Jun 16, 2019Plucky Pensioner Cliff-diving DaredevilChina Daily reports: Di Huanran …the 60-year-old daredevil is the resident waterfall diver at the northeast border city’s Jingpo Lake...
Mar 29, 2017China University says: ‘Students must Swim before they Graduate’The BBC reports: Students applying to one of China’s most prestigious universities have been told they must learn to swim before they...
Feb 3, 2016Can Winter Swimming Increase Stroke Risk?Swimming in cold water—a popular Finnish winter pastime—increases the risk of strokes, according to a long-term study by Chinese...
Jul 18, 2013Wild Swimming Picture of the Week: Wild Swimming in ChinaThe Telegraph reports that thousands of people pack swimming pools and beaches in China to escape heatwave. Thousands of people pack...
Mar 21, 2013Picture of the week: Wild Swimming in China’s Largest Urban LakeA popular, even if not quite official swimming area on Wuhan’s East Lake. This one is off Donghu Nan Lu, on the south-east side of the...
Oct 31, 2012Hong Kong Parents Play ‘Swimming Roulette’Only one in five of Hong Kong’s people can swim reports CNN. Alex Kwok, General Secretary of the Hong Kong Kowloon Lifeguards Union says:...
Aug 21, 2011Chinese flock to the most packed swimming pool in the worldThere’s strictly no diving and not a hope of doing any lengths, but the crowded conditions have not put off over a million people from...