It's one small step for a team of researchers and one quantum leap for China. On August 16, China successfully launched the world's first quantum communications satellite from a launch center in Gansu province. It's the first step in China's ambitiou...
What Chinese banks don't know won't hurt them. This seems to be a guiding principle for some provincial government authorities who are compiling lists of lackluster companies and keeping them secret from regulators and banks who might otherwise refus...
New regulations meant to promote social stability in Shaanxi province could mean trouble for Chinese lawyers. The Shaanxi Bar Association recently created a working group to deal with persons of interest, a euphemism for the renegade human rights law...
After reports of possible food contamination caused a scare in Henan province last month, local officials are saying there's nothing to fear. Cui Wenjun, head of a district-level environmental protection bureau in the city of Xinxiang, confirmed that...
One of China's most notorious murderers was caught August 26 in Gansu province after evading capture for nearly 30 years. Gao Chengyong, a 52-year-old father of two, confessed to raping, mutilating and killing 11 women and girls in Gansu and Inner Mo...
Just last week, Xu Yuyu was poised to start a new chapter of her life as a college freshman. But in a matter of days, the 19-year-old's story came to a tragic end, as she died of a heart attack after losing her tuition money in a phone scam. Xu's dea...
A glacier slide that tore a path of destruction through western Tibet last month 上个月冰川滑动在西藏西部形成了破坏通道, could have been set in motion by climate change and similar disasters could be ahead. 这可能是气候变化...
The maker of a popular selfie makeover mobile app that lets users turn themselves into supermodels could soon give the Hong Kong stock exchange a facelift. Meitu Inc., a smartphone and app developer based in the eastern city of Xiamen, filed an appli...
Chinese shoppers are getting a taste of home even as they jet to Japan to buy foreign goods. Japan's Kyodo News service reports that several major Japanese retailers are now allowing customers to use Chinese mobile payment services in their stores. T...
For Chinese customers, sipping a latte from a Starbucks cup is more than a way to stay caffeinated its a trendy cultural status symbol. But it could also come with safety risks. Starbucks Corp. announced this week that it will recall more than 54,000...