Voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, the 6,400 km (4,000 miles) wall snakes its way across 11 Chinese provinces and draws millions of tourists every year, mostly to restored sections near the capital, Beijing. But away from the tourist trail, some parts of the wall are facing the absence of maintenance.
The northwest is known as one of the best places for hiking and driving in China. The boundless landscape of stark mountains and dusty plains will give you a unique travel experience.
The Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture in Tumen city, Northeast China's Jilin province marked the 60th anniversary of its founding on Sept 3, 2012.
Stek Ajey pastures his sheep in Hami prefecture of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
Penguins arrive from the Antarctic Circle on ice floes that melt in the vicinity of Brazil's shore and the birds wash up on Rio beaches every winter.
A dragon boat race is a major part of the celebrations during the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese lunar calendar; and this year it falls on June 23.
Over the past half century, human activities have caused an unprecedented damage to biological diversity and the number of species on the Earth is declining at a pace 1,000-fold faster than normal.
With the world's population of wild flamingos under threat from overdevelopment and illegal trade on the black market, the wetland reserve is thriving with thousands of the pink feathered creatures in search of an ideal winter habitat. According to the Caribbean Flamingo Conservation Program, the estimated 45,000 flamingos that call Mexico's Yucatan state home are an integral part of the travelling bird's regional metapopulation that stretches as far as the Caribbean islands.
The livestock population in Inner Mongolia reached 108 million in 2009, an increase of 1.7 percent over the previous year, Xinhua reported. The grassland covers an area of 100,000 square kilometers at an elevation of 650 to 1,200 meters above sea level. Inner Mongolia is one of China’s major production bases of beef and lamb.
A herd is silhouetted riding horse amid the Greater Hinggan Mountains in Ergun city, North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010.
Xinjiang, China's final frontier, has unique landscapes and colorful four seasons.
The long winter makes the beauty of a Beijing spring much more delightful.
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