Ascent of sacred mountains acts as a new form of worship

Most Tibetans regard high, snow-capped mountains as sacred and they have long tradition of honoring them by making religious offerings or circling the base on foot.

Top female rock climber wins gold, again and again

One of China's most accomplished athletes, a 26-year-old Tibetan woman with dozens of gold medals, is poised to elevate the nation's standing in a growing global sport: rock climbing.

Clean air blows in for a brief visit

Beijing residents got a brief respite from a spate of smog on Sunday morning, when the chilly air went from hazardous to good. But the pollution will come back stronger on Monday and engulf the capital and its southern neighbors again for three days, the national weather authority said.

Mine owner drowns amid rescue effort

The owner of a gypsum mine that collapsed on Friday in Shandong province drowned early on Sunday morning in an apparent suicide while assisting rescue teams attempting to extract the 17 miners still trapped underground, according to local authorities.

False money company aims for stock market listing

Selling false paper money, used on traditional occasions to pay respects to ancestors, is not the only business for a Chinese folk culture company, which is applying for listing on the stock market.

Central bank gives helping hand to Tibet

China's central bank is seeking new methods to strengthen financial support in the Tibet autonomous region, aiming to accelerate regional economic development and lift local residents out of poverty in the next five years.

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Big future for small particle

For physicists, 2015 has been the year of the neutrino. The minuscule subatomic particle, which is crucial to our understanding of the origins of the universe, is being studied at laboratories across the world, but especially in China.

Global research pushes boundaries

Although collider programs proposed by different countries are always fiercely competitive and can be highly nationalistic in flavor, the whiff of gunpowder is much fainter among physicists working on neutrino projects.

Threeway split makes the neutrino special

For high-energy physicists, the neutrino is one of the most fascinating subatomic particles. Its name is self-explanatory, to some extent: the particle is neutral and part of a "trinity" that consists of the electron, muon and tau neutrinos, which can transform themselves into each other under certain circumstances.

Huazhong students ride innovation wave

Twenty-four-year-old Chen Hao has just set up his own company, with the headquarters located at his alma mater, Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, Hubei province, which has fostered a lot of students' entrepreneurial ideas and programs.

English learning still figures prominently in education

Among the most talked-about topics in foreign language education in China in 2014 were the reform of English requirements for college entrance tests, the proper priority for English and the drafting of a national standard setting a value on foreign language education, according to a recent report.