China’s nuclear weapon R&D founder remembered
China has held a series of activities to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Zhu Guangya (1924-2011), a leading scientist in the country’s research and development of nuclear weaponry. The institutions that have organized commemorative activities include the General Armament Department of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the Chinese Academy of Engineering […]
Limb transplant patient dies in Turkey
The patient who received the world’ s first quadruple limb transplant in a university hospital in the Turkish capital of Ankara died on Monday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Doctors at the Hacettepe University in Ankara was quoted as saying that the patient, Sevket Cavdar, “died despite all precautions and intensive care treatment.” Cavdar […]
Bear bile maker, under fire, opens farm to reporters
A Chinese pharmaceutical company Wednesday morning allowed more than 100 reporters to visit a farm where it breeds bears for their bile, amid protests from the public and animal welfare activists. At the bear farm of Guizhentang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., based in the eastern province of Fujian, a Xinhua reporter saw about 60 bears roaming […]