Jan 02 2021
WUHAN, China Large crowds took to the streets at midnight on Friday in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, celebrating the arrival of 2021 after a year marred by a deadly pandemic that killed thousands there and required the city to be locked down between the end of January and early April. | Video
Dec 09 2020
JUNTUN, China Wang Liutai is no ordinary kung fu master. The 65-year-old from a village in central China practises a unique and excruciating-looking strand of martial arts coined "iron crotch kung fu".
Nov 23 2020
WENCHANG, China China hailed as a success its pre-dawn launch on Tuesday of a robotic spacecraft to bring back rocks from the moon in the first bid by any country to retrieve lunar surface samples since the 1970s, a mission underscoring Chinese ambitions in space.
Nov 18 2020
BEIJING A British diplomat hailed as a hero for rescuing a drowning student in southwest China over the weekend said he felt a deep sense of relief when he saw that the woman had resumed breathing and would be all right. | Video
Nov 10 2020
BEIJING A Beijing restaurant owner congratulated her "old friend" and one-time customer Joe Biden on Monday after the U.S. Democratic candidate emerged victorious in a tightly fought U.S. presidential election, and invited him back to try some pork liver. | Video
Nov 09 2020
QILIAN MOUNTAINS, China Glaciers in China's bleak Qilian mountains are disappearing at a shocking rate as global warming brings unpredictable change and raises the prospect of crippling, long-term water shortages, scientists say.
Nov 09 2020
QILIAN MOUNTAINS, China, Nov 10 Glaciers in
China's bleak Qilian mountains are disappearing at a shocking
rate as global warming brings unpredictable change and raises
the prospect of crippling, long-term water shortages, scientists
say.
Sep 15 2020
BEIJING A small but growing coterie of Chinese companies are betting on a bright future for plant-based meat products as consumers take their health more seriously in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Video
Sep 15 2020
BEIJING A small but growing coterie of Chinese companies are betting on a bright future for plant-based meat products as consumers take their health more seriously in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Video