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The International Space Station is no longer the only place where humans can live in orbit.

China's Communist Party has appointed Yi Lianhong as party secretary of eastern Zhejiang province, and Yin Hong as party secretary of eastern Jiangxi province, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.

Supermoons in general appear 17% bigger and 30% brighter than when the moon is at its farthest point away from Earth, according to NASA.

China said it was conducting military exercises Saturday off its coast opposite Taiwan after warning Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the US House of Representatives to scrap possible plans to visit the island democracy, which Beijing claims as part of its territory. The ruling Communist Party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation…

Beijing launched a new-generation aircraft carrier Friday, the first such ship to be both designed and built in China, in a milestone as it seeks to extend the range and power of its navy. The Type 003 carrier christened Fujian left its drydock at a shipyard outside Shanghai in the…

Former Apple Daily writer Simon Lee says China's crackdown reveals the CCP's ambitions for global authoritarianism.

Tong Daochi, a former senior official of China's southern Hainan province and an ex-securities regulator, was sentenced to death for bribery and insider trading, with a two-year reprieve, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.

The U.S. promised to slash its emissions and send tens of billions of dollars to low-lying and less well-off nations. The war in Ukraine is delaying that even as the toll from climate change rises.

Police have arrested nine people, including the building owner, on suspicion of ignoring building codes or committing other violations.