Quan Hongchan competes in the women's 10m platform final at Tokyo 2020 on Aug 5, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
>China honors young Olympic athletes
The Olympic athletes won the Chinese Youth May Fourth Medal
The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China and the All-China Youth Federation on Monday decided to award May Fourth Medals to young athletes who participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in recognition of their outstanding performances.
In recognition of the outstanding contributions of China's young athletes, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the All-China Youth Federation decided on August 9 to award the young athletes of the Chinese delegation to the Tokyo Olympic Games the "Chinese Youth May Fourth Medal".
Among those honored are China's women's table tennis team, the men's table tennis team and 39 young athletes, including shooter Yang Qian, swimmer Zhang Yufei and diver Quan Hongchan.
The Chinese women's table tennis team, the Chinese men's table tennis team, the Chinese men's table tennis team, as well as 39 young athletes such as shooting athlete Yang Qian, swimmer Zhang Yufei and diver Quan Hongchan were awarded the medal.
The youth organizations called on young people across the country to learn from Chinese athletes, defy difficulties and improve their skills through hard work.
The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the All-China Youth Federation call on the vast number of young people throughout the country to learn from Chinese athletes and learn from their spirit of not fearing difficulties and practicing their skills hard.
An aerial view of Foshan, South China's Guangdong province, on March 21, 2019. [Photo/IC]
>Greater Bay Area has more Global 500 companies
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area surpasses the New York Bay Area for the first time
The number of Global 500 companies' headquarters in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area surpassed the New York Bay Area for the first time, the 21st Century Business Herald reported on Monday. With four new companies' joining in, China's Greater Bay Area became host to 25 Global 500 companies this year, outweighing the New York Bay Area with 24 Global 500 companies' headquarters.
"21st Century Business Herald" reported on August 9 that in the recently released list of the 2021 Fortune Global 500 companies, the number of shortlisted companies in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area increased by 4 to 25, surpassing the New York Bay Area for the first time. A total of 24 companies in the New York Bay Area were shortlisted.
The Tokyo Bay Area has 40 Global 500 headquarters, the most among the four global bay areas in the world.
40 of the world's top 500 companies in 2021 are headquartered in the Tokyo Bay Area, far ahead of the four bay areas.
The number of Global 500 companies was 10 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In addition, 10 are located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Finance, innovative technology and manufacturing are pillar industries in China's Greater Bay Area while automobile, petrochemical engineering and finance are those in the Tokyo Bay Area.
Finance, innovation and technology, and manufacturing are the main industries in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, while automotive, petrochemical engineering, and finance are the main industries in the Tokyo Bay Area.
China's Greater Bay Area covers the largest area of 56,000 square kilometers among the four global bay areas, followed by the New York Bay Area and San Francisco Bay Area with 21,500 and 18,000 square kilometers, respectively.
With a total area of 56,000 square kilometers, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is the largest of the four bay areas, followed by the New York Bay Area (21,500 square kilometers) and the San Francisco Bay Area (18,000 square kilometers).
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>World's oldest coin factory found
Henan discovered the world's oldest mint
Archaeologists excavating the remains of Guanzhuang - an ancient city in Central China's Henan province - have discovered what they believe is the oldest-known coin mint, where miniature, shovel-shaped bronze coins were mass produced some 2,600 years ago.
Archaeologists excavating the ruins of the ancient city of Guanzhuang in Henan Province, China, have uncovered the oldest known minting workshop in the world, where small shovel-shaped copper coins were minted in large quantities about 2,600 years ago.
Their research, published in the journal Antiquity, gives weight to the idea that the first coins were minted not in Turkey or Greece, as long thought, but in China.
Their research corroborates the idea that the earliest coins were not minted in Turkey or Greece, as has long been thought, but in China. The results of this research have been published in the journal Antiquities.
Using radiocarbon dating, the team determined the mint began operating sometime between 640 BC and no later than 550 BC.
Using radiocarbon dating, the team determined that the mint workshop began operations sometime between 640 and 550 BC.
During their excavation, the researchers found two spade coins and dozens of clay molds used to cast them.
During the excavation, the researchers found two shovel coins and dozens of pottery vans used to mint these coins.
One coin was in near-perfect condition: Just shy of 6 inches long and about 2.5 inches wide, the bronze coin weighed about 27 grams.
One of the coins was nearly perfect: less than 6 inches long, about 2.5 inches wide, and weighed about 27 grams.
US national flags fly at half-staff at the Washington Monument to mourn the more than half a million US lives lost to COVID-19 in Washington D.C., the United States, on Feb 24, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
>25M ayes for US lab petition
25 million signatures called for an investigation into Fort Detrick
An online petition for a thorough investigation of a biological laboratory at Fort Detrick in the US concluded on Friday, garnering 25 million signatures in just three weeks.
A joint campaign commissioned by a group of Chinese netizens to the Global Times to request a thorough investigation of the Biological Laboratory in Fort Detrick in the United States ended at 00:00 on August 7, with a total of 25 million signatures in three weeks.
The petition, which a group of Chinese internet users drafted and entrusted the Global Times to post on social media, was launched on July 17 and received 500,000 signatures in 24 hours and 1 million in 48 hours.
After the campaign was launched on social media on July 17, it received 500,000 signatures in 24 hours and more than 1 million in 48 hours.
The investigation should look at the origins of COVID-19 as related to the Maryland laboratory as well as the laboratory's safety, the organizers said.
Organizers said netizens asked for an investigation into the Fort Detrick Biological Laboratory in Maryland, U.S.- Issues on the Traceability of the Coronavirus, as well as for laboratory safety issues.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on July 26 that the US needs to explain why it remains silent on opening the Fort Detrick laboratory to an investigation.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on July 26 that why the US side has remained silent on the issue of opening up the Detrick Fort investigation must give the world an account.
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