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Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region: Relocating from 'paradise'

EveryJuneandJuly,shepherdslivinginthevillageofKalatashiqimuganatthefootoftheMuztag-AtaPeakonthePamirPlateautravelacrossdeepvalleysalongtheancientSilkRoadtoamoun

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Hoh Xil: 51st world heritage site in China

At the 41st session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Poland on July 7, 2017, Hoh Xil was recognized as a new world natural heritage site and became the largest one in China with a vast area of 45,000 square kilometres.

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Seventeen people killed in Nigeria's bomb attacks

​At least 17 persons were killed in two separate attacks happening in northeast Gombe and central north Plateau State of Nigeria Wednesday.

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Earth's plate movements clue to mineral deposits

Analysis of rocks from the seafloor off New Zealand has given scientists an insight into how the Earth's tectonic plates have been moving for millions of years and the formation of submarine mineral deposits.

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Climate change thawing Tibet plateau's frozen earth

The perennial frozen earth on China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has shrunk by 16 percent over the past three decades as a result of global warming, according to new research results.