Chinese archaeologists have unearthed 110 new terracotta warriors that laid buried since 210–209 BC, part of the famed army built to guard the tomb of China's first emperor. The life-size figures were excavated by archaeologists near the site where in the 1970's farmers found the first bits of a terracotta army, including chariots with full-size horses.
Chinese rhinoceros horn cups brought to the Antiques Roadshow on Saturday in Tulsa became the highest-value appraisal ever made by the PBS television show in its 16 year history. The unidentified man, who started collecting the carved cups inexpensively and had no idea of their worth, was told they were valued at 1-1.5 million dollars.
The U.S. and China announced new ivory restrictions in both countries that could save tens of thousands of elephants.
Investors in China betting big on the organic concept have poured money into food producers and distributors. Some are wrestling with a conflict between scale and quality, but this has not dampened their enthusiasm.
The definition of what it means to be sustainable in the 21st century needs to be broadened to include a skyscraper's ability to sustain the human spirit, says a design director at Gensler. Imagine energy efficient towers whose walls might slide open, allowing office workers to step outside, into the sky, for a breath of fresh air. Towers where seasonal gardens grow vertically and where friends might meet by a kumquat tree on the 68th floor for a cup of coffee on a beautiful spring day.
In a milestone Saturday for sustainable aviation, China became the latest nation to transport passengers on a commercial airline flight powered by used cooking oil.
A province in southern China has decided that GDP is not the only indicator of success for its citizens, and income, not the only definition of well-being. Happy Guangdong is the new slogan for the Five-Year Plan, launched by Wang Yang, secretary of the Communist Party in the wealthy Guangdong province.
China's emissions of carbon dioxide fell last year for the first time in 13 years - a drop of 2 percent during a year when their GDP was still growing by 7.4%. This decoupling of economic growth from emissions is significant and should buoy clean energy efforts around the world.
Dramatic video of a Chinese man catching a young child after he fell from a second story window were released on Friday by Chinese state media.
Asia rang in the New Year on Thursday with parades and fireworks celebrating the Year of the Sheep (or Goat or Ram). According to the Chinese lunar calendar, February 19, 2015, begins the celebration of the animal considered to be a general symbol of plenitude and good fortune, emblematic of kindness.
Four Yangtze finless porpoises were released into their new home today, marking the start of an ambitious project to help save the critically endangered freshwater species from almost certain extinction in less than a decade.
African elephants are benefiting from changing attitudes in China that have slashed demand for ivory and sent its price plummeting.
Once you discover "panda cuddler" is an actual job title, you may have to rethink your career plans.
When NBA star Yao Ming starred in a TV ad to discourage people from eating a Chinese delicacy, he set off a chain reaction that has saved millions of sharks.
Cleaning up plastic pollution may soon be as simple as feeding it to some hungry bugs now that science has learned how mealworms can thrive on a styrofoam diet.
China continues cleaning up its act: Thanks to a new mobile app–and government transparency– citizens can now pressure polluting companies to clean up theirs.
A new study finds links between various lifestyle choices and habits you may be already employing that could reduce your risk of Alzheimer's.
In the same year it stopped receiving global food aid, China emerged as the world's third largest food donor. Another success story is India's transformation from a recipient of food aid in 2000 to becoming the 15th largest donor to the World Food Programme in 2005.
Unable to move anything but her eyes, she had to blink millions of times to write her 150,000 word autobiography–then gifts the proceeds to ALS patients.
China is setting a world record by already reducing its CO2 emissions by an amount equal to what the entire United Kingdom produced in that same period.
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