Editor's note: Event Horizon Telescope researchers released the first-ever image of a black hole on Wednesday evening. The extraordinary scientific feat was accomplished by a team of more than 200 researchers from across the world, including 16 from the Chinese mainland. Three experts share their views on the breakthrough achievement with China Daily's Zhang Zhouxiang. Excerpts follow:
A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-35A stealth fighter jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the northern coast of Japan on Tuesday. Japan and the United States have mobilized a large number of aircraft and ships to search for the plane and the pilot around the crash site. Until now, they have only found the wreckage of the aircraft without any trace of the pilot.
Editor's note: With an increasing number of Chinese people, especially youngsters, getting addicted to watching short video clips on their smartphones, reading seems to have become a dying hobby. Books are not only the most powerful source of knowledge, they also open people's minds to new, innovative ideas and give flight to their imagination. How can more people be encouraged to read books? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Wang Kan. Excerpts follow:
Editor's note: This is the third in a series of stories about the Tibet autonomous region, focusing on the area's history, the cultural and business sectors and poverty alleviation measures.
Chamdo Bamda Airport in the Tibet autonomous region does not have a good reputation among the local people: it is renowned as the world's second-highest commercial airport, reputed to be the farthest such facility from a city anywhere in the world, and the one with the worst weather on the planet.
When a 20-year-old man was having murderous thoughts at home in a small county in Hubei province, he was not sure of what he should do. Though he was furious, he made what was probably the best decision of his life. He called Yuan Meifang, and that call saved him.
Li Yuhan can still vividly remember the moment she encountered snow leopards two years ago at Sanjiangyuan, meaning "the source of three rivers", in Northwest China's Qinghai province.
Few teachers enter the profession expecting an easy life and to only work from 9 am to 5 pm, but recently workloads, especially endless paperwork that appears to have little to do with teaching, have spiraled out of control.
Schools are taking measures to reduce teachers' paperwork and help them deal with work pressures.
Every Thursday, 95-year-old Wang Zhenyi hosts a discussion session with young doctors to find solutions for complicated medical cases.
During a memorial ceremony at the Lingtai No 1 Middle School in remote Pingliang county in Northwest China's Gansu province, student Ren Zhixi said he would not fail to live up to the hopes of the late Wang Ya.
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