What tourists mean for the 'eye of heaven'

"The eye of heaven is open for tourists now!" The news quickly spread across the internet. The "eye of heaven" refers to the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (or FAST), the largest in the world, used to gaze into the depths of the universe.

How to be a savvy overseas investor

After having been the top destination of inward foreign direct investment for decades, China's investment orientation has become increasingly outward looking. In 2014, China's outbound FDI surpassed inbound FDI for the first time. Last year, the country became the world's second-largest source of outward FDI. And in the near term, its overseas investments are expected to grow 10 percent a year, and exceed $2 trillion by 2020.

Cultivating interest among the public is key mission

In the National Library of China, more than 200 people registered recently for a lottery. This time though the prize was not money but to attend an introductory course on aerospace technology.

At a glance

Chinese universities renowned for their work in aeronautics and astronautics:

To lose weight, learn strategy from the experts

For people who want to lose weight, it is wise to learn healthy strategies from nutritionists.

Syria peace efforts plunge as US ends talks with Russia

International efforts to end the fighting in Syria have been dealt a serious blow, with the United States suspending direct contacts with Russia on halting the war, and chilly relations turned even frostier after Russia put a hold on a plutonium disposal deal with Washington.

Thousands flee, prepare as strong storm lashes Haiti

Haitians living in vulnerable coastal shacks frantically sought shelter as the strongest Caribbean storm in nine years, Hurricane Matthew, closed in on the southwestern peninsula, sending storm surges, wind and rain into seaside towns.

Award in physics goes to 3 Brits for topology work

British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz were awarded this year's Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for studies on exotic matter that could result in improved materials for electronics or quantum computers.

Stallion rides to social media stardom

His name is Frederik the Great and he is decked out in black, with hair coifed in long manly locks that he shakes in the wind, turning heads as he walks through New York.

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New IDs, from the truly exotic to the plain bizarre

To a Westerner the English name a Chinese person uses for himself or herself can often trigger a smile or a puzzled look.

How would you like everybody to call you Big Mountain?

How would you like to be named "Big Mountain"?