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Go grandmaster defeats computer after three losses

[2016-03-14 08:04]

A South Korean Go grandmaster scored his first win over a Google-developed supercomputer on Sunday - a surprise victory after three humiliating defeats in a high-profile showdown between man and machine.

Sherlock faces a hair-raising moment

[2016-03-14 08:04]

Sherlock was cradling his nose with elongated forefingers forming a pyramid on the bridge. I left him to his thoughts, reluctant to engage, but Mrs Hudson had no such reticence as she entered carrying a tray laden with breakfast offerings.

This Day, That Year

[2016-03-14 08:04]

Item from March 14, 1992, in China Daily: The Beijing subway extension project is making substantial progress at Xidan, where a new station is being built.

Hot topic

[2016-03-14 08:04]

Many parents still want their children to learn weiqi, the ancient Chinese board game also known as Go, despite a supercomputer's recent victory over a grandmaster of the game.

Looking ahead

[2016-03-14 08:04]

Events and stories coming up in the next few days

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[2016-03-14 08:04]

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Pollution fight gets a sharper focus

[2016-03-12 08:30]

China has established three new departments under the Ministry of Environmental Protection to target air, water and soil pollution to ensure control targets will be met in the coming years.

Biggest cruise ship tests waters

[2016-03-12 08:30]

The Harmony of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, set off on Thursday on its first sea trial from Saint-Nazaire in western France, with just two months to go before delivery.

Caves yield a treasure-trove of discoveries

[2016-03-12 08:30]

The Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region is known for its picturesque karst landscape, but the expanse beneath the otherworldly topography of limestone towers and forested spires is just as mesmerizing.

Top maker of missiles seeks to tap intl market for rockets

[2016-03-12 08:30]

China's largest missile manufacturer plans to use its solid-fuel rockets to tap into the international commercial launch market, said a senior rocket designer.

Farmers compensated for bird damage

[2016-03-12 08:30]

The more than 700,000 migratory birds that descend on east China's Poyang Lake every winter are a sight for bird-watchers.

Hot list

[2016-03-12 08:30]

The book channel of Sina.com presents its selection of top books for the month. Here are five of the top new titles in the Chinese publishing market, both fiction and nonfiction:

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