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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 47m

The findings have been published in the journal Nature Sustainability.

People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 47m

Chinese scientists have developed a self-adaptive interphase in all-solid-state lithium batteries that maintains intimate contact between the lithium metal anode and solid electrolyte without external pressure, a breakthrough that decisively overcomes a major bottleneck toward commercialization.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 1h

China used 188.3 billion tonnes of seawater for cooling in 2024, up 1.6% year on year, according to the National Marine Data and Information Service and the China Association of Marine Affairs.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 2h

Tourists across China show no sign of fading enthusiasm as the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday draws to a close on Wednesday.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 4h

Code-named "Peace and Friendship 2025," the drill will focus on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, as well as maritime security. (file pic)

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 4h

Chinese and Malaysian armed forces will conduct a joint drill in Malaysia and its adjacent waters in mid-to-late October, according to the Chinese Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 4h

The Chinese Navy hospital ship "Silk Road Ark," which is on "Mission Harmony-2025," successfully completed a seven-day friendly visit and humanitarian medical service to Fiji and set off for Tonga on Wednesday.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 5h

View of China's Huangyan Dao national nature reserve in South China Sea.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 6h

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 7h

The bridge is an important cross-sea link connecting two islands in Zhoushan, with a total length of approximately 1,531 meters and a main span of 666 meters.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 7h

A main tower of the Taoyaomen highway-railway bridge was successfully closed on Monday in Zhoushan, E China's Zhejiang Province, marking a significant breakthrough of this project.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 23h

The WTO on Tuesday raised its forecast for global merchandise trade growth in 2025 to 2.4%, up from its previous projection of 0.9% made in August. Meanwhile, the forecast for 2026 was revised downward to 0.5% from 1.8%.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 1d

As of Tuesday noon, the total box office of films screened during the 2025 National Day holiday, including presales, had exceeded 1.6 billion yuan (about $225 million), according to data from online platforms.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 1d

Green sea turtles are classified as a first-class protected species in China and Yongshu Reef has gradually become a stable breeding ground for green sea turtles.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 1d

Chinese researchers on Monday announced that they have recorded the complete hatching process of a green sea turtle on the beaches of Yongshu Reef, part of the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea, for the first time.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 1d

Three US-based scientists, John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis, have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 1d

Lecornu, appointed less than a month ago, stepped down after unveiling a largely unchanged cabinet lineup on Sunday that drew sharp criticism from across the political spectrum.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 1d

French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu (pic), the presidency announced.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 1d

US President Donald Trump announced Monday that a 25% tariff on imported medium- and heavy-duty trucks will take effect on Nov. 1.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 1d

The Chinese government plans to hire 7,000 retired teachers to work in compulsory education schools in the country's rural areas this year, said a statement jointly released by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 1d

People participated in diverse traditional folk cultural events on Monday to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in China.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 1d

A full moon was seen shining across the world on Oct. 6.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 5d

US President Donald Trump on Friday set a Sunday evening deadline for Hamas to agree to the US-brokered deal to end the war in Gaza, threatening an even greater military attack if this "last chance agreement" is not reached.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 5d

A new international air route connecting south China's Shenzhen with Manado in Indonesia was launched on Friday, marking the first deployment of a Chinese-developed passenger aircraft on an international route from Shenzhen.

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People's Daily, China @pdchinanews.bsky.social · 5d

China's southern provinces of Hainan and Guangdong activated a Level-IV emergency typhoon response on Friday as Typhoon Matmo — the 21st named storm of the 2025 Pacific typhoon season — approaches.

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