Scientists make their case for classifying an extinct group that lived in northern China until 120,000 years ago as a separate species.

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Jacob Dreyer is a senior editor for Springer Nature in economics, business and finance, based in Shanghai. China’s emphasis on scientific progress over the past decade is not just motivated by ...

China Labor Watch sent undercover researchers three times over multiple months this year to conduct dozens of interviews on farms in the lush mountains surrounding Pu’er city, traditionally a ...

On a crystal-clear afternoon above a desert ghost town, a NASA aircraft scoured the ground for minerals. The plane, a ...

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Many of the patterns evident in the data for this year’s Nature Index Science Cities supplement will be familiar to watchers of global science trends over the past decade. China’s research ...

"I do not expect to soon find scenes to match Ghost Town's mountaintop funeral, the running along after a rowdy exorcism, or the scanning of faces at the town Christmas chorale. His back to prosperity ...

Now, it offers a view of China’s future—in which eroding growth collides with a ballooning elderly population and a shortfall in babies. Once vibrating with energy, Fushun is a city slowly ...