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China completes installation of 15,927 mirrors concentrating heat at 1,040 °F at world’s highest solar thermal plant; will power 50,000 homes while saving 60,000 tons of coal annually

Daily Informer20 hours ago04 mins

China has completed the construction of the world’s highest solar thermal plant on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, located at the height of 15,258 feet in Amdo County. The 100 megawatt (MW) project is designed to operate in an environment characterised by strong winds, sub-zero temperatures, and high ultraviolet radiation. According to information released by CGTN, the…

For centuries, China’s hanging coffins had no known builders. Ancient DNA now points to the Bo people | World News

Daily Informer1 week ago05 mins

The Hanging Coffins at Sagada, PC: Palu Malerba Scattered across remote cliff faces in southern China, wooden coffins have hung suspended for centuries, wedged into rock crevices or resting on driven wooden stakes hundreds of feet above the ground. Who built them, and why they chose height over a conventional grave, remained an open question…

518 million years ago, one tiny sea creature may have started the evolution of the fangs seen in spiders today | World News

Daily Informer3 weeks ago04 mins

Scientists have identified the earliest known evidence of spider fangs in a 518 million-year-old fossil recovered from southern China, tracing the origin of one of the animal kingdom’s most feared biological tools back to a small marine creature that lived long before spiders existed. The fossil belongs to a species called Urokodia aequalis, examined by…

This 90-year-old woman in China unknowingly kept using a live grenade as a kitchen hammer for over 20 years | World News

Daily Informer3 weeks ago04 mins

Image: South China Morning Post Sometimes the most dangerous discoveries hide in plain sight. In central China, a 90-year-old woman spent nearly two decades using what she believed was an ordinary piece of scrap metal as a household hammer. The heavy object cracked walnuts, crushed red peppers and drove nails into wood without ever causing…

Typhoon Maysak: Watch: Typhoon Maysak breaks dam wall in China, kills 2 and forces thousands to evacuate | World News

Daily Informer1 month ago04 mins

China recently experienced its 10th typhoon of the year and the results of it have left the nation in a shocking state of catastrophe. Tropical Storm Maysak, initially brought days of extreme rainfall across the country’s southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region. But now, the typhoon has triggered a massive flood that claimed two lives, affecting…

WTO rules against China retaliatory tariffs on US imports

Daily Informer3 months ago03 mins

Representative image (Reuters) GENEVA: World Trade Organization experts ruled Wednesday that tariffs imposed by China on billions’ worth of US imports in retaliation for Washington’s steel and aluminium tariffs violated international trade rules. A WTO panel set up to help resolve one of numerous disputes within the tit-for-tat trade war between the world’s two biggest…

Japan, US, Australia to carry out joint naval drills in South China Sea next week – Kyodo

Daily Informer3 months ago01 mins

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China blasts US-Japan-South Korea summit, warns of ‘contradictions and increasing tensions’

Daily Informer3 months ago03 mins

BEIJING: China is renewing its criticism of this weekend’s summit among the leaders of the US, Japan and South Korea, saying no country should “seek its own security at the expense of the security interests of others and of regional peace and stability.” “The international community has its own judgment as to who is creating…

James Cleverly: British foreign secretary Cleverly to visit China this month

Daily Informer3 months ago01 mins

British foreign secretary James Cleverly is due to visit China at the end of this month, two sources familiar with the matter said, a long-awaited trip seeking to stabilise a turbulent relationship that has sunk to its lowest point in decades. The foreign ministries of both countries did not immediately respond to requests for comment….

Africa: China’s Xi heads to South Africa for Brics summit

Daily Informer3 months ago02 mins

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping headed to South Africa on Monday, state media reported, where he will attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg. The state visit will be Xi’s second international trip of 2023, after making an official trip to Russia in March. “Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing on Monday for the 15th BRICS…

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China completes installation of 15,927 mirrors concentrating heat at 1,040 °F at world’s highest solar thermal plant; will power 50,000 homes while saving 60,000 tons of coal annually

For centuries, China’s hanging coffins had no known builders. Ancient DNA now points to the Bo people | World News

518 million years ago, one tiny sea creature may have started the evolution of the fangs seen in spiders today | World News

This 90-year-old woman in China unknowingly kept using a live grenade as a kitchen hammer for over 20 years | World News

Typhoon Maysak: Watch: Typhoon Maysak breaks dam wall in China, kills 2 and forces thousands to evacuate | World News

WTO rules against China retaliatory tariffs on US imports

Japan, US, Australia to carry out joint naval drills in South China Sea next week – Kyodo

China blasts US-Japan-South Korea summit, warns of ‘contradictions and increasing tensions’

James Cleverly: British foreign secretary Cleverly to visit China this month

Africa: China’s Xi heads to South Africa for Brics summit