Hangzhou News

Marriage is in the air during Chinese holiday

The 25-year-old Shanghai native Liu Yiwei has had an exhausting holiday during the past seven days. Rather than traveling or working overtime, she was busy hopping from one place to another arming "re .....

Turning Trash to Gold in China

HANGZHOU, China -- In one of this nation's most popular tourist cities, famed for the beauty of its surrounding mountains, willow trees, lotus blossoms and ancient stone-arch bridges, a new sightseeing attraction is making its debut: the local landfill. With its so-called "trash tour," the landfill has attracted more than 10,000 visitors since it launched last year. There, tourists visit its ...

Chinese enjoy atmosphere of Laba Festival (12) (People's Daily)

&$ &$People queue up for free Laba Porridge for celebrating Chinese triditional Laba Day at street in downtown Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province on Jan. 22, 2010. (Xinhua/Li Zhong)&$ &$&$ 【1】 【2】 【3 ...

College sells land to pay debt (People's Daily)

A college in east China has decided to sell 60 mu (40,000 sq meters) of land to pay back debt, zjol.com.cn reported today. The City College of Zhejiang University (CCZU) in Hangzhou is reportedly to sell the northwest part of its schoolyard. The municipal audit bureau has previously revealed that five municipal colleges in the city owe a debt of 1.31 billion yuan ($190 million) in total, 828 ...

It's Laba again; porridge time (7) (People's Daily)

&$ &$A community volunteer packs Laba porridge at Lingyin Buddhist temple in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang province January 19, 2010, in run-up to the traditional Laba Festival that befalls on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month. The food will be handed out to locals and charity institutions for free. [Photo/Xinhua]&$ &$&$ 【1】

It's Laba again; porridge time (6) (People's Daily)

&$ &$A community volunteer cooks Laba porridge at Lingyin Buddhist temple in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang province January 19, 2010, in run-up to the traditional Laba Festival that befalls on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month. The food will be packed and handed out to locals and charity institutions for free. [Photo/Xinhua]&$ &$&$

It's Laba again; porridge time (8) (People's Daily)

&$ &$Community volunteers pack Laba porridge at Lingyin Buddhist temple in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang province January 19, 2010, in run-up to the traditional Laba Festival that befalls on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month. The food will be handed out to locals and charity institutions for free. It's customary on this day to eat Laba porridge.

Real estate not yet cool, analysts say (People's Daily)

While the public and the media have focused on supposed signs that the overheated real estate market has begun to cool down, analysts said Thursday it is still too early to determine whether or not the central government's policies have already had an impact. In recent days, advance booking of 86 residential units have been cancelled in Wenzhou, and in Hangzhou 58 deals were terminated from ...

Hangzhou: a true heaven on earth (People's Daily)

Celebrated for its natural scenery and historic relics, Hangzhou has been one of the most renowned and prosperous cities in China for over 1,000 years... &$ &$Stop 1: The West Lake: a divinely picturesque spot &$ &$ When thinking of tourism in Hangzhou, what is the first thing that springs to mind? West Lake? Almost certainly, yes. As the old Chinese saying states: "There is heaven in the sky ...