Frank Hossack

This day, 20 August, in 2002, the 24th International Congress of Mathematicians opened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Held every 4 years, this was also the first time in history that the Congress had been...

Since 1 January 2025, couples pursuing fertility treatment across China have walked into a rather different kind of appointment. The largest bill on the table is no longer always the first thing standing in their way; it's the popularity...

Commuters across Shanghai are to see a fare structure tested for the first time in over two decades. On 29 July 2026, the city's Development & Reform Commission announced a public hearing for 7 September, to reopening pricing that...

This day, 19 August, in 2001, Philippine government forces engaged in a fierce gunfight with kidnappers to rescue Chinese hostages. During the operation, Zhang Zhongqiang and Xue Xing, technicians working on the construction of the Malmar irrigation project, were...

This day, 18 August, in 1949, Mao Zedong published the article, “Farewell, Leighton Stuart”. Appointed as the US Ambassador to China in July 1946, Marshall J. Leighton Stuart played the role of mediator between the KMT and the Communist...

Engineers near Shanghai have lowered a data centre onto the seabed and wired it into an offshore wind farm, working from a simple premise; AI needs far more computing power than land, water and electricity can readily supply. 工程师们在上海附近的海域，把一座数据中心沉入海底，并接入了附近的海上风电场，思路其实很简单；AI所需的算力，远超土地、水和电力所能轻易供给的规模。 China has...

This day, 17 August, in 1982, the governments of China and the United States issued the “August 17 Communiqué” on the issue of US arms sales to Taiwan, in which the US government reiterated that it has no intention...

This day, 16 August, in 1971, China and Iran established diplomatic relations, sharing the ideological themes of anti-imperialism and third-world solidarity, and as natural allies seeking to counterbalance the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War. 这一天，即1971年8月16日，中国和伊朗建立了外交关系，共享反帝国主义和第三世界团结的意识形态主题，并作为冷战期间寻求平衡苏联和美国的天然盟友。