10 h. ago ‘No tunnel, no waste’: China’s Inner Mongolia uranium mine signals nuclear leap

China has made a breakthrough in uranium mining and processing by unlocking complex sandstone deposits once seen as too challenging to develop, as Beijing ramps up efforts towards a green transition and energy security. The country’s largest natural uranium project had yielded its first barrel, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced on Saturday. The “National No 1 Uranium” demonstration project was launched a year ago in the Ordos basin of northern Inner Mongolia, home to China’s...

Events

3 d. ago China Greenlights Major Green Hydrogen Pipeline from Inner Mongolia to Beijing

China Greenlights Major Green Hydrogen Pipeline from Inner Mongolia to Beijing  Pipeline Technology Journal

Politics

4 d. ago China’s ‘green great wall’ in Inner Mongolia traps three more deserts

China has completed a sand control belt spanning three deserts in Inner Mongolia, marking yet another milestone in the creation of a “green great wall” across the arid northern region. The last piece of straw checkerboard, a widely used method in China to stabilise sand, was placed at the southern edge of the Badain Jaran Desert on Sunday, according to state news agency Xinhua. The move completed a 1,856km (1,153-mile) green belt that also runs across the Tengger and Ulan Buh deserts, the agency...

Politics

4 d. ago China’s ‘green great wall’ in Inner Mongolia traps 3 more deserts

China has completed a sand control belt spanning three deserts in Inner Mongolia, marking yet another milestone in the creation of a “green great wall” across the arid northern region. The last piece of straw checkerboard, a widely used method in China to stabilise sand, was placed at the southern edge of the Badain Jaran Desert on Sunday, according to state news agency Xinhua. The move completed a 1,856km (1,153-mile) green belt that also runs across the Tengger and Ulan Buh deserts, the agency...

Politics

1 week ago Air China's C909 starts first international commercial flight to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Air China's C909 starts first international commercial flight to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia  Global Times

Society

2 w. ago Is China a just society? Economic woes erode public perception of fairness

Education department authorities of China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region did an unusual thing over the weekend. They opened the 2008 files of the gaokao, the national college entrance exam, to determine if rising mainland actress Nashi had committed fraud to enrol in the prestigious Shanghai Theatre Academy (STA). That investigation was initiated after the 35-year-old Nashi caused an outcry on Chinese social media when the actress hinted online that she had not “played fair” in her exam 17...

Economics