Inside the cab of a battery-electric haul truck, the loudest minute of the day is gone. A shift-level look at what Chinese electric mining trucks are ...
A loaded mining truck in Chile gains battery charge as it drives downhill. The physics of gravity energy recovery, a 57 kWh round trip, and a ...
Six new sacrificial pits at Sanxingdui in Sichuan produced gold masks, bronze figures, silk residue and stacked ivory, with carbon dates placing them alongside the late ...
In the narrow lanes of Kashgar's Old City, a Uyghur copper smith still uses hand hammers and fire to shape teapots that have defined Uyghur hospitality ...
In the remote mountains of Hunan, a bizarre stone forest inspired Avatar’s floating peaks and one of China’s most dramatic tourism booms. Behind the movie tag ...
Skip the elevator queues and discover the quieter side of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. This hiking guide leads you to five hidden viewpoints—Laowuchang's floating terraces, the ...
A young driver, a Tujia barista and a climbing coach — how the people who grew up in the shadow of the 'Avatar Mountains' are navigating ...
Standing atop Zhangjiajie's quartz-sandstone pillars, it's easy to see why James Cameron found his floating mountains here. But the real story is how locals, tourism, and ...
Two Ming dynasty brick towers in southeast Taiyuan are nicknamed the Twin Writing Brushes. Here is why a city built pagodas to improve its exam results, ...
In Songyang County, Zhejiang, architects, county officials and villagers have spent a decade arguing about roofs, drains and leases. The result is one of China's most-studied ...