China called for implementation on Saturday after a historic deal was sealed in Paris on global efforts to combat climate change. The Paris agreement on climate change was adopted with no objection by the 196 Parties of the United Nations ...
The world-renowned journal Nature Thursday released its annual list of ten people who mattered in science in 2015, which includes one Chinese scientist whose work in human embryo gene editing has caused repeated debate in the academic ...
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Trinley (right) performs at the Norbulingka Park in Lhasa during the Shoton Festival.[Photo provided to China Daily] Trinley, 76, narrates Buddhist folktales depicted in the Thangka paintings using a wooden stick. Usually, it takes hours, ...
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A team of engineers from Cornell University, the University of Notre Dame and the semiconductor company IQE has created gallium nitride (GaN) power diodes capable of serving as the building blocks for future GaN power switches -- with ...
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The mainland company Unigroup's investment in Taiwan's semiconductor industry is purely commercial and should not be politicized, a mainland official said Wednesday. Unigroup, controlled by the prestigious Tsinghua University, is buying ...
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Bellingham receives smart city streetlight conversion. Echelon Corp., a leading independent control networking company for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT), announced today the installation of its Lumewave by Echelon lighting ...
Over 15 years after the establishment of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (the "FOCAC"), China-Africa economic and trade cooperation has become a highlight in international cooperation with Africa and a model of South-South ...
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US-based beer brewer Pabst Brewing Company (PBC) has entered into a long-term distribution partnership with Vermont Hard Cider Company, which is manufacturer of American cider. The agreement entails that Vermont Hard Cider will sell ...
The UK waste management companies are calling for minimization of Christmas waste through recycling and re-use methods, after the UK government disclosed alarming figures on Britain’s wrapping paper wastage amounting to 227,000 miles. ...
Cui Jian (2nd right), a Chinese rock star, talks with the senior artists of Huayin Laoqiang Opera on the stage. [Photo/ifeng.com] Chinese singer Tan Weiwei and five senior artists of Huayin Laoqiang Opera jointly performed on a TV show on ...
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India’s apex consumer court, which is hearing a lawsuit against Nestle’s Maggi Noodles, has ordered for tests to be conducted on 16 samples of Maggi Noodles, which have been preserved by Nestle India at the Food Safety and ...
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Eighty-four-year-old Tu Youyou arrived in Sweden on Friday to collect China's first Nobel Prize in medicine for creating an anti-malarial drug that saved millions of people across the world. Half a century ago, the pharmacologist derived ...
Listed lenders from China may see zero or negligible profit growth next year, with some likely to incur marginal losses, a new report said on Monday. The nonperforming loans ratio, which measures bad loans as a percentage of total loans, ...
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Their ages range from six to 17, and next week they will pay a special tribute to the thousands of their fellow Chinese countrymen who gave their lives during World War I. The award-winning Pagoda Chinese Youth Orchestra, based in ...
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Crown Equipment, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, earned a win in the WorkCover NSW SafeWork awards for the Best Workplace Health and Safety Management System (Private Sector). According to WorkCover NSW, the ...