rainy days. (CNS/Wang Dongming)

Many citizens enjoy peach blossoms in the Forest Park of Fuzhou after the rainy days. (CNS/Wang Dongming)

In southwest China's Chengdu city, people enjoy rape flowers, cherry flowers, pear blossoms all over the mountains. (CNS/Wang Dongming)

n Longshi village, southwest China's Chongqing city, people enjoy the scenery of a small hill in the lake, which seems like "a giant turtle that surfaces from the water". (CNS/Wang Dongming)

In southwest China's Chengdu city, people enjoy rape flowers, cherry flowers, pear blossoms all over the mountains. (CNS/Wang Dongming)

Besides the Nanming River of Guiyang city, citizens go for a walk and do morning exercises in Hebin Park. (CNS/Wang Dongming)

Beautiful plum blossoms in Anqing city, Anhui province. (CNS/Wang Dongming)

People enjoy the fresh spring in Yangzhou city. (CNS/Wang Dongming)

Over 30 swans swim in the Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace, attracting many visitors to take photos. (CNS/Wang Dongming)

Rape flowers make the village in Wuyuan county, Jiangxi province more beautiful. (CNS/Wang Dongming)

Flower festival is held in Wushishan mountain in east China's Fuzhou city. People enjoy themselves and take photos here. (CNS/Wang Dongming)

Flower festival is held in Wushishan mountain in east China's Fuzhou city. People enjoy themselves and take photos here. (CNS/Wang Dongming)

Source - people daily online


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Explore China - Red Earth in Yunnan

Dongchuan, a rural area in the northeast of Kunming, SW China's Yunnan province, is believed to have the world's most imposing red earth, even more magnificent than that in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

Due to the warm and humid climate, the Iron oxide in the soil deposited slowly through years and gradually developed an extraordinary reddish brown soil. 

The land is seldom visited by ordinary tourists for its remoteness and inadequate lodging facilities; however, the picturesque scenery there is paradise for photography fans. 

[Photo/China.com.cn]

Source - China Daily

2 Chinese Universities Rise in World University Reputation Rankings 2015

March 12, 2015

Editor: Amanda Wu
Harvard University has again won the laurel of world's most prestigious university, while two Chinese higher education institutions Tsinghua and Peking also made good progress, according to the latest Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2015.

Times Higher Education (THE) published the 2015 THE World Reputation Rankings on March 11, revealed a new round of the top 100 universities across the world.

Five Chinese universities entered the ranking. They include Tsinghua University, which moved to 26th from 36th last year, and Peking University, which rose nine places to 32. The THE said both Tsinghua and Peking secured their highest ever positions.

Tsinghua University

Peking University

"This is a strong performance by China. Its two leading institutions have made gains in the reputation rankings, reflecting the country's commitment to developing world-class universities," said Phil Baty, editor of THE Rankings.

"China's growing stature should lead to further improvements, as a strong reputation helps universities to attract and retain more global talent and investment," he said.

The University of Hong Kong slipped out of the top 50 from 43rd to the 51-60 band, while National Taiwan University dropped to the 61-70 band, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology also slipped a band to 71-80.

According to the rankings, the top ten universities are all located in the United States and Britain. Harvard University retained the first place, while Cambridge moved to the second from the fourth a year ago. University of Oxford stood at the third, up two places from the fifth last year.

New rankings showed the United States is the country with most higher education institutions -- 43 institutions in the top 100. Britain is the second with 12, and Germany ranked the third with six.

The highest ranking of Asian University was seized by University of Tokyo, which taking the 12th place, but dropped one from last year.

Different from the annual Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the Reputation Rankings are based on expert subjective judgment of those who know most about excellent teaching and research.

The 2015 World Reputation Rankings are based on 9,794 responses from 142 countries. The survey was available in 15 languages and was distributed based on United Nations' data to ensure that it accurately reflects the global distribution of scholars.

Source - Xinhua


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