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DNA studies on Bronze Age Tarim mummies found in China's Xinjiang region revealed recently that not only were these people not descendants of Indo-Europeans that immigrated to the area -- they may in fact be the ancestors of Native...

A zoo in eastern China has denied allegations that at least one of its bears might actually be a human in costume. Images of one of the animals standing upright in its enclosure sparked speculation online. Footage of the Malayan...

China’s Ministry of Commerce and China Customs recently announced export controls on gallium and germanium products (including compounds), effective August 1. This action, aimed at “safeguarding national security and interests,” according to Chinese officials, has stirred global panic within various...

One of the largest ships in the world, the newly built "OOCL Piraeus", arrived earlier in the week for the first time in the port of Piraeus, Greece. The Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd (OOCL) vessel was greeted at a...

Drones have been replacing fireworks in the US and China to mark important events by providing spectacular scenes in the night sky. In the US some cities opted for drone shows instead of fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July,...

A Confucius Institute was established recently at the Greek University of West Attica (UNIWA) in collaboration with the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Confucius Institutes are non-profit educational organizations supported by the Chinese government with the aim of spreading...

China’s top diplomat has urged Japan and South Korea to foster a sense of “strategic autonomy” from the West and cooperate with Beijing to “revitalize Asia.” The comments by Wang Yi on Monday come as Japan and South Korea forge...

China's Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) announced recently that it has developed an engine that runs on ammonia as an alternative to gasoline and other fossil fuels. This will be the first-ever car engine to have an ammonia-powered engine that provides...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping as he wrapped up a two-day visit to Beijing aimed at easing soaring US-China tensions. Blinken is the first US Secretary of State to visit Beijing in...

Scientists in China were running a covert project of dangerous experiments that caused a leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology and started the Covid outbreak, a report in The Sunday Times reveals. Citing US investigators, the report said there...