The World’s Largest Radio Telescope - Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), is being constructed in Guizhou province of south west China. The telescope’s dish size will be equivalent to 30 football fields.
China has set up the world’s largest mosquito factory in Guangzhou province to tackle dengue fever by releasing one million sterilized mosquitoes every week in a bid to dilute their population.
Sports /
Thomas Bach, the President of International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 31 July 2024 announced that Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
Art & Culture, History, India & World /
The Chinese Version of the sacred ancient Indian scripture Bhagavad Gita was on 17 June 2024 launched in China during an international yoga conference. This is perhaps the first time that a well known Hindu ancient religious text has been published in China.
China on 12 June 2024 unveiled the 800-year-old Buddha statue (Qianshou Guanyin) famous for its 1000 hands in Dazu County in Sichun province. The statue is listed as World Heritage sites by UNESCO in 1999.
Economy /
As an indication of the slowing down in the economy, China’s GDP growth rate is decreased to 7.4% in 2014. This is the lowest growth rate in the last 24 years of China’s economic history. The growth rate in 2013 was 7.7%.
Legislators in Xinjiang province - a region of China with a large Muslim population, have approved a ban on women wearing a traditional Islamic garment known as a burqa in public.
