Over the past few years, Luo Jun has been attempting to build a soundscape of his world with hundreds of thousands of audio clips - from a small project featuring the college where he teaches sound effects, to a grand work aimed at capturing the pristine vibrations of China's far west.
Qi Faren, a preeminent space scientist and former head of the China Academy of Space Technology, recently became the third Chinese person to be inducted into the International Astronautical Federation Hall of Fame.
China has established more than 11,800 protected areas covering 18 percent of its land area and 4.6 percent of its sea area, aiming to build the world's most expansive mechanism for the management of protected areas by 2025, authorities revealed on Wednesday.
HANGZHOU - Cat tongues are more efficient than brushes, longer vacations mean a longer life, and even dinosaurs suffered from neck arthritis - all this according to what is arguably the most bizarre science award in China, which once again paid its annual tribute to the spirit of curiosity.
The supply of flu vaccines in China this year will be twice as large as last year to ensure demand is met, the top health authority said on Wednesday, adding it is well prepared for the arrival of flu season.
A recent survey shows that 57.3 percent of primary and high school students in Beijing are nearsighted, compared with the national average of 53.6 percent, an official with the municipal disease prevention and control center said on Wednesday.
In Qufu, Shandong province, the Nishan World Center for Confucian Studies opened to the public in late August with the aim of becoming a research and study center for Confucianism with global appeal.
When Wang Jing, a 41-year-old mother of two girls, described their July study tour in Qufu, the birthplace of Confucius in Shandong province, she said they reaped far more than expected.
Confucius (551-479 BC), lived in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). At a time when Plato and Aristotle were spreading philosophies on ethics in the Western world, Confucius was having a major impact on the social, political and philosophical structure of China.
Zhang Xinyu has been in the sneaker business for seven years. Calling himself a sneaker aficionado, he is not only enthusiastic about buying sports shoes on the secondary market, but is also keen on selling them.
Leading experts from China and overseas urged more efforts be made across the globe to fight chronic respiratory diseases, which have become a major public health threat that deserves more attention, they said.
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