"Five-year plans are to China's development what construction drawings are to building a house," said Ran Hao, a professor at ...

The Tibetan Buddhist leader, who turns 90 on Sunday, appears concerned that Beijing will sweep in after his death to install ...

Siberia offers a tantalizing prize with fewer immediate risks. Its vast reserves of oil, gas, gold, diamonds, rare earth ...

The consequences of a large-scale nuclear conflict were laid bare by a group of scientists who concluded that more than three ...

Chinese projects bring in foreign currency, equipment, expertise, and international standards. Together, these factors are ...

The region contributes about 50% of all new cancer cases (9.2 million) and over half of cancer deaths (5.1 million) worldwide each year.

Hundreds of decisions—how to build roads, where to send medicine, how to plan for natural disasters—depend on knowing where people live. Over the past few decades, population maps have become powerful ...

China’s Map Offensive: Several Nations, Including India, Angry 1 Comment September 1, 2023 ...

A map reveals the fascinating amount of languages spoken in China. From Mandarin, Cantonese, Tibetan, to Mongolian and Korean, China is definitely one of the world's countries with the most ...

The study focused on population maps for the period 1975–2010, due to a lack of dam data from later years. Findings showed 2010 datasets had the least bias, missing between one-third (32%) to ...

The map shows the location of the 307 rural areas analysed in the study. The reported populations in the graphic were found to be underestimated by between 53 and 84 percent. Global population ...