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Facing physical challenges, they continue to inspire as colleges try to meet their responsibilities, Fang Aiqing reports.

02-24-2021 By Earth.com staff writer Mangrove forests have a greater capacity to store carbon when they are diverse, according to a new study published by the British Ecological Society. While analyzing mangrove forests in Hainan Island, China, the researchers discovered that species diversity in mangrove forests improves both biomass production and soil carbon storage.  Worldwide, there are 70 different species of mangroves and 26 of them can be found in the s...

Mahjong machines a rage among festival gift sales By LIU YUKUN in Beijing and HE WEI in Shanghai | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-02-06 08:35 Share CLOSE Whats in a game? Lots of fun and a good deal of money. For billions of Chinese people, the week before Spring Festival, or Lunar New Year, is typically a peak time to go shopping. Sunflower seeds, peanuts, pistachio, decorations … were usually the top gift choices for family and friends. Bu...

Face and fingerprint scanning installed in churches as China increases surveillance

  People learn embroidery at a vocational training course in Xiaoshan Village, Xide County of Sichuan Province in southwest China, on September 11(XINHUA) Kang Jiaxin, 28, has been a freelance interpreter based in Beijing since graduating with a masters degree in 2016. Failing to find an ideally stable job after graduation, she chose to work on her own, taking advice from some veterans in the translation and interpreting industry. Despite at times feeling anxious due to the unstable nature of ...