Beijing on Saturday closed its largest small commodities market. The Tianyi wholesale and retail market had been in operation for nearly 25 years and under pressure from e-commerce in recent years. It had two outlets, with one near Di’anmen being clos… read more
China’s Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft and Tiangong-2 space lab completed their third and last in-orbit refueling at 8:17 p.m. Saturday. The third refueling, lasting about three days, confirmed the technical results from the second refueling. Tianzhou-1,… read more
A zoo in southwest China on Saturday threw a centennial birthday party for its celebrity “granny panda” who turns 35. Xinxing, born in 1982, is one of the oldest giant pandas in the world. She is the matriarch of a huge panda family of 90. Her childre… read more
A new chip for the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) was unveiled on Saturday by the Global Navigation Satellite System and Location Based Service (GNSS & LBS) Association of China (GLAC). The chip supports the new generation of BeiDou-3 sa… read more
Nine people have been charged for dumping 35,000 tonnes of garbage, about 20,000 tonnes of which contaminated a section of the Yangtze River near Shanghai. The charges were brought Friday by the people’s procuratorate of Changshu City, Jiangsu Provinc… read more