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☆ China’s hottest new tourist attraction is 5,000 feet in the air
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Hassan Tayir | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

It clocks in at 551 feet long (168 meters) and stretches between two cliffs at a height of 5,000 feet, according to Chinese state media. The attraction is located on Mount Qixing in Zhangjiajie Nature Park, in southwestern China’s Hunan province, an area famous for its complex terrain and diverse landforms. “I was not nervous, my son was,” He told CNN, “but he was all right soon afterward.”An aerial view of the Mount Qixing via ferrata. Courtesy Qixing AdventureHe Qian runs a B&B nearby, where she also helps people book tickets for the new attraction. Yuan Xiaorui, marketing supervisor of Qixing Adventure, the company that operates the attraction on Mount Qixing, told CNN that the three-hour via ferrata experience costs 580 yuan ($80).

Persons: ”, Qian, “, “ I’ve, Ferrata, commenter, Douyin, Yuan Xiaorui, Qixing, ” Yuan Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, CNN Locations: Hong Kong, China, Qixing, China’s Hunan, ferrata, Zhangjiajie, Taiwan, Hunan

Hong Kong CNN —Heavy rains and floods from Typhoon Gaemi caused at least 30 deaths and left 35 people missing across eight towns in the southern Chinese province of Hunan, state-run news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday, citing local authorities. On Thursday, rescue teams reached eight towns that had been cut off from the outside world since last Sunday, due to destroyed infrastructure and power grids. Typhoon Gaemi initially made landfall in China on the evening of Thursday July 25, with winds approaching 110 kph (70 mph). The storm previously caused torrential flooding in Taiwan, with rainfall in five townships totaling over 1,285mm (50 inches). Footage shows flooding and torrential winds in Nantou, Taiwan on July 25, 2024.

Persons: Gaemi, Typhoon Gaemi, CNN’s Robert Shackelford, Brandon Miller, Taylor Ward, Avery Schmitz Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Xinhua, country’s Ministry of Emergency Management Locations: Hong Kong, Chinese, Hunan, Zixing City, Xinhua, China, Taiwan, Nantou, Hualien, Philippine

☆ North Korea’s Kim ‘inspects’ flood response as thousands evacuated from China border region after heavy rains
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | Gawon Bae | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Some 5,000 people were rescued from flood-hit areas along North Korea’s border with China over the weekend in efforts supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, the country’s state media reported Monday. A flooded area in North Korea's North Pyongan province on July 28, pictured in a photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. At least 15 people died following a rain-triggered landslide in central China’s Hunan Province, Chinese state media Xinhua said Sunday. China’s northeast – a key food-growing region which traditionally had been less effected by frequent flooding – is also grappling with heavy rains. In China’s Liaoning province, across the border from North Korea’s North Pyongan, more than 45,000 people were evacuated from their homes as of Sunday morning as heavy rains hit the region, according to Xinhua.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, KCNA, Kim –, Gaemi Organizations: CNN, North Korean, North, Korean Central News Agency, KCNA, Xinhua Locations: China, North Pyongan, Yalu, North Korea, Sinuiju City, Dandong, Asia, North Korea's, Pyongan province, Philippines, Taiwan, China’s Fujian Province, China’s Hunan Province, –, China’s Liaoning, North Korea’s, Xinhua, Southwest Liaoning

☆ Yushi Li’s dream-like photo challenges notions of the male gaze
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Stephy Chung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Despite Chinese photographer Yushi Li’s gentle staging, her title for the photograph, “The Smothering Dream,” suggests something more sinister is at play. Although a canon of male nudes does exist, it largely comprises images shot by gay male photographers. When Li began the series in 2017, she noticed a lack of images depicting naked men as objects of desire from a woman’s perspective. She brings these ideas into “Paintings, Dreams and Love,” an ongoing project to which “The Smothering Dream” belongs. “There’s also the gaze from the algorithm, and the gaze from the screen that reflects yourself when you look at it… the internet (means) we’re subjected to the gaze more, in a way.”

Persons: Yushi, Lawrence Alma, “, ”, gazes, Li, Henry Fuseli’s, Yushi Li, Titian’s, Diana, reinterpretations, There’s Organizations: CNN, Shanghai Locations: London, China’s Hunan, Swiss

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