Society

Beijing's eight-minute show at the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium, directed by Zhang Yimou, sent a warm welcome to the world.

"Zhongzhong" and "Huahua", the world's first cloned monkeys using somatic cells, play in their chamber at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Neurosciences in Shanghai.

China became the first country to clone a monkey using non-reproductive cells, reducing the need to breed lab monkeys and paving the way for more accurate, effective, and affordable animal tests for new drugs, scientists said on Thursday.

Alibaba’s third-party online payment service platform, Alipay, released an emergency statement on its Weibo account on Thursday, saying that everyone, including its staff, can pay how they want and their choice should be respected.

The announcement came after Alibaba’s Chairman Jack Ma was seen paying for his bill with a bank card instead of Alipay at a bar in southwest China’s Chongqing, Jan. 10.

The 34th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival kicked off Jan 5 at the Harbin Ice and Snow World park in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province.

Meanwhile, the 19th Harbin Ice and Snow World, an 800,000-square-meter wonderland, began its official run.