微信公众平台 • 11th June 2020 牛津大学人物雕像引争议,是殖民者也是奖学金捐赠者,拆还是不拆? 近日,美国弗洛伊德事件引发了英国大规模反种族歧视抗议活动。伦敦、布里斯托、牛津等城市均暴发了不同程度的示威游行。 上周日,布里斯托的示威者将当地一名奴隶贩(slave trader)的雕像拽倒并扔进河中,引发了英国各地对城市雕像人物背景的关注。
微信公众平台 • 24th March 2020 国外网友对父母大喊不要出门,这剧情太过熟悉…… 为了遏制新冠疫情在全球蔓延,近来许多国家都呼吁民众“自我隔离”(self-isolate),避免非必要的社会接触(social contact),尽可能切断病毒传播链。 宅在家中的外国网友和过去一个多月的我们一样,虽然被限制了线下生活,但是却在互联网上充分发挥幽默感,彼此传递对抗疫情的乐观心态。
微信公众平台 • 14th February 2020 暖心!伦敦地铁里的情人节标语,笑着笑着就哭了…… Do not find love, let love find you. 别去刻意寻找爱情,让它自己找到你。 That is why it is called falling in love. 这就是 “坠入爱河”的由来。 Because you do not force yourself to fall, you just fall. 因为你不会强迫自己坠入,而是情不知所起,一往而深。
微信公众平台 • 8th January 2020 英国法庭判定:吃素是一种信仰!吃肉网友发起斗图大赛…… 近日,英国就业仲裁法庭审理了一桩不寻常的案件,最终判定伦理素食主义(ethical veganism)属于哲学信仰(philosophical belief),理应受到法律保护。
China Daily • 18th August 2020 Marine activists warn of PPE's dangerous side While masks and gloves have been shown to reduce the risk of transmitting the coronavirus, the widespread increase in single-use personal protective equipment, or PPE, is worsening the problem of plastic pollution, conservationists said.
China Daily • 29th July 2020 British doctor's initiative to fight the novel coronavirus It was an overwhelming number of messages from fellow doctors voicing alarm over shortages of personal protective equipment, or PPE, in the hospitals that led a London-based general practitioner to embark on initiatives to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
China Daily • 16th June 2020 UK names new ambassador to China Britain has appointed a new ambassador to China as "an important juncture" in the bilateral relationship, which has both "opportunities and challenges".
China Daily • 29th May 2020 Vaccine search could take two years China's consulate general in Northern Irish capital Belfast invited a well-known Chinese medical expert to share his thoughts on COVID-19 during a webinar on Thursday.
China Daily • 26th May 2020 European zoos well stocked for bamboo Giant pandas in Belgium and the United Kingdom have sufficient fresh bamboo during the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to local bamboo plantations in Europe, zookeepers said.