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China successfully launches an ambitious mission to Mars

The mission will do a global survey of the planet

Forensic method could help the pangolin and bring poachers to justice

Researchers are using gelatin to get the fingerprints of poachers.

Chinese researchers find new swine flu strain in pigs. But slim chances of a new pandemic

The virus can be transmitted from pigs to humans, but not between humans. No reason to panic yet.

China discharges floodwater from one of the world's largest dams amid heavy rain season

It's the world biggest hydropower project.

China launches the last of 55 satellites for its own GPS system

The USA, Europe, Russia, and now China all have their own GPS system.

China takes pangolin off of traditional medicine list

Pangolins could be the intermediate host that transmitted coronavirus to humans -- and trafficking makes disease transmission more likely.

Air pollution is back to pre-coronavirus levels in China, and Europe could follow

Satellite date shows concentrations of fine particles and nitrogen dioxide is rising again in China

Conservation efforts save endangered Hainan gibbon from the brink of extinction

The primate is making a comeback, with now over 30 gibbons living in the island of Hainan.

No more hunting and eating of wildlife in Wuhan, where the pandemic first started

Authorities declare Wuhan a wildlife sanctuary, offering buyouts to breeders

Dogs are no longer livestock for the Chinese government

This could make the consumption of dog meat illegal.

China's costly cover-up: Coronavirus cases might have been reduced by 95% with immediate action

If Chinese authorities had acted three weeks earlier than they did, the number of coronavirus cases could have been reduced by 95%.

Cities affected by air pollution could be more vulnerable to coronavirus

There could be a link between the two, an NGO claims.

Wuhan lockdown slowed down the international spread of coronavirus by 80%

Travel restrictions significantly curbed COVID-19 transmission between countries.

Air pollution shortens global life expectancy by three years, study shows

The coronavirus isn't the only pandemic running amok.

Coronavirus quarantine drastically improves air quality in China

Economic slowdown leads to reduction in nitrogen dioxide in mainland China following coronavirus quarantine.

A startling number of coronavirus patients get reinfected

Patients in the Guangdong province were tested positive again with the virus.

The world's most polluted cities: most are in India and China

Are we breathing clean air? If you are in India or China probably not.

Coronavirus expands around the globe, with over 79,000 cases in 31 countries

Italy suspends Venice Carnival, while China calls off its parliament.

Alibaba designs new AI tool to diagnose coronavirus; it's 96% accurate

The tool has already been introduced in the Qiboshan Hospital in Zhengzhou, Henan, and plans are underway to expand it to a further 100 sites.

China sets a temporary ban on wildlife trade. But could it be permanent?

Conservationists call for a permanent ban on trade of wild animals in markets and online.

Five cases of coronavirus now confirmed in the US

All patients had traveled from Wuhan, where the disease originally started

Coronaviruses: what they are, and should you worry

Key questions and answers on the coronaviruses.

China releases draft genome of new pneumonia outbreak virus

The international community has issued preliminary guidance to help countries prepare for new cases of the outbreak.

China's changing diet is increasing air pollution - and leading to more premature deaths

More people are eating meat in China, leading to farmers using more fertilizers.

Climate woes: China ramps up coal power

While most of the world says goodbye to coal, China keeps opening new plants

China approves world's first Alzheimer's drug in 20 years

The research began in 1997 thanks to a unique sugas in seaweed

China's coal power plants are getting cleaner, study shows

There are some good news from China, but it's not all rosy.

China's lunar rover finds strange substance on the moon

Mission scientists said it is "gel-like" and has an "unusual color."

Air pollution challenges solar power expansion in China

China's pollution is ironically hurting its renewable energy technology.

China's emissions soar despite remarkable climate action

The need for more ambition on climate action was once more highlighted following a new report on China’s greenhouse gas emissions. The country’s emissions reached 12.3 billion tons in 2014 – a 53.5% increase in just a decade.   The figures were part of a report filed to the United Nations by China, as part […]

AI fail: Chinese driver gets fine for scratching his face

Uhm, what now?

Scientists pinpoint China as major source of banned ozone-depleting chemicals

A mysterious and alarming uptick in dangerous chlorine-based chemicals has been tracked down to eastern China.

99% of the world's electric buses are in China

They're miles and miles ahead.

Bat-winged dinosaur discovered in China -- only the second of its kind

This dinosaur was more like a flying squirrel than a bird.

Chinese Moon Station planned for 'in about ten years'

"Hey, I can see my house from here!"

China's coal mines emit more methane despite policy aimed at reducing emissions

These measures "failed to produce a detectable decrease or decline in methane emissions associated with coal production," the team writes.

New research shows air pollution sours our mood and makes us unhappy

The study was performed on Chinese cities -- but the air pollution problem is very much a global one.

China and India on track for world's largest economies by 2030. US could lose first place as soon as next year

The United States will likely never be able to catch up with China.

China grows the first plants on the far side of the moon

The cotton sprouts, unfortunately, perished after a couple of days.

The rogue Chinese scientist who made the first gene-edited human babies could face death penalty

He Jiankui is currently confined to his home and under armed guard.

China spacecraft makes historic landing on the dark side of the moon

It's the first mission to ever land on the far side of the moon.

China launches new rover aimed for the dark side of the moon

The natural satellite, not the 1973 album by Pink Floyd. Sadly.

Chinese scientists created the world's first gene-edited babies

Against international best practices, researchers in China claim to have facilitated the birth of twin girls whose DNA had been altered with gene editing tools.

Chinese archaeologists discover evidence of skull surgery in ancient, sophisticated hospital

It's an important finding, from one of China's richest archaeological sites.

As China continues to reduce its emissions, scientists call for "cautious optimism"

It's good news, just not *very* good news.

Reforestation efforts bring back hundreds of species to China

Plant a tree and species will come back to thee.

All countries in the world invited to join on the China Space Station

It should be ready by the mid-2020s.

China launches satellite, prepares for unprecedented landing on Dark Side of the Moon

"Come to the dark side" the Moon, presumably, told China. China decided to go.

China will grow flowers, potatoes, and silkworm on the dark side of the Moon

A Chinese garden on the Moon -- it almost sounds too crazy to be true.

Wild yeast likely evolved in China, reveals genetic sequencing of over 1,000 strains

Their results point to East Asia (China) as the yeast's area of origin.