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There is a joke in China: if a humanities student learns to pronounce Dostoevsky’s surname by the end of their studies, their efforts weren’t in vain. For the Chinese, it is too complicated and lengthy. However, there are a lot of those who love and appreciate the writer’s novels. They help to see the world differently. See our new video to learn why it is so difficult for the Chinese to understand the actions of the characters of the Russian classics and how they do it. It’s an episode from the film Universal Dostoevsky. We’re showing it today to mark the Day of the Russian language. You can see the whole documentary here. #Russia#China Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

Make farming great again 🚜 #video#China Farming is cool! Rita Zhu shows an idyllic life in the Chinese countryside, growing edible flowers, crops and vegetables. She’s an installation artist who chose a farm as her canvas. Art, agriculture and food combined make Rita’s farm an attraction for Shanghai residents who want to reconnect with nature. There’s even a term in Chinese - xiangchou, which means ‘longing for the countryside’. Visit Rita’s farm in the new episode of, This is China. Do you sometimes wish to live closer to nature? 🌿 Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video#China Liu Heng is a talented Chinese percussionist who can make any object sound like a musical instrument. Besides experimenting with sounds and composition, Liu Heng is the principal percussionist in Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, the largest theatre in Asia. Young Chinese artists talk about their works in the new episode of, This is China. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video#China It's believed that the crested ibis has existed for 60 million years. The large bird was once a common sight in China, the Korean Peninsula, Japan and Russia, its shape was deeply rooted in Asian culture. However, the population declined dramatically, and the species vanished from Korea, Russia and Japan. In the 1980s, Chinese conservation experts searched for the crested ibises in the Qinling Mountains and found the last seven of the species. The crested ibis is now on the road to recovery. Around 5,000 of them are living in the wild and captivity. Find out more about this magnificent bird in the new season of, This is China. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

Life in the Shaolin Kung Fu school #video#China Kung fu, or wushu, is a popular sport and an essential part of Chinese culture. There are still dozens of kung fu boarding schools in the country. The daily grind in the schools is harsh. Discipline is key in studying traditional martial arts, so children train from dawn till dusk and manage to squeeze in some studies too. Parents don’t come often, and students learn to be self-reliant. Life in the kung fu school sounds hard, so why do parents send their children away? Find out in our documentary, Little Miss Kung Fu. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

What do pandas say?🐼 #video#China Animal keepers at Chengdu’s Giant Panda Breeding Research Base spend so much time with the bamboo-eating 🎋 bears that they understand all the noises they make! The centre’s research scientists and caretakers work to ensure that the pandas successfully breed, and later see to their reintroduction to the wild. How? They tend to the pandas’ every need, providing food, medicine, clean enclosures, and play. The caretakers even give these love-shy animals Sex Ed classes! The Chengdu Centre has been so successful that pandas were taken off the endangered species list in 2016. There are some 600 pandas currently living in captivity and nearly 2,000 roaming the wild. The black-and-white bears have become an icon for conservation, as their viability in the wild is still threatened by factors like loss of natural habitat. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary