Deborah O’Donoghue is a British-Irish writer who has lived in the UK, France and Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by Legend Press in 2019 and comes out in Germany in 2021. Follow Deborah on Twitter and Instagram.
According to estimations by aerospace company Boeing, China’s commercial aircraft fleet should more than double by 2043. Over 8,000 new planes should be introduced in the […]
Film and television are known for their ability to inspire tourists to seek out their favourite shows’ locations, but Shanxi Province, China, is now seeing an influx of […]
A new AI humanoid robot, designed by Chinese firm Stardust Intelligence, has been showcased at the 2024 World Robot Conference in Beijing, with claims from its […]
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China has successfully tested its new ultra-high-speed (UHS) maglev train during a demonstration in the Shanxi Province. Using magnetic levitation and a low-pressure tube, the train was able to reach a speed of 623 […]
The Chinese are venturing abroad again in numbers, visa application data and demand for Schengen visas reveal. Visa applications for foreign travel by Chinese citizens have […]
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UK-based airline Virgin Atlantic has announced it will stop flying the London Heathrow – Shanghai route after October, due to “significant challenges and complexities”. The carrier […]
A record-breaking indoor ice and snow theme park has opened in Harbin, northeast China, building on the city’s ice lantern traditions, and the success of its […]
A new flight connection offering three returns a week between Brussels and Shanghai has been inaugurated, offering passengers a fresh direct route between the Belgian and […]
China has more than doubled the number of foreign visitors arriving in the country year-on-year, official border control figures show. The remarkable increase follows the introduction […]
China has introduced a 5-year travel permit for permanent, non-Chinese residents of the semi-autonomous regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Starting Wednesday, 10 July, foreign citizens […]
As China’s opening up to the rest of the world continues, Australia and New Zealand are to become the latest countries to benefit from visa-free travel […]
The Yungang Grottoes are a UNESCO world heritage site in Datong, Shanxi Province. In 2023, a record 3 million visitors descended on the area which boasts […]