China Science & Technology News

The US technology giant, which built its fortune selling programs for personal computers, held a Consumer Action Day on Wednesday to highlight risks posed by pirated software and resources for people vexed by bogus applications. "It is all too common...

Climate change Russian roulette We need to avoid a global hangover the day after the summit in Copenhagen. A breakthrough is possible, but only with sacrifices Mounting scepticism and deadlocked negotiations have culminated in an announcement that the Copenhagen climate...

there is the reason, in a word, why scepticism about climate change, previously fairly muted, is now enjoying its moment in the sun. Tragically, this issue of atmospheric science, which will affect all our futures, has become politically polarised, and...

The children play games and attend classes, while the association also checks on those who live at home. "Our children have a healthier state of mind now. When I first started to get to know these children, they had a...

Floods, droughts, heat waves and severe snowstorms could be more frequent in the Yangtze River Basin in the next 50 years as the area sees average temperatures rise by 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius, said a report released here on...

Fu Long, Europe’s first panda to be naturally conceived in captivity, left his home of two years at Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Zoo yesterday for a reserve in China. The panda, who captured Austrian hearts after his birth in August 2007, began...

Nearly 190 people joined group, which allegedly urged them to kill themselves on 21 December, said Chinese media. Attention was first drawn to the site by a student who told social workers about it after attempting suicide. The group has...

Dell's namesake Michael Dell in a talk late Tuesday criticized both his own products and Microsoft. Despite his company offering multiple netbooks, including the Mini 10, the CEO largely dismissed the category and said a "fair amount" of buyers are...

Lenovo Group Ltd. said Friday it plans to buy back Lenovo Mobile Communication Technology Ltd., a mobile handset maker founded by the Chinese personal computer maker in 2002, for $200 million in cash and shares. The move will help diversify...

The vaccinations will be administered starting Monday in hospitals, first to medical staff and patients in the various high-risk groups.   Starting on Wednesday, the sick funds will administer vaccinations with background diseases between the ages of three and 65....