KFC introduces self-driving trucks to sell chicken without human contact
They're already up and running in China, and could expand elsewhere.
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Why China (and other countries) are banning Wikipedia
Access to the sum of all human knowledge comes at a premium and considerable risks in China.
China tightens its climate targets and aims for carbon neutrality by 2060
The devil is in the details, as it remains to be seen exactly how China plans to pull this off.
Chinese fishing fleet threatens Galapagos wildlife
The islands near Ecuador are abundant with indigenous species, and illegal Chinese fishing affects them every year.
Americans are receiving mysterious bags of Chinese seeds in the post
So far 14 types of seeds have been identified and they are innocuous.
China successfully launches an ambitious mission to Mars
The mission will do a global survey of the planet
Forensic method could help the pangolin and bring poachers to justice
Researchers are using gelatin to get the fingerprints of poachers.
Chinese researchers find new swine flu strain in pigs. But slim chances of a new pandemic
The virus can be transmitted from pigs to humans, but not between humans. No reason to panic yet.
China discharges floodwater from one of the world’s largest dams amid heavy rain season
It's the world biggest hydropower project.
China launches the last of 55 satellites for its own GPS system
The USA, Europe, Russia, and now China all have their own GPS system.
China takes pangolin off of traditional medicine list
Pangolins could be the intermediate host that transmitted coronavirus to humans -- and trafficking makes disease transmission more likely.
Air pollution is back to pre-coronavirus levels in China, and Europe could follow
Satellite date shows concentrations of fine particles and nitrogen dioxide is rising again in China
Conservation efforts save endangered Hainan gibbon from the brink of extinction
The primate is making a comeback, with now over 30 gibbons living in the island of Hainan.
No more hunting and eating of wildlife in Wuhan, where the pandemic first started
Authorities declare Wuhan a wildlife sanctuary, offering buyouts to breeders
Dogs are no longer livestock for the Chinese government
This could make the consumption of dog meat illegal.
China’s costly cover-up: Coronavirus cases might have been reduced by 95% with immediate action
If Chinese authorities had acted three weeks earlier than they did, the number of coronavirus cases could have been reduced ...
Cities affected by air pollution could be more vulnerable to coronavirus
There could be a link between the two, an NGO claims.
Wuhan lockdown slowed down the international spread of coronavirus by 80%
Travel restrictions significantly curbed COVID-19 transmission between countries.
Air pollution shortens global life expectancy by three years, study shows
The coronavirus isn't the only pandemic running amok.
Coronavirus quarantine drastically improves air quality in China
Economic slowdown leads to reduction in nitrogen dioxide in mainland China following coronavirus quarantine.