
Chen Zhenlong – Father of Sweet Potatoes in China
Do you like sweet potatoes? Nutritious and easy to plant, sweet potatoes are a staple of the Chinese diet. But

Do you like sweet potatoes? Nutritious and easy to plant, sweet potatoes are a staple of the Chinese diet. But

Hong Kong film star Tony Leung Chiu-wai (梁朝偉) received a Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Award (終身成就金獅獎) at the 80th Venice Film Festival (威尼斯影展) on 2 September,

Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman whose cancer cells (癌細胞) were taken without her knowledge or consent (同意) in 1951. Her cells, known as HeLa cells,

Have you seen the IMAX blockbuster (賣座鉅片) “Oppenheimer” (奧本海默) during the summer vacation? If you haven’t seen the film and still don’t know

The Mukden Incident (九一八事變), also known as the Manchurian Incident or September 18 Incident, was an event set up by Japanese soldiers

Located northwest of Beijing, the Old Summer Palace, also known as the Garden of Perfect Brightness or Yuan Ming Yuan (圓明園), was one of the most important imperial gardens

Born in England in 1643, Sir Isaac Newton (牛頓) was regarded as one of the greatest figures in the history of science. He

In the 1930s and 1940s, Japan played a part in human medical testing in a secret project calledUnit 731 (731部隊). Despite the

The Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, is one of the most devastating (毀滅性的) pandemics (大流行病) in human history. It swept through Europe

Liberty Barros, a 14-year-old girl from Peterborough, UK, set a Guinness World Record for walking 20-metres in 22 seconds – with her
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