China's second lunar probe, the Chang'e-2, will fly much faster than its predecessor and reach lunar orbit within a shorter period of time, a top Chinese space scientist told Xinhua here Friday.
China successfully launched the "SinoSat-6" satellite for radio and television live broadcast at 12:14 a.m.Sunday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Marine scientists from around the world Saturday called for the protection of marine organisms to maintain the balance of marine ecosystems and reduce damage by typhoons and other disasters to coastal cities.
Giant pandas remain an endangered species despite the births of 23 cubs in Chinese zoos over the past two months, a leading panda researcher in southwest China's Sichuan Province said Thursday.
Norwegian Minister for Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Stoere Monday applauded China's scientific research efforts in the Arctic. "Developments in the Arctic have global effects...China can make a valuable contribution," Stoere said in a speech delivered at the China Institute of International Studies in Beijing.
In the exhibition area of the World-Wide Fund for Nature in the International Organization Joint Pavilion of the World Expo in Shanghai, there are two national treasures of China—pandas and Pere David's deer (usually called milu in Chinese)—both among the rarest 10 species in the world.
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