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Banding Swan (C33) A banding swan (banding number C33) was discovered in wetland of county Guertu, Wusu city, Xinjiang Autonomous Region on May 27th, 2009. The local bird watch group traced that the swan was freed in north Mongolia in 2008 in an effort to map out its migration ...
USTC's robot playing football A robot developed by the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) had its debut show at the RoboCup 2009 Exercise Competitions, China which took place from May 16 to 17 in Hefei, Anhui province. This is ...
The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), a national big science project of China, just received its official blessing and ready for full formal run on June. 4th. Located in Xinglong Observing Station, the National Astronomic Observatories of CAS, ...
Kexueyihao Expedition ship"Kexueyihao"sailed back to Qingdao after the completion of its 2009 inspection voyage (spring) on June 1, 2009. "Kexueyihao" set sail from Qingdao on May 15th to carry out scientific inspection in China's off-shore ocean. 47 scientists from the Institute ...
China's first helicopter rolled off production line in Qingdao on May 25, 2009. The helicopter can fly 3650 meters the highest at the top speed of 161 miles/hour for 2.5 hours continuously. It is the only helicopter produced in China that is certified by Federal Aviation ...
Prof. Feng Xiating Prof. Feng Xiating from the Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics (IRSM), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was elected president of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) for 2011-2015, at the council meeting on 18 May in Hong Kong. Prof. Feng ...
Glacier and snow coverage on Qilian Mountains, known as the lifeline of Gansu Corridor, has been shrinking drastically as a result of rising temperatures linked to global warming, a CAS researcher found recently with his team. Seated to the south of Hexi Corridor in northwest ...
China's first low-to medium-speed magnetic levitation train (picture by Wu Hongdao) China's first low- to medium-speed magnetic levitation (maglev) train with full proprietary intellectual property rights began to run tests on June 15. The train came off the production line and ...
Space induced eggplant (left) and normal eggplant (right) Gansu Space-Breeding Engineering Center conducted first generation select breeding of 87 vegetables which were space induced along with satellite Shenzhou-7. Positive effects are observed in some mutations, according to ...
The Sevan Driller (Picture by Cai Youngjun) Nantong Shipyard Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) completed the construction of a world class drilling unit called Sevan Driller on June 28, 2009. The 600 million dollar Sevan Driller is a 6th generation ...
On June 24, China formally starts a large-scale rescue excavation project in Zhoukoudian, 72 years after its last excavation efforts of comparable scale in 1937. Located 50 kilometres southwest to Beijing's city center, the legendary site boasts the discovery of Sinanthropus, ...
Archeologist conducting a rescue excavation in the Zhoukoudian Caves (Picture by Luo Xiaoguang) China Wednesday began a rescue excavation in the Zhoukoudian Caves in a suburb of Beijing, where the skulls of "Peking Man," or Homo erectus, were found in the 1920s and 1930s. The ...
"Kexue-III", an expedition ship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), finished its offshore science voyage and returned to its base in China's eastern city Qingdao on June 23. Set sail on June 15 from Qingdao, "Kexue-III" conducted inspections including oceanographic ...
Premier WEN Jiabao yesterday called for scientific innovation to help the country cope with the global economic downturn and serve as an impetus to realize lasting economic prosperity. Gu Chaohao (third from left), a mathematician, and space scientist Sun Jiadong (first left) ...
China has successfully sent into space a scientific research satellite at 9:39 a.m. Tuesday from northwest China's Gansu Province. The China-developed Long March 2D rocket carrying the scientific research satellite, "Shijian XII", is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch ...
Chinese and U.S. researchers have discovered a new strain of bacteria that can help cleanup of the massive Gulf Coast oil spill, it was announced on Friday. The Premier Explorer of Venice, Louisiana stands by near a controlled burn of spilled oil off the Louisiana coast in the ...
Jiangsu Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve (XINHUA) In the exhibition area of the World-Wide Fund for Nature in the International Organization Joint Pavilion of the World Expo in Shanghai, there are two national treasures of China pandas and Pere David's deer (usually called ...
Recalling the nightmare early on Wednesday, Yang Guihua did not want to believe it was true. The mudslide destroyed the 34-year-old's house in Migu village, Puladi township of Gongshan Derung-Nu autonomous county in Southwest China's Yunnan province, leaving her 9-year-old son ...
China successfully launched its fifth orbiter into space at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, The fifth orbiter into space, as part of its satellite navigation and positioning network known as Beidou, or Compass system, is launched on the Long March 3I carrier rocket at Xichang Satellite Launch ...
A nifty gold-colored vehicle equipped with two solar panel wings attracted the attention of many visitors to the Space Pavilion at the World Expo site in Shanghai. It was the model of the lunar rover for China 's moon probe program. Thousands of years ago, ancient Chinese people ...
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Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
CHICAGO -- Chicago held a ceremony Friday at the landmark Daley Civic ...
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
The first day of the peace conference in Montreux, was marked by ...
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Three people have reportedly been killed in Ukraine's capital Kiev ...
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Financial reform in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will ...
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Global economy is likely to gain ...
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
There’s been much talk of China at the World Economic Forum-and a ...
China's banks must evolve or perish
China's banks must evolve or perish
As China's traditional banks raise interest rates to claw back lost ...
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court has rejected a lawsuit ...
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
China's 77 major steel companies reported an average profit margin of ...
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi Winter Games
Injured Olympic champion Wang Meng has been ruled out of the 139...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...