The Shenzhou XX mission crew returned to Earth on Friday afternoon, nine days later than their scheduled landing, ending an extended stay aboard the Tiangong space station after a suspected debris hit left their spaceship with a cracked window. A re-entry capsule carrying the three astronauts – mission commander Senior Colonel Chen Dong and crew members Colonel Chen Zhongrui and Colonel Wang Jie – touched down on the Dongfeng Landing Site in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region at 4:40 pm, after flying more than five hours on the Earth-bound journey.…
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China’s first Type 076 amphibious assault ship, CNS Sichuan, sets sail from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a major shipyard in Shanghai, at around 9 am on Friday to conduct its maiden navigation test mission. ZHANG LIANG/XINHUA CNS Sichuan, China’s largest and most advanced amphibious assault ship, set sail from Shanghai on its maiden sea trial on Friday, said the People’s Liberation Army Navy. The PLA Navy announced in a news release that the massive vessel left Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a Shanghai-based shipyard of China State Shipbuilding Corp, around 9 am on Friday. Engineers…
China’s Shenzhou-20 astronauts to return to Earth By Xinhua Published: Nov 14, 2025 07:55 AM Updated: Nov 14, 2025 08:36 AM China’s Shenzhou-20 crew is scheduled to return to Earth on Friday aboard the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced. The spaceship will return to the Dongfeng landing site in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The astronauts — Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie — are in good shape, and the landing zone and all participating systems are making preparations for their touchdown. The crew’s…
After less than a year since its launch, China’s first electromagnetic catapult-equipped Type 076 amphibious assault ship embarked on its maiden sea trial on Friday. Experts said that this indicates smooth progress on the construction of this warship, which could play roles of both an amphibious vessel and a light aircraft carrier. At around 9:00 am on Friday, the first hull of China’s Type 076 amphibious assault ship, the Sichuan, set off from a port of Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai and sailed toward the relevant sea area for its maiden…
The US tech industry is endorsing a new plan this week called the ATOM Project, namely American Truly Open Models, which aims to win back the US lead in open-source artificial intelligence (AI) technology from China, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. This ambitious plan to pool resources for developing competitive open-source AI models comes at a time when Chinese open-source AI products are gaining recognition and adoption globally. Benchmarking firm Artificial Analysis found that only five of the top 15 AI models are open-source varieties and all were developed…
The 14th China International Patent Fair, held in Dalian, Northeast China’s Liaoning Province from Monday to Wednesday, represents far more than a showcase of inventions – it underscores China’s expanding role in the global innovation landscape. According to the Xinhua News Agency, since its launch in 2002, the fair has attracted participants from more than 30 countries and regions, facilitating transactions worth more than 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion). As China’s technological capabilities continue to expand, intellectual property (IP) no longer involves a one-way flow from Western economies to the…
The RoboCup 2025 in Brazil, held from Thursday to Monday, witnessed a historic moment as two Chinese teams secured the top two positions in the humanoid category, China’s first-ever victory in this category in the RoboCup, chinanews.com.cn reported on Monday. Both teams used Beijing-based Booster Robotics’ T1 humanoid robots, which, with their stable motion control, precise environmental perception, and efficient capabilities to adapt to various interactions, showcased China’s rapid progress in cutting-edge fields like artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. However, this victory represents more than just a technical achievement; it…
Using a new oven installed on the China Space Station, crew members of the Shenzhou-20 and -21 manned space flight mission enjoyed a space barbecue, video clips provided by the Astronaut Center of China (ACC) to the Global Times on late Monday evening showed. According to the ACC, it is one of the new measures designed to further improve the life quality of taikonauts in orbit. Chinese space experts said Tuesday the space oven could enable taikonauts to enjoy freshly cooked food in orbit, making them feel more like home…
The Standing Committee of China’s top legislature on Tuesday passed revisions to the Cybersecurity Law that emphasize national support for basic artificial intelligence research, algorithm development, and the construction of training data resources and computing power. The amended law will take effect Jan 1 next year after being approved at the 18th session of the 14th National People’s Congress Standing Committee in Beijing. A newly added article states that the country supports basic theoretical research in AI and the development of key technologies such as algorithms, while promoting infrastructure construction,…
China’s Tianwen 2 asteroid sampling spacecraft has been on its interplanetary itinerary for more than four months, and is now over 43 million kilometers away from Earth, according to the China National Space Administration. The robotic probe is currently traveling on a transfer trajectory toward its destination, a near-Earth asteroid called 2016 HO3, and is in good working condition, the space administration said in a news release on Wednesday. It is about 45 million km from the celestial body, the administration added. The CNSA also released an image taken by…