Oct. 17 marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. More than 800 million people worldwide still live in extreme poverty. Where does poverty come from? Why has glob…

Humanoid robots handle production materials in a workshop of a mechanical and electrical company in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province. (Photo/Long Wei) A new round of scient…

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Oct. 17 sent a ritual offering, known as "masakaki," to the Yasukuni Shrine, a notorious shrine which honors convicted Japanese Class-A wa…

Swans glide across the waters of Chahannur National Wetland Park in Shangdu county, Ulanqab, north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on March 19, 2026. (People's Daily Onli…

Liu Cixin (Photo from People's Daily app) In 2006, Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin's novel The Three-Body Problem began appearing in serial form in Science Fiction World m…