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Dec 30 2024HEALTH

Depression and Job Stress: A Closer Look at China's Workforce

Have you ever thought about how your job might affect your mental health? In China, this is a big deal right now. With more people feeling depressed and jobs getting harder to find, it's time to take a serious look at how work conditions are playing a role. You might have heard that people with high

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Dec 30 2024ENVIRONMENT

Reviving Rural China: Four Ways to Bring Life Back to Villages

In China, reviving rural areas is a big deal. It's called Rural Revitalization (RR), and each village is unique. So, how can we make RR work everywhere? Researchers came up with a new way to check how rural places are doing and find the best paths for them. They used the west of China as an example.

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Dec 29 2024ENVIRONMENT

How AI is Helping Clean Up Northwest China's Water

Imagine you're living in a rapidly growing city in Northwest China. With more people and industries, wastewater treatment becomes a big deal. This is where smart technology steps in. Researchers are using something called a Random Forest Regression model to predict water quality and reduce carbon em

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Dec 29 2024SCIENCE

Neutrino Hunters: A Taiwan-China Collaboration

Imagine a group of scientists from Taiwan and mainland China working together on a fascinating project. Since 1996, they've been exploring the world of neutrinos and astro-particle physics. Now, they're gearing up for an exciting experiment at Taiwan's Nuclear Power Station II. The plan? Use a 600 k

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Dec 29 2024POLITICS

Taiwan Tests Its Readiness for China’s Military Actions

Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, recently led a unique exercise. This wasn’t a typical military drill. Instead, it was a “tabletop” simulation. It involved not just the army but also government agencies and local groups. Why? To test how they’d handle potential escalations from China. You might be

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Dec 29 2024POLITICS

North Korean Troops: Casualties on the Ukrainian Front

You might think North Koreans are far from Ukraine, but the truth is, they're right in the middle of it. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently said that around 12, 000 North Korean soldiers are fighting alongside Russian troops in the Kursk region. The thing is, these soldiers aren't bein

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Dec 28 2024POLITICS

The Biden Family's Foreign Business: More Than Meets the Eye

Ever since a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden surfaced in 2020, questions have swirled about Joe Biden’s involvement in his son’s business deals. The president has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, but evidence suggests otherwise. Photos from a 2013 trip to China show Joe Biden meeting with Hunter’s

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Dec 28 2024BUSINESS

Elon Musk's Chinese Connections: What's the Deal?

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has been under scrutiny for his close ties with China. Recently, his influence on a spending bill and pro-China comments have raised red flags among Republicans. Musk's business in China is a big deal—Tesla's Shanghai factory is its largest, producing half of

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Dec 27 2024CRIME

Court: Man's Heated Divorce Led to Deadly Crowd Attack

Last November, a southern Chinese court handed a death sentence to a 62-year-old man, Fan Weiqiu, who killed 35 people by driving into a crowd. The court revealed that Fan was driven by anger over his divorce settlement. The attack took place at a sports center where people were exercising. The cour

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Dec 27 2024BUSINESS

Is Going Green Good for Business? China's Tax on Pollution

Imagine you're a business leader in China. Would you believe that paying taxes on pollution could actually boost your exports? Well, that's what happened with the Environmental Protection Tax Law (EPTL) introduced in 2018. This law charged companies for the pollution they produced, and the result? A

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