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Beijing’s Raptors and Captors

Among the manicured lawns and neat rows of cypress tress at Beijing’s iconic Temple of Heaven Park (天坛公园 Tiāntán Gōngyuán), birders lurk, eagerly searching for the elusive long-eared owl which...

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Elephants and Man in a Land of Rubber

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In recent years, wild elephants have hurt and even killed people in other areas in Yunnan. Exhausted teachers had to stay up all night taking shifts to keep a large...

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Yunan rainforest

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Legal at last! China makes Styrofoam lunch boxes legal!

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The fact, that Styrofoam lunch boxes were illegal may surprise you. But, like most everything else in China, it’s a land of convenience, not laws. Who would have ever guessed...

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Plans to Harness China's Nu River Threaten a Region

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From its crystalline beginnings as a rivulet seeping from a glacier on the Tibetan Himalayas to its broad, muddy amble through the jungles of Myanmar, the Nu River is one...

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Why has water-rich Yunnan become a drought hotspot?

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Calls by Yunnan officials to restrict water flows to other countries overlook the ecological and water quality factors behind south-west China’s drought

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Live film translator for top officials talks art, life

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It was a cold evening in November 1985 when Bao Yuheng was startled by sharp knocking on his apartment door. He opened it to find his boss from the China...

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The much discussed SMOG has become an inescapable yet visible “death threat” for those in China, Beijing specifically. Residents’ concern for their lungs and fear of cancer spurred business opportunities...

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masks

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Can eating bugs help with global climate change?

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"We grew up eating these," one woman told us while holding a fried grasshopper between her chopsticks. "Sure, when you think about what you're eating, it can seem kind of...

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Top 10 classic movies directed by Ang Lee

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Ang Lee was awarded the best director for “Life of Pi” at Hollywood’s annual Oscar earlier this year for the fantasy epic “Life of Pi” followed his 2005 win for...

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Man Made Frozen Waterfall from Hot Water Tap Left on all Winter

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A remarkable frozen waterfall has been created in not the likeliest of places. The location? The seventh floor of a block of flats in Jilin city, Jilin province, north east...

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