Chinese president holds welcome ceremony for Myanmar counterpart
BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping held a welcome ceremony here Tuesday for Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing, who is on a state visit to China.
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Chinese government to release white paper on global governance
China's State Council Information Office will release a white paper titled "More Just and Equitable Global Governance: China's Principles, Proposals and Actions" on Wednesday morning.
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Sacrificing environment for economic growth, official draws scrutiny as China pursues sound governance
A local official's pursuit of short-term economic growth at the expense of environmental protection has come under scrutiny in China, as authorities intensify efforts to curb misguided governance practices and promote practical, people-centered development.
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Chinese, Nepali foreign ministers hold talks in Beijing
China has always placed its relations with Nepal in an important position in its neighborhood diplomacy, and pursues a friendly policy toward all Nepali people, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday.
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Myanmar's president visits China Academy of Space Technology
Myanmar's president visits China Academy of Space Technology
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Chinese FM attends reception marking 25th anniversary of SCO
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday said the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) marked a new chapter in contemporary international relations.
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Regulations for Mineral Resources Law takes effect
China's new regulations implementing the Mineral Resources Law took effect on Monday. The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) described them as a comprehensive and systematic legal framework for safeguarding mineral resources, and said they are significant in strengthening the country's capacity in
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Some Japanese citizens apologize in front of Chinese embassy in Tokyo, express dissatisfaction over Takaichi remarks, urging official apology: media
A group of Japanese citizens gathered spontaneously outside the Chinese Embassy in Japan in Tokyo, expressing dissatisfaction over remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on island of Taiwan, which they said had led to the deterioration of China-Japan relations, according to Phoenix
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Myanmar's president arrives in Beijing for state visit; trip expected to inject fresh momentum into bilateral ties, pragmatic co-op: experts
President of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Beijing on Monday for a state visit to China from June 15 to 19, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
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China-aided sewage treatment plant, Mongolia's largest and most advanced, inaugurated to boost local water quality
A commissioning ceremony for the central sewage treatment plant in Mongolian capital city Ulan Bator, built with assistance from China, was held on Monday and as the largest and most sophisticated wastewater treatment facility in the country, the plant will upgrade local water quality and
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Global investors eye growing opportunities in Chinese tech assets
In a recent episode of America's Got Talent, 26-year-old dancer Wu Yufei from Southwest China's Sichuan Province took the stage with eight humanoid robots.
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Nagqu Railway Station handles 8.9471 million passenger trips over past 20 years
Nagqu Railway Station handles 8.9471 million passenger trips over past 20 years
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Construction of Xi'andong Railway Station enters final stage
Construction of Xi'andong Railway Station enters final stage
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Chinese scientists identify causes of developmental arrest in human early embryos
BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have captured the first high-resolution footage of human embryos during their first five days of development, leading to a major discovery as to why so many embryos fail to grow in the clinic.The study, led by researchers from Tsinghua University, located in Beijing, was published in the journal Cell.For couples undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment, the journey in pursuit of a baby is not always successful. More than half of human fertilized eggs stop developing before reaching the blastocyst stage, which is when they are ready to be implanted into the mother's womb. This high rate of failure has puzzled scientists for a long time.To solve this mystery, the research team built a new type of microscope, namely a dual-view light sheet microscope. This advanced tool can capture clear images of living embryos over longer duration and without harming them.By studying more than 2,000 cell divisions in over 150 human and monkey embryos, the team discovered that more than 70 percent of embryos that stopped growing early had problems during their second cell division. Specifically, a structure called the spindle, which looks like a tiny thread machine and helps divide genetic material equally, was abnormal in such cases. This caused errors in chromosome segregation, leading to cell cycle arrest within the next few cell divisions.Additionally, the researchers found that centrosomes, organelles of the cell that help build the spindle, play a key role in these errors. When the number of centrosomes was wrong, the spindle could not function properly.Building on this finding, the team attempted to ameliorate these errors during the second cell division. They applied a low dose of a drug that targets centrosome replication. The result was impressive: the percentage of embryos with normal centrosomes increased from 40 percent to 80 percent. Notably, the drug had no effect on embryos that had normal centrosomes.In the fu...
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