China / Life

Belt and Road offers new paths

[2017-04-26 07:33]

Two years ago, when Pakistani student Khola Masood was dazzled by the offers from PhD programs in Japan, Italy, New Zealand and China, she picked China and enrolled at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing to advance her education.

Poetry then, songs now

[2017-04-26 07:33]

Over the past six decades, Gu Jianfen has emerged as one of the country's most prolific composers, with hundreds of songs, including The Kiss From Mother, Missing and Young Friends Come Together.

Survey: US online learners more likely to complete lessons

[2017-04-26 07:33]

SAN FRANCISCO - A study indicates that a simple writing activity, lasting about eight minutes, increased completion rates for people from individualistic, but not collectivist, cultures among those taking online learning courses.

It all started with bugs

[2017-04-26 07:33]

Zhang Chenliang's interest in natural history has earned him a big following in Chinese social media, with his answers to thousands of questions on everything from entomology and zoology to botany and geography.

Wet is deadly, new extinction study says

[2017-04-26 07:33]

CANBERRA - Australian-led research has found that major increases in environmental moisture occurred just before mass extinctions of large or giant animal species around 11,000-15,000 years ago.

Asian fungus puts salamanders in Europe at risk

[2017-04-26 07:33]

BERLIN - Europe's salamanders could be decimated by a flesh-eating alien species that has wreaked havoc in some parts of the continent, scientists say in a study published on April 19.

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[2017-04-26 07:33]

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Every day, an all new you

[2017-04-26 07:33]

We are always changing. Literally. In a region of the brain called the hippocampus, about 3 percent of neurons are replaced each month.

Current quotes

[2017-04-26 07:33]

"Every medical breakthrough, their food, clothing, our cellphones, our computers, all that is science-based. So if we stop funding scientific discoveries now, in 10 years, whatever we might have had won't be, we just won't have it."

New light on old money

[2017-04-25 06:51]

The exhibits are small and eroded, not only by sand, but by time. As the ancient empires along the Silk Road faded into obscurity, these surviving coins are remaining witnesses of the booming communication on that legendary Eurasian trade route.

Showcase of imperial China in Finland

[2017-04-25 06:51]

HELSINKI-An exhibition, The Forbidden City - Life in the Court of Chinese Emperors, opened on Friday in Tampere, in southwestern Finland.

Abstract art mixes local, Western styles

[2017-04-25 06:51]

Wang Yancheng, 57, sees painting as a process of being in love with the canvas. The artist, who divides his time between Paris and Beijing, says painting is like falling in love with someone, and he feels like he is being integrated with the brush, paint and canvas.

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