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Peony festival opens in central China's Henan

Peonies blossom at the Sui and Tang Dynasties Relic Garden in Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province, March 30, 2021. The city has a 1,500-year history of cultiva

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Beijing launches 'flower appreciation areas' for visitors

Spring is in the air and Beijing authorities have launched 172 flower appreciation areas for visitors.Scattered around the city's districts, the flowers cover a total area of more than 4.5 million

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Huckleberry, offering insurance to SMBs, partners with Berkshire Hathaway

Huckleberry, an insurtech company that offers a variety of insurance to small businesses, has announced a partnership with Berkshire Hathaway GUARD. This represents the biggest partnership with a carr

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Report finds leukemia to be most common cancer in Chinese children

Screenshot of an annual report on pediatric cancer by National Center for Pediatric Cancer Surveillance. /NCPCSAccounting for 57.21 percent of the cases, leukemia was t

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California's homelessness crisis amid COVID pandemic

02:26 Nearlyfivepeople are dying on the streets of Los Angeles every day from a variety of causes including COVID-19.The death rate among the homeless population of LA has seen a 74 pe

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Chinese mainland open arms for Taiwan investment in agriculture

The Chinese mainland on Wednesday unveiled measures to support the development of Taiwan-funded enterprises in agriculture and forestry on the mainland.Effective from t

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Amazon’s GameOn app, a platform for sharing mobile gaming clips, launches on iOS

Mobile gaming hasn’t seen the same demand for streaming content in the past as desktop has, but Amazon sees a market there to extend Twitch’s dominance. After launching on Android back in

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Influenza virus can promote COVID-19 infection in cells, mice: study

The prevention of influenza infection is of great significance during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in the journal Cell Research. /CFP Influenza A virus can aggravate C

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Influenza virus can promote COVID-19 infection in cells, mice: study

The prevention of influenza infection is of great significance during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in the journal Cell Research. /CFP Influenza A virus can aggravate C

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Tourists flock to have pictures taken with Forbidden City's bronze ox

01:06 Onthe first day of the Year of the Ox, many tourists came to the Forbidden City in Beijing to have pictures taken with a bronze ox there.During the Spring Festiva

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Palace Museum holds special exhibition to celebrate Spring Festival

The Palace Museum is hosting a special exhibition featuring a wide variety of Ruyi, a traditional Chinese ornament symbolizing auspiciousness and good luck, to celebrate the Spring Festival which fell

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Alexa von Tobel brings 15 years of financial savvy to Early Stage 2021

Alexa von Tobel has a unique vantage point on the world of startups. She debuted in the tech space with the launch of LearnVest in 2009. The company raised nearly $70 million and sold to Northwestern

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CMG announces Top 10 Trends of 2020 in audiovisual new media industry

China Media Group (CMG) on Tuesday announced Top 10 Trends of 2020 in the audiovisual new media industry. The list, compiled by over 100 industry experts and academicia

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Big pharma companies hope pandemic work will improve their reputation

02:32 In some parts of the world the pharmaceutical industry has been among the most distrusted and disliked for a variety of reasons including the high cost of drugs. The industry hop

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Meet Hainan Eld's deer, one of the rarest deer species in China

04:04 Among 17 deer species in China, the Hainan Eld's deer is among the rarest. Once on the edge of extinction with only 26 deer in existence, the population has seen

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Intuitive Machines taps SpaceX for second lunar lander mission

The first commercial lunar landers are set to start making their trips to the Moon as early as this year, and now another one has a confirmed ride booked: Intuitive Machines is sending its second land

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BMW previews its next-gen iDrive infotainment system

At CES 2021, BMW today provided us with a first glimpse of the future of its iDrive system, 20 years after it first launched in the 2001 7 Series. Today’s announcement mostly focuses on the past