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40 Years On

Q&A: Key things to know about DNA editing

[2018-11-28 07:11]

What is gene editing?

Forest the work of generations

[2018-11-28 07:11]

As needlelike larch leaves fall like golden snowflakes in the mountains of Youyu county, it is hard to imagine the forests are the result of generations of human effort rather than a gift of nature.

Sea buckthorn berries feed economic growth

[2018-11-28 07:11]

On the back of its effective afforestation program, Youyu county is focusing on developing an ecological economy, with sea buckthorn, a hardy, fast-growing shrub, playing a major role.

The man who helped design China's urban landscape

[2018-11-27 07:26]

He is best known as Singapore's "father of city planning", but Liu Thai Ker can also boast of having a hand in shaping the urban landscape in China.

THE ROBOFASHION MAKEOVER

[2018-11-26 07:38]

When Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej died in October 2016, a low-to mid-end Hong Kong fashion brand sold out of black shirts and white ones - the colors of respect worn during the official mourning period - almost overnight.

Big data a boost for TCM

[2018-11-26 07:38]

When a young Nevin Zhang Lianwen left China in 1987 to study overseas for a year, he didn't know his journey would eventually lead him back home to help the country become a front-runner in developing artificial intelligence, a potentially world-changing technology.

Rock-steady Wu helps cancer patients cross troubled waters

[2018-11-26 07:38]

It was a Tuesday morning and chief surgeon Wu Mengchao of Shanghai's Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, surrounded by his young students, had just helped remove a liver tumor from a patient. The operation took the 96-year-old Wu about 35 minutes, whereas it would usually take two hours for an average surgeon.

China recognizes Russian chemist's contribution

[2018-11-26 07:38]

Russian chemist Konstantin Chingin's contribution to Sino-Russian academic cooperation in his chosen research field, mass spectrometry, was recognized on Sept 29 when he received the Chinese government's Friendship Award.

Around China

[2018-11-26 07:38]

Zhejiang

Why 1978 is vital to rest of the world in 2018

[2018-11-24 06:24]

Deng Xiaoping's advice to 'liberate thought' applies not just to China but to other countries as well

At the forefront of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

[2018-11-24 06:24]

High-tech and innovations may not come up as the most intuitive or relevant topics to China, since China has been branded a "copycat" for decades. Some Western media outlets and pundits paint a picture that China's industrial regulations represent forced technology transfer, confer unfair advantages on domestic companies, penalize foreign participants and cheat on the country's commitments to the World Trade Organization.

Think tanks urged to cooperate

[2018-11-23 07:48]

Think tanks around the world should deepen exchanges and cooperation and provide guidance for the development of human society, said Guo Weimin, vice-minister of the State Council Information Office.

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