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BEIJING, China (Reuters) – As the sun rises over one of the most dangerous and least-restored stretches of China’s Great Wall, a line of pack mules emerge from the gloom of a dense forest still draped in mist and dew. Laden with 10-kilogram bricks, the seven mules pause, then move again as their masters coax them into action, keen to gain some altitude before the heat of the day sets in. For more than a […]
BEIIJING, China (AFP) — An explosion rocked a kindergarten in eastern China on Thursday, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens, authorities said, as state media published images showing bloodied and unconscious victims. The blast occurred near the kindergarten and victims were taken to hospital, according to the Fengxian county government in Jiangsu province. Xinhua news agency, citing the emergency office of Xuzhou city, said the explosion happened at the gate just as children […]
CCTV — China launched its first X-ray space telescope to observe black holes, pulsars and gamma-ray bursts, via a Long March-4B rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Thursday. The 2.5-ton Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), dubbed Insight, was sent into an orbit of 550 kilometers above the earth at 11:00 to help scientists better understand the evolution of black holes, the strong magnetic fields and the interiors of pulsars. Through the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Output by Chinese factories and workshops topped expectations in May, but officials warned on Wednesday of lingering “unstable and uncertain factors” at home and abroad. The reading on industrial production, a key engine of growth, comes as Beijing wrestles with huge debt and excess capacity left over from massive government-backed infrastructure spending at the height of the global financial crisis. There have been renewed concerns about the strength of the world’s […]
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Monday called for pushing for talks on the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea without outside involvement. Wang made the remarks at a joint press conference with his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan in Beijing. “China and the (Association of Southeast Asian Nation) countries are fully capable, through our joint efforts, to work out, in an independent way, regional rules for the peace and stability of the South China […]
The establishment of China-Panama diplomatic ties has opened a new chapter of relations for both countries, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at a meeting with Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado, Panama’s vice president and foreign minister, in Beijing on Tuesday. “Both China and Panama agree that the one-China principle is the fundamental premise and the political basis on which the two countries can establish diplomatic ties and develop bilateral relations. We both agree that the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China supports the Philippine government’s “anti-terrorism” operations against Islamist militants, the Chinese foreign ministry said Monday, after United States special forces provided support to Filipino troops. The US embassy in Manila said Saturday that special forces were assisting the Philippine military with ongoing operations in the southern city of Marawi, which insurgents overran on May 23. Philippine authorities said the US special forces were providing “technical assistance.” “Terrorism is the common […]
CHINA (Reuters) – Typhoon Merbok, the second typhoon of the year, made landfall on the coast of Shenzhen City in south China’s Guangdong Province on Monday night, moving northward at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour. The typhoon brought strong gales to the Dapeng Peninsula where it made landfall at around 23:00 on Monday, with waves of up to five meters high seen belting a pier. Local maritime authorities had earlier banned all ships […]
CHINA (Reuters) – The newest outcome of the third expedition to the South China Sea may rewrite the textbooks of plate tectonics, according to a press conference co-hosted by Chinese Office of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) and Tongji University in Shanghai on Monday. The Chinese-led international scientific team wrapped up their research on the US drilling ship JOIDES Resolution on Sunday, with much of the new findings pointing towards some interesting discoveries about […]
CHINA (Reuters) – Downpours swept across much of central and east China on Monday causing flash floods and leading to subsequent disasters such as landslides across many parts. The rain-triggered floods on Monday washed away the road base and caused a collapse of several sections of a local main road in the county of Yongjia of east China’s Zhejiang Province. A bridge section was closed to motorists after its piers were severely damaged in the […]
CHINA (Reuters) – The only snow leopard cub alive by artificial breeding in China turned one year old on Saturday. It lives at a wildlife zoo in Xining, capital of northwest China’s Qinghai Province. It is 80 centimeters in length, 48 centimeters in height and 18.5 kilograms in weight. Given the high death rate of snow leopard cubs, its survival is of great significance to research on and protection of this endangered animal, which in […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese authorities say they have uncovered a massive underground operation involving the sale of Apple users’ personal data. Twenty-two people have been detained on suspicion of infringing individuals’ privacy and illegally obtaining their digital personal information, according to a statement Wednesday from police in southern Zhejiang province. Of the 22 suspects, 20 were employees of an Apple “domestic direct sales company and outsourcing company.” The suspects allegedly used an internal company […]
