China on Thursday approved Eli Lilly's orforglipron pills, marketed domestically under the brand name "Muyouda," for long-term weight management in adults, making it the country's first oral GLP-1 medication approved for weight loss, according to the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and the company's press release on Thursday.
In 1932, David Victor Plymire, then less than a year old, was carried by his parents from New York to Huangyuan County in northwest China's Qinghai Province. He spent the next 17 years there, growing up in the place he would always call home.
The facial reconstruction of a young man believed to have been a son of Qinshihuang, China's first emperor, has drawn widespread attention on Chinese social media, offering a glimpse into the lives of members of the Qin imperial family more than 2,000 years ago.
Chinese actress Gao Ye won the Best Actress award at the 39th China Film Golden Rooster Awards on Tuesday evening in Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province, for her portrayal of Lin Yuxiu in Dead to Rights, a historical drama based on war crimes committed by the Japanese military during the Nanjing Massacre in 1937.
The encyclopedia has established a dedicated English-language entry for the term, describing it as a type of short form web or television series originating in China that features fast-paced plots and heightened melodrama, with common themes including revenge, organized crime, wealth and status, and romantic relationships. The entry is available in 14 languages in total.
The 2026 World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit is underway, and the Light of Internet Expo is putting robots to work. From a two-robot team that keeps making beds for over 10 minutes straight, to a smart retail capsule that completes deliveries in 40 seconds, and a fully automated kitchen that cooks without oil fumes, embodied AI is stepping off the demo floor and into real-world jobs.
Su Juntao and Liu Lili won China's first gold medal at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games on Monday, claiming the mixed double sculls beach sprint title as coastal rowing made its debut at the event. The pair clocked 2 minutes, 22.37 seconds at Saly Beach West, finishing 6.58 seconds ahead of Austria's Lukas Schoenhuber and Alena Lux. France's Raphael de Boussac and Elisa Guilloton took bronze.
An international team of researchers from Chinese and US universities has discovered fossils of a new amphibian species dating back about 237 million years and confirmed that the animal, known as Gerrothorax maritimus, represents the only known amphibian in Earth's history capable of living entirely in the sea, the Global Times learned from the Geological Museum of Guizhou on Wednesday.
Many overseas players who have tried the demo of the Chinese AAA game Phantom Blade Zero have gone on to explore traditional Chinese martial arts, searching online communities for information about kung fu, Wing Chun and internal cultivation.
Chinese scientists have discovered three exoplanets that challenge the existing understanding of how planets evolve around aging stars, the research team behind the discoveries told the Global Times on Wednesday.
