Unlike professional ornithologists or biologists, who engage in the study of birds via formal scientific methods, most birdwatchers pursue the activity for recreational and social reasons.
China is a great place for bird watching. The country's enormous geographical diversity provides ideal habitats for large numbers of birds. And now an increasing number of birders are visiting the country as members of tour groups.
The early bird catches the worm, and that used to be the case for the producers of Longjing tea, as the early tea harvested before Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival used to reap them high rewards. However, this year the bottom has fallen out of the market and prices have plummeted.
President Xi Jinping arrived in Beijing on Sunday morning after visits to Russia, Tanzania, South Africa and the Republic of Congo.
Xia Wei, assistant researcher with the national immunization program of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said his three-month stint as a World Health Organization volunteer in Africa has helped him in his work back home.
In the west-central African country of the Republic of Congo, Mayombe is a name that inspires both love and hate in local residents.
Li Yayuan has the looks of a classic Chinese dancer. But she devoted her career of more than 50 years to African dance and became the first non-African to gain approval from two nations on the continent to teach their ethnic dances.
Top Chinese and Indian leaders on Wednesday made assurances that the development of bilateral relations is among the top priorities of each other's foreign policy and pledged to safeguard peace in their border areas.
The Republic of Congo cherishes the 50 years of close friendship with China and hopes that President Xi Jinping's visit to Brazzaville on Friday - the first by a Chinese head of state since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1964 - will bring even greater cooperation, said Daniel Owassa, the country's ambassador to China.
As deputy director of a small sector of the Yiwu International Trade Center in Zhejiang province, Zhu Xingping thinks he is doing as decisive a job as the secretary-general of the United Nations.
In Chindu county, Qinghai province, the late-March sunlight was stronger than in many other parts of China. The dazzling sunbeams reflected from the dormitory's wooden floor onto the white walls, making the room at the China-Congo Friendship Primary School even brighter.
Chindu county has about 8,000 students studying at primary and middle schools. Compared with the situation years ago, parents now are starting to change their minds about sending their children to school, said Kunga Lodru, principal of Lab Ethnic School in Chindu county.
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