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Archaeologists restoring China's Great Wall near Beijing found a 247-pound Ming Dynasty cannon from 1632, revealing forgotten stories of soldiers who once defended the ancient fortress. The discovery transforms our understanding of daily life on the world's most famous wall.
After planting 66 billion trees around the massive Taklamakan Desert, China has transformed its edges from expanding sand into vegetation that actively removes carbon from the atmosphere. New research shows this ambitious project is working.
China's massive tree-planting project has nearly tripled forest cover across its northern deserts, reducing dust storms and soil erosion while offering lessons for similar efforts worldwide. The 72-year initiative now spans 40% of the country and is showing real results.
A solar installation stretching 250 miles across China's Kubuqi Desert has grown so large that satellites can track its expansion from orbit. One section is shaped like a galloping horse the size of a small city and holds a world record.
A Chinese company just started selling a real life giant robot you can climb inside and pilot, making science fiction dreams come true. At nearly 9 feet tall, it walks on two legs and can even break through concrete walls.
Humanoid robots performed martial arts routines with children at China's Spring Festival Gala, running up walls and wielding nunchucks in a choreographed display. The performance shows how far China's robotics industry has advanced in just one year.
Starting February 17, 2026, China welcomes travelers from 50 countries for 30-day visa-free stays, adding Canada and the UK to its expanding welcome list. The move makes visiting the Great Wall, Shanghai's skyline, and ancient temples easier than ever for millions of global travelers.
Nigeria is relocating the headquarters of its Great Green Wall agency from the capital to Kano, putting decision-makers right where the environmental action happens. The move promises better coordination and faster progress on Africa's ambitious project to push back the desert.
China eradicated absolute poverty by 2020, lifting its final 100 million people out of destitution through personalized interventions after decades of broad economic reforms. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization calls it "one of the great success stories of the 20th century."
When a cargo ship capsized in contested waters overnight, former rivals worked together to save lives. Chinese and Philippine Coast Guards launched a joint rescue operation that brought 17 sailors home safely.
Deep in China's Shanxi Province mountains, the Ningwu ice caves have stayed frozen solid for over three million years, defying logic and seasons. This natural wonder stretches hundreds of feet underground with walls of ice that never see summer.
Scientists in China just solved a problem that's been holding back solar panels on building walls. Their grooved glass captures sunlight even when the sun hits at extreme angles.
A 57-year-old food delivery worker who writes poetry between shifts just won one of China's most prestigious literary awards. Wang Jibing's collection "Low Flight" celebrates the lives of ordinary workers, proving that great art can come from anywhere.
China successfully launched and recovered its first reusable orbital rocket, landing the Long March 10B on a floating platform in the South China Sea. The breakthrough makes China only the third nation to master this cost-cutting technology after SpaceX and Blue Origin.
China's 46-year effort to plant trees around one of Earth's harshest deserts just proved humans can transform wastelands into climate solutions. The massive green wall is now actively pulling carbon dioxide from the air.
China planted 66 billion trees around one of the world's largest deserts and transformed it into a carbon sink that absorbs more CO2 than it releases. The massive greening project shows human intervention can reverse environmental damage on a stunning scale.
When 2-year-old Novalee stopped breathing after a seizure, her 87-year-old great-great-grandmother didn't hesitate. Wilma Whitmore's decades as an emergency room nurse kicked in just when her family needed her most.
A viral social media campaign brought 30,000 city volunteers to remote Minqin County, China, where they're planting trees to stop desert expansion. The grassroots effort is protecting farms and water sources in one of China's most arid regions.
Indonesia is learning from China's record-breaking poverty reduction success to help lift millions of its own citizens out of hardship. The partnership includes village leader exchanges and shared strategies that have already helped China lift 800 million people from poverty.
China just caught a falling rocket booster in a giant net on a sea platform, marking a huge leap toward reusable space technology. The successful test puts China in the race to make space launches cheaper and more sustainable.
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