Officials across China are avoiding dining out to “play safe”, as the country’s latest austerity drive spirals into an overbearing campaign of excessive control like many similar ones before it. Several officials interviewed said that the lifestyle change, even if temporary, was largely prompted by the ever-shifting local austerity measures, which could be even more…
Chinese researchers have penetrated the icy depths of glaciers in the country’s northwest, using new aerial technology to take a more detailed picture of resources in the “water tower of Asia”. The team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences used airborne ice radar, also known as ice-penetrating radar, to…
Some inventions have remained virtually flawless since their inception, requiring only the most subtle adjustments throughout history. Chopsticks exemplify this beautifully. An excavation in southwest China’s Sichuan province in mid-September unearthed a pair of metal chopsticks from the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) that appear as though they could have been cleaned and set for the…