16-02-04 自治区成立 establishment of the autonomous region 民族乡 ethnic township 民族区域自治 regional ethnic autonomy 和平解放 peaceful liberation 民主改革 democratic reform 十七条协议 the 17-Article Agreement 因俗而治因事而治 special policies based on spe...

14-09-15 Hurricane Odile has hit the resort of Los Cabos in western Mexico, uprooting trees and confining thousands of holidaymakers to their hotels. 飓风奥黛尔袭击墨西哥西部拉斯卡伯斯度假村，连根拔除树木、数千度假者被迫待在酒店中。 The authorities in Los Ca...

14-08-07 Countries need to work together to ensure Antarctic research continues and key questions on the region are answered, researchers say. In an article published in Nature this week, 75 scientists along with policy makers in 22 countries have outlined w...

14-07-22 Storm-triggered landslides cause loss of life, property damage, and landscape alterations. For instance, the remnants（残余） of Hurricane Camille in 1969 caused 109 deaths in central Virginia, after 600 mm of rain fell in mountainous terrain in 6 h...

14-02-08 A new study shows New York fashion designers don't just flock to trends: They also do nearly all their business within the confines of the city's historic Garment District. Study co-authors Sarah Williams of MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Pla...

13-06-24 Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have demonstrated that sensory regions in the brain develop in a fundamentally different way than previously thought, a finding that may yield new insights into visual and neural disorders. In...

12-11-15 The breeding population of chinstrap penguins has declined significantly as temperatures have rapidly warmed on the Antarctic Peninsula, according to researchers funded in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The study indicates that chang...

10-11-15 Leaders of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Co-operation (Apec) forum have pledged to move towards creating a regional free-trade area. 亚太经合组织21国领导人承诺向着建立一个地区性自由贸易区的目标前进。 The agreement was announced at the end of a two-day...

10-09-10 The complex fracture pattern created by the earthquake in Concepcin (Chile) on 27 February 2010 was to a certain extent predictable（可预言的） . GPS observations from the years before the earthquake showed the pattern of stresses that had accumulat...

10-06-22 Bands of chimpanzees（黑猩猩） violently kill individuals from neighboring groups in order to expand their own territory, according to a 10-year study of a chimp community in Uganda that provides the first definitive evidence for this long-suspected...