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Nury Vittachi

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Scientists find ‘feminist paradise’ existed more than 4 millennia ago

SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED a female-led society that was so successful that it lasted for more than 10 generations in ancient China. Women-led clans existed for 250 years at a place called Fujia more than four millennia ago, DNA evidence showed. The late stone age community lived in Shandong province from 2750 BC onwards, a study in…

October 13, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

Chinese food Chinese history Culture Hong Kong News

How to see the rabbit on the moon: and 7 other ways to mark mid-autumn festival

CHINESE PEOPLE OFTEN celebrate the west’s Christmas traditions—so it’s nice if foreigners join in with Chinese holiday rituals too. Here are eight ways anyone can mark the Mid-Autumn Festival—and our image shows how to “see” the rabbit on the moon (details below). If you're a purest eat an salted egg yolk mooncake -- but other…

October 6, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news News

China is lifting its neighbors past western countries in energy tech

WEST’S REAL CRISIS IS ENERGY, NOT POLITICS THE NATIONS of southeast Asia are about to follow China in overtaking the United States and Europe in modern electrification, a new study showed. China already overtook the OECD, a club of mostly rich western nations, in 2015, but the rest of the region is following suit,…

October 3, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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China’s No.2 leader brings moon samples and message of peace to United Nations

CHINA BROUGHT A GIFT to the United Nations’ 80th General Assembly session yesterday: soil and rocks from "the dark side of the moon”. It was powerfully symbolic. The country was as poor as the least developed African nations in the 1960s, when the super-rich US was making its pioneering voyages to the moon—but China has…

October 3, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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China’s ‘dragon man’ skull forces re-think of man’s journey from Africa

SCIENTISTS ARE IN SHOCK today after the discovery of a million-year-old early human skull in China. The finding of the Homo longi (“dragon man”) skull in China will force a re-examination of long-held beliefs about the journey of modern humanity across the world, from its roots in the Australopithicine proto-humans which originated from Africa.…

October 3, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news Chinese history Culture Hong Kong News

7 things worth knowing about China’s National Day on Oct 1

1. National Day is not a day – it’s a week. It starts on National Day, 1st of October, but the State Council adds another six days of holiday to turn it into Golden Week in the Mainland China. 2. Many people wrongly believe that the first National Day was Mao Zedong’s proclamation of the…

October 3, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news Culture Opinion

Trump’s Department of War and China’s forgotten letter

‘U.S. Department of war’ is a more honest title—and that is proved by the extraordinary story of a forgotten 1964 letter from China TLDR SUMMARY: The world knows the importance of the nuclear “no first use” pledge but forgets that only two countries signed it, neither of which are in the west IN 1964,…

September 6, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news Culture Features

The hidden message in the names of China’s new military weapons

IF AN ENEMY ATTACKS, the Chinese will defend their nation with the East Wind, a hurricane of power that will destroy his ship. Then from the waters will rise a Giant Wave. And from the skies will fall a Sudden Thunderbolt. If any enemies survive to continue their assault, a Cloud Arrow and a fire…

September 5, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news

U.S. moves slowly towards planned war on China

THE U.S. IS CAUTIOUSLY MOVING AHEAD with long-held but risky plans for a war on China, exploiting Taiwan to justify a conflict. - Deputy US war minister Elbridge Colby asked Japan last week to define what role it would play in an upcoming conflict, the Financial Times reported. (1) - The request echoes a plan…

July 17, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news Culture

China-Laos rail’s success defies Western media’s excessive negativity

LAOS, ONE OF THE POOREST countries in Asia, is developing after China built a major railway and other infrastructure, a United Nations official said this week. And the difference between what is actually happening and what the BBC and Reuters predicted would happen is breathtaking, users noted. The BBC predicted the railway would bring financial…

June 5, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Scientists find ‘feminist paradise’ existed more than 4 millennia ago

How to see the rabbit on the moon: and 7 other ways to mark mid-autumn festival

China is lifting its neighbors past western countries in energy tech

China’s No.2 leader brings moon samples and message of peace to United Nations

China’s ‘dragon man’ skull forces re-think of man’s journey from Africa

7 things worth knowing about China’s National Day on Oct 1

Trump’s Department of War and China’s forgotten letter

The hidden message in the names of China’s new military weapons

U.S. moves slowly towards planned war on China

China-Laos rail’s success defies Western media’s excessive negativity

3-parent baby case led to one of the oddest reviews in HK legal history

This child has three parents: so who is his mother?

Scientists find ‘feminist paradise’ existed more than 4 millennia ago