China’s State Council announced the appointment and dismissal of several officials on Friday:Wang Yang was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council. Li Baojun becomes Vice Minister for Civil Affairs. Dong Xin is now Deputy Head of the National Radio and Television Administration. Qin Yuyun becomes Deputy Head of the National Food and Strategic Reserve […]
Chinese paleontologists discovered this crystallized dinosaur egg while restoring a nest found last year on Qinglong Mountain in Hubei Province. Crystallized egg fossils are extremely rare due to the harsh environmental conditions required for their formation. Fossil dinosaur eggs dating back to the mid-Cretaceous period 60 to 80 million years ago were first discovered on […]
Your novel “The Dragonfly Sea” is about a young Kenyan woman who is identified as the descendant of a 15th-century Chinese sailor from the fleet of the famous Admiral Zheng He – a story based on a true incident. It also highlights the growing economic and cultural involvement of the Chinese in Africa. What interested […]
“Seek the truth in the facts 实事求是.” This was the guiding principle 45 years ago, which Deng Xiaoping followed in December 1978 to bring China back on its feet after Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Two years after the death of the Great Chairman, Deng and his equally persecuted and now rehabilitated like-minded comrades were inspired by […]
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense reported the discovery of four Chinese balloons beyond the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday. According to the ministry, three of the four flying objects approached the Earth to about 3,650 meters. According to a graphic from the ministry, they initially appeared southwest of the Ching-Chuan-Kang military base […]
De-risking remains the top priority in dealing with China, even in research cooperation on key digital topics such as artificial intelligence. According to a new study, the output of joint publications between European and Chinese researchers in this field continues to rise steadily.The study is part of an EU project aimed at determining in which […]
Public matchmaking has been a long-standing tradition in China, where older individuals gather in parks to find a partner for their children or grandchildren through personal ads. This tradition has now been taken over by young Chinese of Generation Z. Instead of presenting themselves, they promote the virtues of their cats in public spaces. Unlike […]
The Philippines has installed a new radar system to monitor China’s activities and movements in the South China Sea. The system, built by the Japanese company Mitsubishi Electric, was put into operation on Wednesday at an air force base on the northwest coast. The 98.56 million dollar surveillance system allows an “unobstructed view” of a […]
China’s central bank, in its monthly interest rate decision on Wednesday, left the key interest rates unchanged, as expected. The one-year loan prime rate (LPR) was kept at 3.45 percent, while the five-year LPR remained unchanged at 4.20 percent. Most new and outstanding loans in China are based on the one-year LPR. It has been […]
The number of earthquake victims in Northwest China has increased, according to the state news agency Xinhua. At least 131 people have lost their lives. In the Gansu province, 113 people were found dead by Wednesday morning. 782 were reported injured, according to authorities. In the neighboring Qinghai province, the death toll rose to 21, […]