Direct flight

A DIRECT air route linking Wuhan and San Francisco resumed Saturday, according to China Southern Airlines, the flight’s operator.

A Boeing 777 aircraft carrying 283 passengers took off from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport at 3:30 p.m. (Beijing Time), marking the resumption of the first direct passenger flight between Central China and the United States following the COVID-19 pandemic.

‘Artificial Sun’

CHINA has timely delivered all magnet support assemblies for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), according to the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), an ITER contractor.

The ITER, one of the largest and most important international scientific research projects in the world, is popularly known as “Artificial Sun” since it generates clean, carbon-free energy in a way similar to the sun by emitting light and heat through fusion reactions.

Himalayan yew tree

A WILD Himalayan yew tree, believed to be over 1,000 years old, was discovered in Yunnan Province, according to local authorities.

The living tree is located in the Fengqing area in Lincang City. It is about 12 meters tall and has a trunk diameter of 1.32 meters, said Shi Songlin, a professor at Chengdu University of Technology.

The tree has broken the record in both trunk diameter and age of wild Himalayan yew in Fengqing, which is of great significance for studying the origin of the species.