Crashed Antarctic copter to return to China
2011-12-12 17:48:49
The wreckage of the crashed Antarctic research helicopter Snow Eagle will be returned to China next year, Beijing News reported Monday.
iPhone 4S ready for sale in mainland
2011-12-12 11:07:25
China Unicom has been given permission to start selling the iPhone 4S on the mainland.
C919 passenger jet starts development phase
2011-12-10 07:32:04
China's homegrown C919 large passenger plane has finished its preliminary development review and entered the development phase.
China's C919 plane gets 20 new orders
2011-12-09 17:37:18
The China Aircraft Leasing Company Limited (CALC) inked a deal to buy 20 home-made C919 passenger jetliners, the plane's manufacturer COMAC said on its official website.
Expedition helicopter crashes in Antarctic
2011-12-09 13:43:30
China's expedition helicopter Snow Eagle crashed while attempting to make an emergency landing in the South Pole on Thursday evening, injuring one pilot.
Best view expected for full lunar eclipse
2011-12-08 12:57:10
Chinese stargazers will have their best view of a total lunar eclipse in 10 years on Saturday if weather permits, the Zijinshan Astronomical Observatory under CAS said Thursday.
Gates envisions nuke future for China
2011-12-08 07:07:32
Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that a company he helped found is cooperating on the development of a new type of nuclear reactor in China.
Trip to 'Mars' takes its toll
2011-12-07 07:17:35
After spending 520 days in a mock-up spacecraft, Chinese volunteer Wangyue returned to Beijing.
Astronomers confirm 'Earth twin'
2011-12-06 10:30:08
Kepler-22b, the most Earth-like planet ever discovered is circling a star 600 light years away, a key finding in an ongoing quest to learn if life exists beyond Earth, scientists said on Monday.
China to develop 3rd-generation weather satellite
2011-12-06 06:28:25
China will develop the third-generation Fengyun series weather satellite to monitor meteorological changes more accurately and persistently to help tackle climate change.
Paddy papa going strong
2011-12-04 08:31:15
Yuan Longping's dream is to have a new hybrid rice that will yield at least 15 tons of grain per hectare, and he is already halfway there.
China launches 10th global navigation satellite
2011-12-02 09:51:18
China successfully launched a satellite into space at 5:07 a.m. Beijing Time Friday, the 10th one of its indigenous global navigation and positioning network known as Beidou, or Compass system, the launch center said.