The permafrost in the Arctic, which has one of the largest natural reserves of organic carbon in the world in its soils, is thawing and diminishing.
Thanks to his in-depth talks with China's top leaders during his just-concluded five-day official visit to China, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has set a pragmatic tone for the promotion of bilateral relations and cooperation in Belt and Road Initiative projects.
Experts are putting pressure on the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to allow speedy approval of medications that could keep about 7,500 people in the city with rare diseases alive.
Five bulldozers were working on the side of a 9-meter-high dune. In one of them sat Zhang Xiaodong, his cab swirling with sand. Fine dust had collected in the lines of his sweaty face.
Mother-of-eight Ahmantai Erjanhan has been making black soap, a natural product made from plants and animal oil, for almost 50 years, but it was only in June - at age 70 - she decided to use her traditional skills to start a business.
Former Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has a sentimental attachment to China, and as a frequent visitor to the country since her first trip in 1975, she has witnessed epochal changes in the past 40 years.
At a cafe in Kashgar's renovated old town, a German family of four sat in the morning sunshine debating which type of grape was the tastiest or most succulent.
Huang Guigui held two brushes - one with pigment and the other with water - in her right hand as she painted a peony flower in the Chinese realist style known as gongbi.
A university in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, plans to join the growing number of Chinese colleges offering a course on electronic games, as the nation looks to fill the talent gap in the rapidly developing industry.
The sun was strong. The wind was soft. The air was clean. The sky was blue and cloudless. The weather forecast said we could expect a maximum temperature of about 30 C, but if we stood in the sun it felt like it was raining fire.
Zhang Qinghua was the only female member of the 14-strong team dispatched to Xi'an and Yulin in Shaanxi province to check that waterways reported to contain smelly and discolored water had been cleaned up.
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