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HONG KONG—Chinese officials said mismanagement and negligence by local officials and the operators of a 60-mile ultramarathon in the country’s western mountains led to the deaths of 21 runners last month. The death toll among participants in the Yellow River Stone Forest Ultramarathon was among the worst in mountain sports—exceeding…

By Andrew Jones The Zhurong rover and its landing platform (right) CNSA China has released the first batch of science images from its Zhurong Mars rover, following its successful landing on the Red Planet on 14 May. In one picture, seen above, Zhurong carefully orchestrated a group selfie with its…

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No bats or pangolins were sold at Wuhan wet markets immediately before the coronavirus pandemic started, according to an Oxford-led study. The research documents a menagerie of nearly 50,000 animals from 38 species, including badgers and boars, peacocks and pit vipers, traded at animal markets in the Chinese city from…

Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Throughout 2020 and into early 2021, the theory that SARS-CoV-2 was manufactured in a laboratory was either…

Fifty-nine works topped out at the 9th China Senior Care Entrepreneurial Design and Innovation Awards competition, which featured the latest inventions, applications, products and technologies in the senior care and nursing sector. The competition received 900 submissions, and the winning entries were awarded yesterday. The submitted works came from enterprises,…

In the late 1970s, this was the stamp of The Globe and Mail's China bureau. Former bureau chief John Fraser said he loved filling out forms with it: 'This is a marvelous object carved out of marble, with a fierce beast on top and The Globe's identity chiseled out in…

After launching in China late last month, nubia’s Red Magic 6R will be available globally from June 24. Pricing starts at $499/€499/£429 for the 8/128GB trim while the 12/256GB model will sell for $599/€599/£519. The Red Magic 6R will be available in the following countries: Europe: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Lithuania,…

The newly released mobile game Mole’s World has topped the free download chart on the App Store in China for a week since its release on June 1, beating Tencent games Honor of Kings and Peacekeeper Elite. Created by Chinese video game developer Taomee Entertainment, Mole’s World is a simulation…