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Evidence shows China may have invented cats over 5,000 years ago

New analysis on feline bones found in garbage pits in Quanhucun, a Yangshuo village from the Neolithic age, reveals the cats the remains belonged to lived roughly 5,300 years ago. Other...

by Jessica McGovern, 17 December 2013

150,000 people evacuated during heavy storms in southern China

Around 150,000 people have been evacuated from parts Hainan province since Friday due to heavy rainfall. Authorities have dispatched speedboats for evacuation purposes.

by Jessica McGovern, 17 December 2013

Major fashion retailers agree to end bunny torture in China

More than 35 major fashion retailers have announced that they would stop selling angora products in response to a campaign by animal rights activists.

by Jane Kent, 16 December 2013

China's lunar probe Chang'e-3 soft lands on the moon

China's lunar probe Chang'e-3, with the country's first moon rover onboard, landed on the moon on Saturday night, slightly ahead of schedule. The successful landing is the first time...

by James Griffiths, 14 December 2013

WWIII Watch: US and Chinese warships narrowly avoid collision in South China Sea

A U.S. guided missile cruiser operating in international waters in the South China Sea was forced to take evasive action last week to avoid a collision with a Chinese warship manoeuvring...

by James Griffiths, 14 December 2013

China's Chang'e-3 probe will land on the moon tonight at 9.40pm CST

China's lunar probe Chang'e-3 will land on the moon at around 9:40 pm Saturday and will be China's first spacecraft to soft-land on the surface of an extraterrestrial body, Legal Mirror...

by James Griffiths, 14 December 2013

2013 Thinkpiece Bingo (China Edition)

It's almost the end of the year and news organisations around the world are pestering their best writers (and Tom Friedman) to come up with some end-of-year thoughts. A good thinkpiece...

by James Griffiths, 13 December 2013