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Technology

China is showing the rest of the world how to build a cashless society

Mobile payment services are seeing explosive growth in China, where apps like Alipay and WeChat Pay let people do everything from paying bills to booking a taxi

Insight

Lunar rover

Space

First photo of Chinese Yutu-2 rover exploring far side of the moon

News

China’s Chang’e 4 makes historic first landing on the moon's far side

Space

China’s Chang’e 4 makes historic first landing on the moon's far side

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China is about to launch a mission to explore the far side of the moon

Space

China is about to launch a mission to explore the far side of the moon

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CRISPR is a powerful technique for editing DNA

Health

‘Scientists are now very sure that the babies really were gene-edited’

News

A large haul of ancient tools from China

Humans

Complex stone tools in China may re-write our species' ancient history

News

China may have developed a quantum radar that can spot stealth planes

Technology

China may have developed a quantum radar that can spot stealth planes

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Giant panda

Life

We can tell whether pandas are mating successfully by their bleats

News

spaceman

Space

Red Moon review: History lessons power great new lunar future novel

Culture

The moon and Earth

Space

Amateurs used a Chinese satellite to photograph Earth and the moon

A tiny Chinese satellite in lunar orbit is designed to accept commands from amateurs, and has captured a new view of the Earth and its moon

News

Space

China's Tiangong-2 space station is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere

News

Environment

China's spectacular rainbow lake disguises trouble below the surface

Regulars

Humans

What can game theory tell us about Trump's threats of trade war?

Comment

Earth

Mystery ozone-destroying gases linked to badly recycled fridges

News