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But, is an electric car a good buy now?

[2018-09-10 07:28]

Can a long-standing auto journalist not own a car? Well, sometimes, ironies mark life, don't they? Not that I can't afford a car. But - there it is, the big "but" - I've been unlucky. Beijing's license plate lottery system hasn't been kind to me.

World's top trains roll on Chinese wheels

[2018-09-10 07:28]

A shipment of 160 Chinese-manufactured high-speed train wheels arrived in Germany on July 20, according to exporter Ma'anshan Iron & Steel Group, more widely known as Magang Group or Ma Steel.

E-vehicle batteries to be recycled in green push

[2018-09-10 07:28]

China is planning ahead for recycling electric vehicle batteries, in a bid to ensure the industry's healthy development and create a sustainable environment, officials and experts said.

Scaling AI peaks one after another

[2018-09-10 07:28]

On May 16, via a video link, US President Donald Trump "addressed" a conference in Tianjin from Washington and floored the audience with his almost flawless Chinese.

On the move

[2018-09-10 07:28]

Lee Chee Koon to succeed Lim as CapitaLand CEO

Last stand of the great green peacock

[2018-09-08 07:27]

It was a single feather in the palm of Gu Bojian's hand that got him going. That feather, he realized, was from a green peacock, an endangered species once found throughout China and culturally well known but that it is now on the verge of extinction.

Sharing the treasures

[2018-09-08 07:27]

Bian Lei is 31 years old, and he has visited the Mogao Grottoes, a 1,600-year-old UNESCO World Heritage Site in Dunhuang, Gansu province, more than 5,500 times over the last decade.

Chinese scientists ponder benefits of human hibernation

[2018-09-08 07:27]

SHENZHEN - In the Hollywood blockbuster, Interstellar, the astronauts hibernate for years during long-distance space travel.

US library creates legacy with Chinese Garden expansion

[2018-09-08 07:27]

LOS ANGELES - Under wispy willows beside a rippling, rock-rimmed lake, VIPs gathered on last Tuesday at one of the decorative pagodas that dot the landscape at the historic Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in Los Angeles County to participate in a "Golden Shovel" groundbreaking ceremony to launch the Phase 2 expansion of their Chinese "Garden of Flowing Fragrances (Liu Fang Yuan)".

Confession and repentance: a photographer's tale

[2018-09-08 07:27]

Xi Zhinong has worked for 40 years taking photos of nature not only to capture its beauty but to promote conservation. That is why he feels deeply ashamed not to have known much sooner that the green peacock, a great bird that is culturally significant to China, was on the brink of extinction.

FTAs hold key to driving growth in CEE region

[2018-09-07 07:17]

Free trade agreements are needed between China and countries from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in order to provide a new driving force for regional economic growth, said officials and scholars.

Service sector vibrant amid shift

[2018-09-07 07:17]

China's trade in services reached a record high of 2.98 trillion yuan ($436 billion) between January and July, which was bolstered by the nation's economic resilience and increasing efforts to drive the service sector.

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