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Cancer-on-a-chip pioneer Chen Weiqiang returns to China from New York University
Chen Weiqiang, formerly a tenured professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering at New York University (NYU), has joined the school of biomedical engineering at Nanjing…
China’s Iran strategy an exercise in power without projection
The spectacle of US President Donald Trump thanking China for staying “neutral” with regard to the US-Israeli war against Iran would have been unthinkable a…
How Benin is on the road to reshaping its cotton industry, with China’s help
For decades, moving Benin’s cotton harvest from the north of the country to its southern ports was a slow, difficult journey along unpaved roads.
Benin is…
Korean drama Teach You a Lesson serves up a reality check on education
Within a week of its release, Netflix’s new Korean drama Teach You a Lesson, directed by Hong Jong-chan, topped the platform’s global non-English rankings for…