Category: China Expat Briefing

Super Typhoon Mawar is barrelling toward Guam, the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands and the largest island in Micronesia as the strongest storm in more than 60 years.

We have passed the halfway mark in May here in Hainan Island, and if you’re anything like me, you’re already glancing at your calendar, eagerly anticipating the next holiday. Thankfully we have upcoming holidays in the months of June and July so, here's what you need to know:

Meteorologists predict that certain districts within Haikou, including Wenchang, Qionghai, Ding'an, Tunchang, Danzhou, Chengmai, and Lingao, may experience rainfall exceeding 50 millimetres, with localized areas potentially exceeding 200 millimetres.

Glass making, the “Art of Sand and Fire”, is thought to have first originated in Mesopotamia, which roughly corresponds to modern-day Iraq. The ancient Silk Road played an important role in the spread of the skills and techniques of glass making along with glass artifacts, as it was a major trade route that connected the East and West for centuries.

Jetstar Asia will resume services between Singapore and Haikou on April 29th 2023, following a three-year suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic, just in time for the Labour Day long weekend.

As the May day holiday draws near, many hotels across China have already reached full occupancy. Based on data from Tongcheng Travel, the most popular domestic destinations for May Day holiday include Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Xi'an, Changsha, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, and Kunming.

Martin Heydon, Ireland's Minister of State in the Department of Agriculture Food and The Marine, recently attended the Hainan’s 3rd International Consumer Products Expo 2023 in the Hainan Free Trade Port, where he championed Irish companies and advocated for stronger ties between Ireland and Hainan.

National Research University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute" (MPEI) is a public university based in Moscow, Russia. It offers training in the fields of Power Engineering, Electric Engineering, Radio Engineering, Electronics, Information Technologies and Management.

According to experts from the Hainan Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the monitoring data shows a rapid increase in the level of influenza virus activity in Hainan Province recently. As we enter the flu season in 2023, it has arrived nearly a month earlier than in previous years.