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The booming e-commerce industry is good news for China, but less so when it comes to the impact of waste packaging on the environment. But who should take the share of the burden? The delivery companies, or consumers? E-commerce is growing rapidly in

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Concrete is one of the most widely used materials on the planet. And this consumption comes with a heavy ecological price. Rouzbeh Shahsavari, a materials scientist at Rice University. Around 5 to 10 percent of total CO2 emissions comes from concrete

VOA双语新闻：美国特使论六方会谈的进展和不足

The U.S. envoy to six nation talks on disarming nuclear North Korea has said they reached agreement on the principles for verifying Pyongyang's denuclarization. However, the envoy, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, says negotiators

Downpours Hit NW China Quake Zone

Heavy rain has been falling in Gansu Province which was hit by an earthquake on Monday, and this has hampered the transportation of relief materials into the disaster zone. As CRI's He Fei reports, relief materials such as tents and quilts remain in

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Feel to walk and in central Mexico is in archaeological site, a cultural landmark and tourist attraction best known for its pyramids and plaza. But nearly 2,000 years ago, it was a powerful urban center home to more than 100,000 people. It was also o

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Improving Industrial efficiency through Robotics Robots, becoming increasingly prevalent in factories and industrial plants throughout the developed world, are programmed and engineered to perform ind

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Bullies - especially aggressively hostile girls - are a topic of major interest to Rosalind Wiseman. In her non-fiction best-sellers, Queen Bees Wannabes, and Queen Bee Moms Kingpin Dads, the educator explored the way adolescent girls relate to the w

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Sixty-five years after the United States dropped nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima, and Nagasaki -- at the end of World War II - the U.S. view on nuclear weapons has changed. The Obama Administration is pushing for a nuclear-free worl

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CCTV9英语新闻：中国派出3架直升机参与救援任务

The Chinese army has sent three helicopters from Tibet's Jilong County to the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, to help with relief efforts. The helicopters -- carrying further supplies -- departed on the 100-kilometre journey at eight o'clock Wednesday m

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The focus of the Global Security Summit - to answer how to secure nuclear stockpiles against terrorists A unique two-day summit expected to bring together more than 40 heads of state and government will open in Washington April 12. As VOA reports, th

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