| “It took about two years for the monkeys to become comfortable with our presence and come that close to us,” says zoologist Zuofu Xiang, Central South University of Forestry and Technology in Changsha, who has been studying the behaviour of four species of snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp.) in China since 2002. . The way the monkeys work together has also taught Xiang the value of cooperation. “I encourage my students to do likewise, supporting one another and forming collaborations.” |
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A Chinese electrical company uses laser beam to trim tree branches that extruded into the high voltage power lines.
Of course, the actual functionality isn't as sci-fi, Star Wars-style as shown in the video (it actually took 8 minutes). But its utility of not requiring humans to get physically close to the high voltage power lines and risk their own safety in order to trim extruding tree branches is already a huge bonus to pursue.
Of course, the actual functionality isn't as sci-fi, Star Wars-style as shown in the video (it actually took 8 minutes). But its utility of not requiring humans to get physically close to the high voltage power lines and risk their own safety in order to trim extruding tree branches is already a huge bonus to pursue.
broadsword
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But make sure there is nothing behind, I mean way way behind, the branches to be cut. You don't want to burn power lines or set laundry on fire.
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Rescuing an elephant:
Rescuing a white roe deer:
Rescuing a white roe deer:
broadsword
Brigadier
Good to have feel-good videos of the day.
supercat
Major
A 4,000-year-old settlement:
Nesting herons increased 10-fold under protection.
Chinese merganser ducks are on China's Class 1 (most endangered) protection list.
Yangtze sturgeons spawned eggs in the wild for the first time in 23 years.
Nesting herons increased 10-fold under protection.
Chinese merganser ducks are on China's Class 1 (most endangered) protection list.
Yangtze sturgeons spawned eggs in the wild for the first time in 23 years.
In a new study published March 17th from Shenzhen, CAS, "", genome-wide data of 89 ancient individuals dated to 5100 to 100 years before the present (B.P.) from 29 sites across the Tibetan Plateau, the ancient occupants of the Tibetan Plateau have strong genetic links to the Tibetan, Sherpa and Qiang ethnic groups that live on or near the plateau today. Comparisons of the oldest genomes with ancient and living people across Asia suggest that the ancestors of modern Tibetans arrived on the plateau from the east. By contrast, India and the rest of the Asian subcontinent were .
“They were definitely East Asian, and they were northern East Asian,” says Fu. The genomes reveal fresh influxes of genes that suggest lowland East Asian immigrants arrived on the plateau more than once. Trade with millet farmers from the upper Yellow River region of what is now northeastern China was probably responsible for interactions between existing Tibetan settlers and newcomers before 4,700 years ago. During the past 700 years, there has been a further influx of genes from the east.
“They were definitely East Asian, and they were northern East Asian,” says Fu. The genomes reveal fresh influxes of genes that suggest lowland East Asian immigrants arrived on the plateau more than once. Trade with millet farmers from the upper Yellow River region of what is now northeastern China was probably responsible for interactions between existing Tibetan settlers and newcomers before 4,700 years ago. During the past 700 years, there has been a further influx of genes from the east.
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The Yellow River Protection Law came into effect on April 1.
Protecting the Yangtze finless porpoise:
Releasing Yangtze sturgeons, notice that these are still young, immature fishes:
Oriental white stork is on China's Class 1 (most endangered) protection list.
Ma Ying-jeou got emotional in front of the tomb of his ancestors. On the screen, it says that it took 73 years for him and his four sisters to travel through time and space to reach here. Local people also said that he still has the accent of local dialect.
Protecting the Yangtze finless porpoise:
Releasing Yangtze sturgeons, notice that these are still young, immature fishes:
Oriental white stork is on China's Class 1 (most endangered) protection list.
Ma Ying-jeou got emotional in front of the tomb of his ancestors. On the screen, it says that it took 73 years for him and his four sisters to travel through time and space to reach here. Local people also said that he still has the accent of local dialect.
2023-04-04 08:52:35chinadaily.com.cn Editor : Li Yan
A Chinese health brand declared on Monday that it has terminated its cooperation with brand ambassador Zhang Jike after the table tennis superstar was allegedly involved in a scandal.
Nuotelande, a company that mainly sells nutrition products such as protein powder and vitamins, posted a statement on Monday afternoon via its account on Sina Weibo, Chinese Twitter-like platform, saying "we've terminated all partnership agreements with Zhang."
Zhang, a multiple-time world champion, has been recently embroiled in controversy as some netizens claimed he owed several million yuan in debt due to gambling, and that he sent private videos of his ex-girlfriend, a Chinese actress, to the debtor, who then allegedly used the videos to extort the woman.
On Thursday, Zhang's studio responded via Sina Weibo that he does not have any debt problems, nor had he compromised anyone's privacy, adding that the allegations were pure fabrication.
On Friday, Zhang's attorney posted a statement saying that they have started collecting evidence on people that are trying to harm his reputation and that they are preparing to sue those who posted rumors about him multiple times or who refused to delete such information after they were told to.
Despite the responses, the allegations remained a hot topic after journalist Li Weiao said on his Weibo account on Friday that he had learned the rumors were true.
Li wrote that Zhang provided private videos of someone to a third party and that Zhang had more than 5 million yuan ($728,000) in debts that he has not yet paid. Li also disclosed a photo of a loan contract for 5 million yuan with Zhang listed as the borrower.
As of press time, the incident was still being heatedly discussed on the Chinese social platform, and information involving Zhang rocketed to the top of Weibo's trending list.
By 6 pm on Monday, for example, a topic with a hashtag of Zhang Jike's name on Weibo had been viewed over 18.5 billion times, while another topic tagged "Zhang Jike's loan contract" had been read more than 1.7 billion times.
The case has also prompted a few other popular brands that previously worked with Zhang to take action.
For instance, Anta Sports, a leading sportswear brand, told Economic View, a mobile application operated by the China News Service, on Monday that it has terminated its partnership with Zhang.
Content related to Zhang was not found when China Daily typed the athlete's name on Monday on the official Weibo accounts of a number of brands, including Anta Sports and Safeguard, a brand of antibacterial hand sanitizer under Procter &Gamble, a consumer goods multinational company.
Born in Qingdao, Shandong province, the 35-year-old Zhang is among the most notable players in table tennis history and has nearly 12.5 million followers on Weibo.
He is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, has been crowned world champion seven times and is a six-time ITTF World Cup singles and doubles champion.