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Emergency response activated for SW China earthquake
China's Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) activated an emergency response Tuesday morning after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday night.
Invasive insects in 18 Chinese provinces come from Florida
Spodoptera frugiperda, an insect that has invaded 18 provinces mainly in southern and central China, has been proven to have originated in Florida.
Legalized use of marijuana in Canada, US threatens China’s drug control
Marijuana smuggled from North America to China has increased after Canada and some US states legalized it, creating a new threat to China's drug control efforts.
FBI probing suspect's claim that Chinese scholar was 1 of 13 victims
The FBI is investigating the claim by a former University of Illinois doctoral student that the visiting scholar from China he's charged with killing was his 13th victim.
12 killed, 134 injured in Sichuan earthquake
Twelve people were killed and another 134 were injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake rattled Changning County of Yibin City in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 10:55 p.m. Monday.
Shanghai-London Stock Connect launched
The Shanghai-London Stock Connect has opened for trading as brokerage Huatai Securities became the first Chinese company to go public in Britain via the long-awaited program.
6.0-magnitude quake hits Sichuan: CENC
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rattled Changning County of Yibin City in southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 10:55 p.m. Monday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
Latest list of China's higher education institutions released
China had a total of 2,956 higher education institutions, the Ministry of Education said Monday citing statistics as of June 15, 2019.
Meth becomes the most abused drug in China,police report
A new report says the number of drug addicts in China declined last year through a series of national campaigns to crackdown on drug trafficking.
China continues to claim most supercomputers on Top500 list
China continues to dominate a list of the world's fastest supercomputers by the number of systems, according to a semi-annual ranking of the Top500 published Monday.
Narcotics production in China drastically abates in 2018: report
China saw significant abatement of narcotics production in 2018 as a result of persistent crackdown, according to a report on the country's drug control situation released Monday.
Nobel Laureate Tu Youyou's team resolves artemisinin resistance in malaria treatment
Nobel Laureate Tu Youyou announced that her team has proposed solutions to the problem of artemisinin resistance, providing new evidence that artemisinin is still "the best weapon" against malaria.
Values passed from father to son: President Xi and his father
"Let's go to Xi Zhongxun!" This slogan, which is remembered by the people in China’s northwest, illustrates the influence of China's former vice premier in people's hearts.
Century-old graves of Chinese sailors restored in UK
The restoration works of tombs of five Chinese sailors who died in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the 1880s have completed with an official ceremony held on Friday to commemorate the long-forgotten seamen in a foreign land.
Xi calls on newspaper to unite intellectuals around CPC
President Xi Jinping has called on the Guangming Daily to guide intellectuals rallying closely around the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
Sick giant panda returns to wild after treatment
A giant panda that fell sick and was rescued by villagers returned to the wild Saturday after 10 weeks of treatment.
China's research vessel finishes investigation in Western Pacific
China's research vessel KEXUE (Science) finished its investigation of seamounts in the west of the Pacific Ocean and started to sail back on Saturday evening.
Floods leave 12 dead, 3 missing in eastern China province
A total of 12 people were killed and three were still missing as of 7:00 p.m. Thursday as rain-triggered floods hit eastern China's Jiangxi Province, local authorities said Saturday.
Sixth China-Russia Expo opens with focus on local-level cooperation
The Sixth China-Russia Expo opened Saturday in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, with a focus on promoting China-Russia cooperation at local levels.
Testing underway for Beijing's new airport metro line
The new Metro Airport Line in Beijing has begun no-load trial runs on Saturday. Running over 41 kilometers, Project I includes three new stations along the route to the new Daxing International Airport.