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  • Internet buoys interest in female-only writing system

    2017-09-14 15:00

    A woman in her 70s in Hunan province has taken to the internet to keep alive a centuries-old writing system used only by women.

  • Samsung lures Chinese buyers with Note 8

    2017-09-14 10:54

    Just hours after Apple unveiled its next iPhones to the world, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's largest smartphone vendor, launched its flagship Galaxy Note 8 in Beijing on Wednesday.

  • China, Russia to co-develop helicopter

    2017-09-14 07:55

    China and Russia are close to inking a cooperation agreement on the joint development and production of a heavy-lift helicopter.

  • Palace Museum offers rare view of a masterpiece

    2017-09-14 07:27

    A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains, the only surviving work from Song Dynasty (960-1279) painter Wang Ximeng is to be exhibited at the Palace Museum.

  • Samsung eyes China comeback with Note 8

    2017-09-14 07:06

    Samsung Electronics Co Ltd hopes to regain consumer confidence and rejuvenate sluggish sales in China after the Note 7 debacle, with the launch of its latest premium smartphone Galaxy Note 8 on Wednesday.

  • New species to extend scale of GM produce

    2017-09-14 06:42

    While giant genetically modified Chinese carp may leap onto the nation's dinner tables in about two years, scientists are urging that the promotion of GM fish should be conducted slowly and meticulously to avoid a public pushback.

  • Endangered monkeys arrive in Guangzhou

    2017-09-13 17:56

    Six proboscis monkeys, also known as long-nosed monkeys, have been introduced from Indonesia to a safari park in Guangzhou, the capital of South China's Guangdong province.

  • African women succeed in China market

    2017-09-13 14:14

    Three Kenyan women have spent the past three years selling crystals in China-based trade fairs, which give them the opportunity to earn an average of 3,000 yuan ($460) per day.

  • Investors' confidence hits new high

    2017-09-13 14:06

    Chinese stock market investors' confidence rose to the highest level since January 2016, showing obvious upward momentum in August, according to a survey released on Monday.

  • Boy, 16, cycles to Tibet from Xinjiang

    2017-09-13 13:22

    Li, mother of a 16-year-old senior high school student in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, is surprised as well as glad to discover her son Xu Ziheng has become mature and sensible since he came back from Tibet four months ago.

  • China, UK in partnership on space education

    2017-09-13 08:23

    EDINBURGH - Leading space scientists from Britain and China signed a partnership agreement early this month to promote and strengthen both sides' space education and space-culture activities.

  • Home literacy helps kids build lifetime skills

    2017-09-13 07:58

    A new study shows that home literacy activities help children build long-term study and executive function skills, thus providing them with tools for lifetime success. To collect a range of ages and school experiences, the study followed two groups of students in public elementary schools near the University of Washington campus: one cohort from first to fifth grade, the other from third to seventh grade.

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