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Phone Lines

People wait in line for the opening of a new Apple store in Shanghai, March 21, 2024. From @敲桑 on Xiaohongshu

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China’s First Artificially Bred Pallas’s Cat Dies in Qinghai Park

In China, these elusive animals, which mainly inhabit the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, are at serious risk due to decades of hunting. Researchers say they are the most difficult feline to breed in the world.

The Archaeologist and the Queen

Zheng Zhenxiang, who died last week at the age of 95, overcame gender norms and harsh conditions to discover the final resting place of China’s most famous warrior-queen.