For more than a century, the dream of efficiently concentrating low-grade heat into high-temperature industrial energy has been limited by a stubborn upper limit: 200 degrees Celsius (392 degrees Fahrenheit). Now, a team from China has broken this temperature limit.
The Japanese government laid out its position on Taiwan – albeit only partially – based on a 1972 document that normalized relations to ease tensions, while insisting that the Taiwan issue should be “peacefully resolved through dialogue.”
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Three Hong Kong judges who have presided over former media boss Jimmy Lai’s high-profile national security trial for more than 1 1/2 years ruled on Monday that he was guilty of all charges.
Malaysians hit back online this week after Indonesia’s interior minister appeared to downplay the importance of Malaysia’s flood relief efforts in neighboring Aceh province, where catastrophic floods and landslides on the northern tip of Sumatra have killed more than 1,000 people.
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One of China’s newest main battle tanks, the Type 99B, is an upgraded model designed to perform better at high altitudes and cold weather, state media reported, suggesting it may be sent to the Himalayan border with India.
As the country intensifies its efforts to introduce talents, the number of people returning to China has surged, and a national-level service platform for overseas students to return to China for employment and entrepreneurship has been launched.
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A Chinese woman who spent 8 million yuan ($1 million) on plastic surgery to look like actress Fan Bingbing has been forced to change her life after her celebrity reputation collapsed.
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