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An artist impression of Earth quasi-satellite Kamo`oalewa near the Earth-Moon system. (Image credit: Addy Graham/University of Arizona)

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China is readying a mission to two rocky bodies in our solar system

China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission will soon be heading to two extremely different space rocks, and should provide vital data to help us understand the nature of asteroids and comets

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Environment

China's CO2 emissions have started falling – is this finally the peak?

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Dementia cases are rising faster in China than the rest of the world

Health

Dementia cases are rising faster in China than the rest of the world

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Environment

Extreme weather could disrupt China's renewable energy boom

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Environment

Dramatic cuts in China’s air pollution drove surge in global warming

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Technology

China launches hunt for ways to protect data from quantum computers

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Technology

Why China's DeepSeek is threatening to disrupt the AI industry

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Technology

Red Note and Lemon8 are not the TikTok refuges you are looking for

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Tencent seems unaffected by US AI chip export ban, research shows

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Solar panels on the North Barren Mountain in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China

Environment

Clean energy rollout means China’s emissions may have peaked

China's carbon emissions may have peaked in 2023, as figures suggest its output has plateaued so far in 2024

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Space

China’s Chang’e 6 returns with first rocks from far side of the moon

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Life

China is sending giant pandas to US zoos for the first time in decades

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Space

China is about to land on the far side of the moon with Chang'e 6

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China is sending its Chang’e 6 spacecraft to the far side of the moon

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