China’s Chang’e 6 mission has successfully delivered to Earth the first-ever samples from the far side of the moon. But what became of the lander that collected the lunar material? Chang’e 6 launched on May 3. The mission consisted of four spacecraft — an orbiter, lander, ascent vehicle and reentry capsule. The lander touched down […]
(Bloomberg) — In many parts of China, the warehouses and industrial parks that used to be a magnet for international investors are grappling with a surprising slowdown in business activity. Most Read from Bloomberg Logistics hubs that were built in anticipation of a long-lasting boom in e-commerce, manufacturing and food storage are losing tenants, forcing […]
June 25 (UPI) — China’s Chang’e-6 mission successfully returned to Earth early Tuesday, bringing with it the first-ever samples retrieved from the far side of the moon. The Chang’e-6 return capsule successfully landed in the Siziwang Banner area of China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 2:07 p.m. local time, the China National Space Administration said […]
The first-ever samples from the far side of the Moon have touched down on Earth. China’s Chang’e 6 capsule landed on Tuesday in Inner Mongolia, carrying rocks that could confirm or debunk scientists’ current theories about the Moon’s origin. The samples could help scientists confirm the current hypothesis about the Moon’s origin: that molten Earth […]
BEIJING/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has accelerated its selling of shares in BYD, China’s largest seller of electric vehicles. Berkshire reduced its stake in BYD’s issued H-shares to 5.99% on June 19, according to a Tuesday filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange. The stake had been 7.02% as recently as June […]
Open markets and green technologies are vital for stabilising global growth, China’s premier said on Tuesday, while criticising trade tensions as he opened a conference in north-eastern China. Li Qiang told political and business leaders attending the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the “Summer Davos”, that China is […]
Large Chinese firms have accelerated their pace of adopting artificial intelligence (AI) this year, with the number of related contracts surging in the first half, government data show. The number of tender contracts for services involving the use of large language models (LLMs) that found successful bidders more than doubled between the first and second […]
China’s fourth polar research icebreaker was delivered to the Ministry of Natural Resources in Guangzhou’s Nansha district on Monday and was expected to be dispatched for research resupply missions later this year. “Jidi”, which translates to “polar region”, is the latest addition to China’s next generation of icebreakers, alongside Xuelong 1 and Xuelong 2, which […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Open markets and green technologies are vital for stabilizing global growth, China’s premier said Tuesday, while criticizing trade tensions as he opened a conference in northeastern China. Premier Li Qiang told political and business leaders attending the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the “Summer […]
China’s Chang’e-6 lunar module returned to Earth Tuesday, successfully completing its historic mission to collect the first ever samples from the far side of the moon in a major step forward for the country’s ambitious space program. The reentry module “successfully landed” in a designated zone in China’s northern Inner Mongolia region just after 2 […]
Early on June 25, after nearly two months in space, the Chang’e 6 spacecraft is returning to Earth. The probe is scheduled to land in Inner Mongolia, a highly northern region of China — and with its return will come gifts from the far side of the moon. Naturally, lunar scientists are eagerly awaiting the […]
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe landed on Tuesday in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, making the country the first to bring back samples from the moon’s far side. The reentry capsule touched down at 2:07 p.m. Beijing time (0607 GMT), according to state broadcaster CCTV, carrying lunar soil collected […]