As the schedule of the Hangzhou Asian Games enters its final day, with continuous teasers about the closing ceremony's highlights, this pan-Asian sports event is about to come to a close. A poet says "when I recall Jiangnan, Hangzhou brings back most of my memories." Hangzhou has fulfilled its promise of hosting a perfect Asian […]
Since the latest bloody conflict broke out between Israel and Palestine, voices calling for restraint or a cease-fire are hard to find in Washington. On the contrary, The US is filled with inflammatory, reckless and crazy talks. Gordon Chang, infamous for his "China collapse theory," tweeted on Saturday local time, "#Americans, #China has been making […]
There is no confirmed evidence in academia that shows the existence of sequelae after recovery from contracting coronavirus, said a senior Chinese epidemiologist in response to the public's concerns on Wednesday. Chong Yutian, chief physician of Internal Medicine at the 3rd Affiliated Hospital of the Sun Yat-sen University and deputy director of Guangzhou Huangpu Makeshift […]
China is planning on building up a constellation of very-low Earth orbit satellites, and the first launch will be this September, the Global Times learned from China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation (CASIC) on Wednesday. Very-low Earth orbit refers to an altitude of 150 to 300 kilometers away from the Earth. Compared with traditional orbits, […]
Shanghai held a series of commemorative activities on Sunday, August 13th, marking the 86th anniversary of the Battle of Songhu, also known as the Battle of Shanghai. These events aimed to honor the soldiers who fought and sacrificed their lives during the battle against Japanese invaders, while also providing an opportunity for more people to […]
"We cannot speculate on why it has taken so long to get clearance or what the issues are," said Jayant Murthy, a senior Indian astrophysicist and manager of a project dubbed the first-ever space technology collaboration between China and India. It was expected to be the first international payload to go to the China Space […]
The parent company of The Voice of China - a popular televised singing show - has found itself in hot water with mounting calls online to boycott the show after an audio clip went viral online that alleged the late pop singer Coco Lee, who was a mentor and guest on the show, was mistreated and revealed […]
Beyond the small mining town of Newman in Western Australia lie the first fairy circles scientists have described outside of Africa. These patches of bare soil dot outback grasslands in almost regular polka-dot patterns, just like the puzzling circle landscapes known from Namibia, says ecologist Stephan Getzin of the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research-UFZ in […]
The prime suspect in Brazil’s recent surge in birth defects may be convicted this summer, in the sweltering cities of Colombia. That’s when the first big wave of pregnant women infected with Zika virus last fall will begin to give birth. Whether or not these babies are born with shrunken brains, a condition known as […]
A 305-million-year-old arachnid might shed some light on spider evolution. Researchers discovered the fossilized remains of Idmonarachne brasieri curled up in ironstone from central France. The legs, mouthparts and body of the 1-centimeter-long arachnid were all spiderlike. But the ancient arthropod was missing a key feature of all true spiders: silk-spinning organs. I. brasieri also […]