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Scientists unlock peanut genome

[2019-05-22 07:21]

FUZHOU - A research team has completed the genome sequencing of the cultivated peanut plant, the first time that genome sequencing of the entire peanut plant has been carried out in the world, and the plant's gene functional groups implicated in seed oil content and disease resistance got revealed.

Generating solutions

[2019-05-22 07:21]

The University of Sydney was recently awarded A$940,000 ($655,682) in federal government funds to build a joint research center in conjunction with Tianjin University named the Centre for Energy Informatics and Demand Response Technologies.

Antipodean academics look to China to establish R & D centers

[2019-05-22 07:21]

As more educational and scientific institutions look to forge bonds with China, Shenzhen in Guangdong province is preparing to welcome the Monash Technology Transformation Institute.

Milestones in civilization

[2019-05-21 07:32]

A 5,000-year-old jade cong used in rituals of Neolithic Liangzhu culture in today's Zhejiang province may hold the key to unlocking the splendor of the lost and once influential civilization.

Asian crafts shown in Beijing as part of new conference

[2019-05-21 07:32]

The National Library of China serves as a state museum of classic books. Its vast and comprehensive collections - ranging from millennia-old oracle bones, the ancient manuscripts of Dunhuang, epigraphs and rubbings, historic documents in the languages of ethnic groups to manuscripts by renowned authors - stand as handwritten testaments to human civilization.

Planting seeds to cultivate culture

[2019-05-21 07:32]

A deer totem is painted on a yellow gravel road that leads to the Kyrgyz pavilion at the Beijing Horticulture Expo.

Exhibition promotes booming Asian tourism market

[2019-05-21 07:32]

Exotic art performances, a world-heritage photography exhibition and gourmet food opened visitors' eyes to what Asia has to offer at the recent Asian Culture and Tourism Exhibition.

Life in bullet points

[2019-05-21 07:32]

At a time when people are increasingly dependent on mobile phones, Ryder Carroll is encouraging people to make plans with pen and paper.

Garcilaso's Inca roots a highlight of Beijing event

[2019-05-21 07:32]

Chronicler Inca Garcilaso de la Vega - whose name is less well-known in China than in some other parts of the world as compared to Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes and English playwright William Shakespeare - died on April 23, 1616, the same date as the two other literary icons.

Colorful composition

[2019-05-20 07:39]

For Oscar-winning composer Tan Dun, his ideas about traditional Chinese cultural values - such as loyalty, righteousness and honesty - often derive from the stories his grandparents told him when he was a child.

Opera classes hit right note with young singers

[2019-05-20 07:39]

When the Georg Solti Accademia program returned to China this year, eight young Chinese bel canto singers received one-on-one tutoring from Italian musicians during an event at the National Center for the Performing Arts that took place from May 9 to 13.

Chinese artist seeks to take dulcimer music near and far

[2019-05-20 07:39]

BEIJING - Holding two bamboo mallets, one in each hand, and alternately hitting the strings on a trapezoid-shaped wooden instrument, Liu Yuening is consumed by the reverberating notes.

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