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2021-08-23 09:16:07

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Fudan University investigated the doctoral dissertation of the country’s leading COVID-19 expert aft......

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PayPal-Less Journal Pirate Sci-Hub Seeks Funds via Alipay

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2021-08-19 08:57:45

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Two New Dinosaur Species Identified in Northwest China

The reptiles were the first of their kind to be found in Xinjiang’s Turpan-Hami Basin region.

2021-08-13 03:19:06

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China Aims to Close Gender Gap in Science and Technology Sector

A new policy includes over a dozen measures designed to help more women join the highly male-dominat......

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Small Study Finds Mixing Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines Boosts Immunity

Skepticism remains over whether combining vaccine technologies has any notable effect, and over whet......

2021-07-14 12:10:34

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The Mysterious Ancient City That’s Rewriting Chinese History

The discovery of a 3,000-year-old civilization at Sanxingdui raised profound questions about China’s......

2021-07-07 11:13:56

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Chinese AI researchers aim for practicality and produce the most papers, but their quality lags behi......

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The Story Behind China’s ‘Dragon Man’ Discovery

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The treatment costs over $370,000 in the United States, though Chinese regulators have yet to disclo......

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The ancient animals dating back over 26 million years ago were taller than giraffes.

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