Weekly China News Roundup
The beauty contest for both natural beauty of places and people, Mei Yue Cup, has ended in Sichuan on the 6th. After a series of outdoor and indoor competitions including climbing, rafting, cycling, dancing and even making traditional Tibetan buttered tea held in carefully picked locations in Sichuan, Shanghai team has won the first place, while the UK and Australian teams won the second and the third places. We think this is great a mingle of natural beauty and healthy green travel.
The Miao People start celebrating their new year already on the 10th of this month. The whole celebration is made up with plenty of singing, dancing, performances of their traditional instrument Lushen and the 100 metre long banquet meal on display. Best of all, they even have traditional bull fighting and pigs fighting, different from the Spanish man vs bull style, this is the flight between the animals, although it mostly is provoked by men. Hell, this is their tradition, we are not here to judge. A little clip from the real pig fight, don’t worry, it is actually rather boring nothing bloody.
While the minorities are busy celebrating their new year, the Bird Nest and the Water Cube in Beijing are planning on taking on some new businesses. According to CE.CN website, the Bird Nest will convert part of the building into a hotel and shopping hall, while the Water Cube will have part of it transformed into a water theme park. Are you looking forward to that yourself?
