Guangzhou expects far fewer railway trips before holiday

A woman is ready to get on the high-speed train leaving from the Guangzhou South Railway Station [China Daily]
A woman is ready to get on the high-speed train leaving from the Guangzhou South Railway Station [China Daily]
China Daily | 30-Jan-2021

The number of passenger trips will be down significantly at railway stations in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, before the Spring Festival holiday, according to the local railway authorities. The Guangzhou South Railway Station, one of the busiest stations in passenger flows in South China, is expected to see 6.63 million passenger trips before the holiday, down 19.3 percent year-on-year, according to the railway authority. Continue reading “Guangzhou expects far fewer railway trips before holiday”

The zither comes hither

Guqin player Sun Ying [China Daily]
Guqin player Sun Ying [China Daily]
China Daily | 30-Jan-2021

About a year ago, guqin (Chinese zither) player Sun Ying and singer Yang Huahua met by chance at Modern Sky, one of the country’s largest record companies, in Beijing, where both were working on their own recording projects. They started to musically improvise for fun. And this unexpectedly turned into a new project. Continue reading “The zither comes hither”