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China eliminated all entertainment from television Monday to start three days of national mourning for victims of the May 12 earthquake that has claimed the lives of 30,000 people and counting.
The International Space Station and China's Tiangong Space Station will be visible for early risers. Here's how to make a dual sighting.
Meteorologist Andrew Stutzke explains the difference between dawn/sunrise and dusk/sunset.
DAWN TILL DUSK Returns To New York For One-Night-Only Directed by the Estonian-born talents Diina Tamm and Valev Laube the performance delves deep into the soul of Estonian culture.
The reason why birds make such a racket at dawn is still unclear. But researchers are now pouring cold water on one popular idea about why.
As the Omicron variant spreads elsewhere, China is taking elaborate precautions to prevent the virus from reaching participants when the Games start in February.
China announced on Sunday a five-year plan to convert northern Chinese cities to clean heating during the winter through to 2021, state media reported, amid a deepening heating crisis.
One of the world's largest ice and snow festivals takes place in Harbin, China annually. It includes ice sculptures and a winter swimming contest.
HARBIN: China topped the final medal table at the Asian Winter Games in Harbin with a record haul on Friday but its delegation’s head stressed the need for improvement if the country is to be ...
Warmer winter melts incomes of China's ice cutters Harbin (China) (AFP) – Gruff men shout over an angry motor as they float huge blocks of ice towards a rusty conveyor belt on the bank of a ...
Schlicht et al. propose a hypothesis that aims to explain dawn and dusk choruses in all bird species. According to their female-absence hypothesis, an intense chorus will happen whenever two ...
The Winter Olympics, due to begin in one year, offer China a chance to show off its epidemic controls, dazzle with spectacle and seize a publicity win on the world stage - but human rights ...