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Blooming Victoria water lily adorns Beijing Botanical Garden

Many of the Victoria water lilies in Beijing Botanical Garden are in full bloom these days. The plant's flowering periodlasts from June to October, but each bloom only

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Space log: 'I'm amazed by the universe!' says Shenzhou-12 taikonaut

The most memorable moment for China's Shenzhou-12 astronauts, or taikonauts, is when they opened the hatch of the cabin and walked out of the China Space Station, crew

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Space log: 'I'm amazed by the universe!' says Shenzhou-12 taikonaut

Chinese astronaut Nie Haisheng conducts his second spacewalk outside the China Space Station, August 20, 2021. /China Media GroupThe most memorable moment for China's S

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Linktree partners with PayPal to allow users globally to accept direct payments

Linktree, the popular “link in bio” service with more than 16 million users, is partnering with PayPal to expand its recently launched “Commerce Links” tools for direct payment on Linktree globally. T

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Mayfly swarm attracts black-headed gulls to forage in NE China

The rising water level of Songhua River in Harbin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, has led to a swarm of mayflies propagating there.The insects have attra

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Lightning River glistens under the sun in N China's Hebei

Pictures show the Lightning Riverwinding like a snake through a wetland of the same name in Zhangjiakou City, north China's Hebei Province.Home to over 400 wild plant a

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Sea of clouds with rising sun turns Mount Taishan into fairyland

01:03 A sea of clouds during sunrise turned Mount Taishan in east China's Shandong Province into a fairyland on Saturday. With the sun rising, the sea of clouds gradual

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24 solar terms in nature: End of Heat

02:18 End of heat, or chushu in Chinese, is the 14th solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls on August 23 this year.Putting an end to the hot summer, it h

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Afghan resistance refuses to surrender to Taliban and warns of war

Ahmad Massoud, the son of former anti-Taliban leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, said he will not surrender areas under his control to the Taliban, Dubai-based al-Arabiya TV channel cited him as saying on Su

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Famous Chinese food: How to cook Dandan noodles

01:20 Dandan noodles: A traditional delicacy from Sichuan Province in southwest China. Legend has it that noodles were carried on a shoulder pole to be sold in the stre

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Famous Chinese food: How to cook sweet and sour pork

02:03 Sweet and sour pork is a famous traditional Chinese dish. The outside is crisp, the inside is tender, and the taste is sweet and sour. Follow Hu Xiaoyong, top gou

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Peloton’s Android app hints at long-rumored rowing machine

Conducting an APK teardown of the latest version of the Peloton Android app, 9to5Google found evidence the company is preparing the software to support a rowing machine in the near future. The outlet

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Autumn welcomes salt harvesting season in East China

About 10,000 hectares of salt fields in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, began to enter the autumn salt harvesting period. Workers are taking advantage

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China says hopes Taliban to secure smooth transition in Afghanistan

Shah-Do-Shamshira Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 18, 2021. /CFPAfter the major changes in Afghanistan, the Afghan Taliban leaders and spokesperson have openly sta

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International Orangutan Day: Protect our close relatives

International Orangutan Day is celebrated on August 19 every year to call public attention to this critically endangered species.Different from monkeys, orangutans are great apes that have no tail. T

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Apple is changing Mail Privacy Protection and email marketers must prepare

The most critical phase in a marketing team’s mix and overall multichannel strategy happens after you press send on an email campaign: the post-send and performance pillars of email marketing.During t

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Bosten lake, a paradise for waterfowls in NW China

Located in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Bosten Lake is a paradise for waterfowls.It is the largest inlan