China Leading Global Race to Make Clean Energy
Shifting to sustainable energy could leave the West dependent on technology from China, much as the developed world now depends on Mideast oil.
Tigers and other farmyard animals
With China breeding more tigers than the world’s entire wild population, a conservationist gives disturbing details of these “factory farms”.
Satellites Map Changing Congo Rainforests
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Experts unveil dino, oldest known ancestor of birds
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage that includes birds.
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Chinese dinosaur had red-coloured tail feathers
Scientists have for the first time confirmed colour in a dinosaur. The first solid proof of pigmentation has been spotted in the fossilized tail feathers of a smallish meat-eating dinosaur found in China and named Sinosauropteryx.
World Bank wants tiger farms shut down
China and other Asian nations should shut privately run tiger farms as they are inhumane and fuel demand for the endangered big cat’s bones and skin, the World Bank said Thursday.
Imitation Google, YouTube sites emerge in China
Imitation websites of both Google and YouTube have emerged in China as the country faces off against the real Google over its local operations.
Dinosaurs’ Last Stand Found in China?
The largest dinosaur bone bed in the world may have been the glorious creatures’ last stand. Researchers say they can’t understand why so many animals gathered in what is today the city of Zhucheng to die. But some 15,000 bones …
Chinese research: does the quality match the quantity?
My story in yesterday’s FT about the astonishing increase in China’s research output in recent years has stirred up a lively response through emails to me and on discussion groups such as Chinapol.
The most interesting question is whether t…
China says no limits on use of Google’s Android
China tried Wednesday to assure mobile phone companies using Google’s Android operating system that they won’t be hurt by a dispute over web censorship, saying the technology will be allowed if it complies with regulations.