Thailand's Kusma Meechai won her first tournament in a decade on Friday with a score of 68, defeating compatriot Pakin Kawinpakorn in a second-hole playoff to win the CTBC Ladies Classic, a China LPGA Tour event in East China's Jiangsu Province. Shi Yuli (70) and Zeng Liqi (70) of China ended one shot out of […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded his state visit to South Africa and his attendance at the 15th BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, with a resounding call for BRICS nations and the Global South to unite in building a more equitable world order. This call is expected to exert far-reaching influence and is widely supported […]
A China Coast Guard spokesperson has said in a statement that a Philippine Navy gunboat intruded into the waters adjacent to China's Huangyan Island on Tuesday disregarding repeated warnings. China Coast Guard vessels took measures, such as tracking and controlling the ship's route, to drive away the Philippine vessel after multiple verbal warnings were ineffective. […]
Chinese senior officials met with former US Treasury secretary Henry Paulson on Monday and Tuesday in Beijing, exchanging views on bilateral economic and trade cooperation and global issues, such as climate change and the global economic situation. Analysts said that this form of meeting and engagement with former US officials, together with the two new […]
China's top leadership has stressed efforts to actively participate in the reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and improve the ability to handle high-level opening-up. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks while presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC […]
North Korea's first international commercial flight in three years landed in Beijing on Tuesday morning, the Global Times learned from flight information provider VariFlight. Air Koryo flight JS151 from Pyongyang was believed to have arrived at Beijing Capital Airport at 9:17 am, according to a screenshot provided by VariFlight on Tuesday. It was North Korean flag […]
Ancient Chinese tales and writings about a massive flood of the Yellow River that led to civilization’s rise in East Asia appear to hold water, researchers say. A section of the Yellow River dammed by an earthquake-caused landslide broke open about 3,936 years ago, says a team led by geologist Qinglong Wu of China’s Nanjing […]
In growing brains, billions of nerve cells must make trillions of precise connections. As they snake through the brain, nerve cell tendrils called axons use the brain’s stiffness to guide them on their challenging journey, a study of frog nerve cells suggests. The results, described online September 19 in Nature Neuroscience, show that along with […]
Storied spawning runs of European eels may not be an en masse push to a mating site. Roundabout routes may delay many eels so much that they miss the big event and have to wait to mate until next season. The most extensive reconstructions of individual eel journeys challenge an assumption that Europe’s freshwater eels […]
Meet the robot that can do parkour. Salto, a lightweight bot that stands on one skinny leg like a flamingo, can leap from floor to wall, then off again — like parkour athletes bouncing between buildings, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley report December 6 in Science Robotics. Salto’s not the highest jumping robot […]