Chinese Regulators Open Investigation Into E-Commerce Giant Alibaba
China's State Administration for Market Regulation is focusing on allegations that Alibaba forces merchants on its website to sell only on its platform.
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China Promises To Share Findings From Its Returned Lunar Probe
The successful completion of the Chang'e-5 mission makes China only the third country to have returned soil and rock samples from the surface of the moon.
China Has A Theory About Its New COVID-19 Cases. Many Scientists Are Skeptical
The government is pointing a finger at imports of frozen foods. The consensus in the scientific community: "highly unlikely."
Chinese Vaccine 86% Effective, UAE Health Ministry Says
The Sinopharm vaccine, developed by a Chinese pharmaceutical company, has already been approved for emergency use in a few countries.
Everest Gets A Growth Spurt As China, Nepal Revise Official Elevation Upward
After years of surveys and calculations, the countries said Tuesday that the world's highest peak now stands about 29,032 feet above sea level — more than 2 feet taller than the previous consensus.
China Posts Record Month For Trade Thanks To Homebound, Bored Americans
China's trade surplus hit a record in November as exports to the U.S. soared by 46%. U.S. exports to China are also growing, but not as quickly.
Microwave Radiation 'Most Plausible' Cause Of Diplomats' Ailments, Report Says
The study by the National Academies of Sciences comes after dozens of U.S. diplomats in Cuba and China complained of migraines, dizziness and memory loss.
'God ... Let Us Survive': Remembering Korean War's Chosin Battle And Evacuation
Seventy years on, war participants are drawing starkly differing conclusions from the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. The decisive conflict's lasting legacy is still visible on the Korean Peninsula.
U.S. Imposes Severe Travel Restrictions On Chinese Communist Party Members
The new rules reduce the maximum validity of U.S. business and tourist visas held by party members and their families from 10 years to one month. China calls the action part of a "Cold War mentality."
For China's Overburdened Delivery Workers, The Customer — And App — Is Always Right
Delivery workers in Beijing tell NPR they work 12-hour days, six days a week, monitored by apps tracking how and when they deliver hundreds of packages every day. One misstep and their pay is slashed.