Tag: china
Giant Panda Qin Qin Gives Birth to Twins Amid Continuing Efforts to Save the Species
On Aug. 23, twin pandas were born at a breeding center in southwestern China — welcome news for the rare...
Battered by Intense Heat and Drought, China’s Sichuan Province Warns of ‘Particularly Severe’ Electricity
Since mid-June, large parts of China have been experiencing extreme weather in the form of unprecedented...
Changchun Man Raped With Electric Shock Baton, Salt Tortured, for Spiritual Beliefs
Although the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in its extensive 23-year persecution of Falun Gong meditation...
CCP Orders Officials to ‘Produce Artificial Rainfall’ to Combat Drought
The Chinese Communist Party has ordered local officials to conduct geoengineering operations to combat...
Chinese ‘White Glove’ Financier Xiao Jianhua Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Fraud, Fined $8 Billion
Five years after being nabbed in a Hong Kong hotel, Chinese-Canadian financier Xiao Jianhua has been...
Residents in China’s Guangxi Province Take to the Streets to Protest Draconian ‘Zero-COVID’ Policies
Authorities in a coastal city of southern China’s Guangxi Province have apparently relented in the face...
Hundreds of China’s High-Speed Trains Delayed, Sparking Heated Online Discussion
On the evening of Aug. 12, Chinese passengers from different lines posted that the high-speed rail trains...
Toyota’s Chinese Factory Shutters Because of Drought-induced Electricity Shortage
The world’s top automaker shuttered one of its factories in mainland China at the Communist Party’s bequest...
Water Levels in China’s Longest River Plummet Amid Record Heat, Authorities Deploy Weather Modification
The water level of China’s longest river, the Yangtze, which nourishes numerous cities including Shanghai...
Vacationers Stranded on China’s Hainan Island Plead for Food and Supplies as ‘Zero-COVID’ Lockdown Drags
Since Aug. 1, China’s island province of Hainan has been under lockdown after a surge of new COVID-19...
The Scientific Accomplishments of Ancient China’s Guo Shoujing
With an asteroid and a lunar crater named in his memory, there is no doubt that Guo Shoujing’s legacy...
Beijing Releases White Paper on ‘Taiwan Question’
Mainland China withdrew promises to not send troops to Taiwan if it took control of the island, according...