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A sign shows that this department store's cash register accepts e-CNY, the digital currency issued by China's central bank.Barcroft Media | Barcroft Media | Getty ImagesBEIJING - Foreign travelers to China can use the government-developed…

SHANGHAI - Yuan Longping, a Chinese plant scientist whose breakthroughs in developing high-yielding hybrid rice varieties helped alleviate famine and poverty in much of Asia and Africa, died on Saturday in Changsha, China. He was 90 years…

Almost a year after the World Health Organization discovered the coronavirus, many people are still staying at home in offices, schools, cinemas, stadiums, churches and restaurants. Much of the socialization that would take place in these…