Nature

Environment

12.06.16

The World’s Saddest Polar Bear

from chinadialogue

Pizza, “the world’s saddest polar bear,” is to be granted at least a temporary reprieve from the display case in which he lives in the Grandview shopping mall in Guangzhou, southern China. This follows a global outcry, a one-million-signature...

Green Space

12.22.15

Nu River Saved, Jack Ma Buys Preservation Land

Michael Zhao

A great piece of news came from China on the night of December 16, that the Yunnan provincial government in southwest China has announced its decision to...

Movie Review: ‘Wolf Totem’ Offers Majestic Vistas and Real Wolves

The Movie lures and repels lovers of nature into the theater.

China’s Answer To Its Poverty Of Space: Moving Mountains

Chongqing, Shiyan, Yichang, Lanzhou and Yan’an. All belong to the “Yellow” China, a parched region tormented by a complicated geography that severely limits almost all human activities, such as farming, communications, construction or industry....

Panda Sex Exposé: Why Does the Male Struggle to Perform His Duty in Captivity?

Potentially earth-shaking research suggests that male pandas, famous for their struggles in “shaping up”, are much more attentive to females when exposed to the smell of a rival.

Introducing Père David, the Bold Priest Who Brought Us Gerbils

French naturalist and missionary Armand David was one of the first westerners to set eyes on the giant panda, and contributed in familiarizing the West with other native Chinese species.