One of China’s biggest electric car makers is increasingly looking for business outside China. BYD, China’s biggest electric vehicle maker by sales, signed a 2.5…
OILELECTRIIFY
Electric-car batteries that charge in five minutes have lured an unlikely investor: Big Oil
In the 1990s, oil companies and and car makers once worked together to scupper the electric vehicle industry in the US, according to the documentary…
BABY STEPS
Don’t expect a baby boom just because China ends its two-child policy
People in China may soon be free to have any number of kids they want after four decades of strict limits. Yet makers of diapers,…
COSMIC EAVESDROPPING
From the moon’s far side, a radio receiver will listen for ancient clues to the universe’s origin
Neil Armstrong walked on the near side of our moon half a century ago. On Monday, China’s embarked on the first step of a mission…
TOP OF THE WORLD
China’s latest hero is a 69-year-old double amputee who conquered Everest
A Chinese double amputee who finally made it to the peak of Mount Everest on his fifth try has won the hearts of Chinese internet…
WHAT PRIVACY CONCERNS?
China’s ride-hailing giant is offering to make passengers feel safer by recording them
When a female passenger was murdered last week, the backlash against Didi Chuxing was swift, prompting the Chinese ride-hailing giant to apologize and temporarily shut…
TOO BIG TO FAIL
China’s internet is fuming after a ride-hailing giant’s tacky response to a female passenger’s murder
China’s ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing is suspending one of its ride services and promising sweeping driver checks and operation reviews after the murder of a…
MADE IN CHINA
To advance in self-driving, China depends on US technology
China has moved in recent months to allow autonomous car tests on city roads, and has said it hopes that smart cars will make up…
TELLTALE SIGNS
Fossils of a butchered rhino are upending ideas about when premodern humans appeared in the Philippines
Thanks to a methodically butchered rhino, we now know that premodern humans were active in the Philippines earlier than previously believed. Much earlier. A study…
MYSTERIOUS AFFLICTION
Scientists are puzzled why the black patches around pandas’ eyes are turning white
Scientists are scrambling to learn why the distinctive black patches around the eyes of giant pandas are fading away in some animals. Twelve bears at…
OUT OF SYNC
Watch: In the world’s largest drone performance, some machines went rogue
A Labor Day celebration display created by over a thousand drones dotting the night sky in the Chinese city of Xi’an should have been a…
NOT THE WAY
China’s top science institute apologized for kicking off a nuclear project with religious rites
China’s top science institute is in trouble for mixing science with religion. China’s Academy of Sciences (CAS) apologized on Monday (April 30) after pictures (link…
