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China has been affected by 14 typhoons since July.
Biggest Typhoon of 2016 Hits During Mid-Autumn Festival; No Full Moon to Be Seen

The biggest typhoon of the year will be ruining holiday plans for the mid-autumn festival.

Super Typhoon Meranti hurls itself towards China.
Extremely Dangerous 210 km/h Super Typhoon Meranti to Strike China Tomorrow

Meranti is expected to make landfall in Guangdong or Fujian provinces on Thursday.

Vaping
Evidence Shows E-cigarettes Helped 18,000 People Quit Smoking

The results "conflict with the hypothesis that an increase in population use of e-cigarettes undermines quitting in general."

China launches a website to crack down on mooncake bribery ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
China's Top Anti-graft Committee Cracks Down on Mooncake Bribery

China’s top discipline and anti-corruption committee is stepping up efforts in combating bribery during Chinese holidays by launching a website that would serve as a platform where citizens could report mooncake-related abuses.

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SpaceX recently conducted a successful test of one of its Falcon 9 rockets at the Rocket Development and Test Facility in McGregor, Texas.
Elon Musk hints at UFO causing SpaceX Falcon 9 explosion; Pentagon backs UFO-hunting unit

Alien enthusiasts are gunning for UFOs with more zeal after celebrated entrepreneur Elon Musk said that he could not rule out the involvement of an unidentified object or weapon in the explosion of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. In a related news update, now Pentagon is also running a unit solely devoted to the purpose of hunting UFO.

Scientists are hoping the genome map will help them develop a hardier version of the Chinese mustard.
Scientists Unlock Genome Sequence of Chinese Mustard

Scientists from eastern China have successfully mapped the genome sequence of Brassica juncea, more commonly known as Chinese mustard, which is a common ingredient in Chinese cuisine.

BrahMos battery.
Indian Army Acquiring More Land Attack BrahMos Supersonic Missiles

The land-attack version of BrahMos has been operational in the Indian Army since 2007.

The moon.
New Study Confirms Full Moons can Trigger Large Earthquakes

These quakes both occurred close to the peak of tidal stress, when the moon and sun together exert the greatest gravitational influence over Earth.

Hun Sen and Li Keqiang
China Gives Cambodia Better Access to its Huge Market

He said China will import 200,000 metric tons of rice annually from Cambodia.

Bottlenose dolphins leap off the Southern California coast on January 30, 2012 near Dana Point, California.
Dolphins capable of speaking in words and sentences: Research

Dolphins make sounds that convey more than what meets the human ear.

Visitors view architects' models of apartment blocks during the 2007 Xian Autumn Real Estate Trade Fair on Oct. 26, 2007 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China.
China Praises Arrests of 'Rumor-mongering' Estate Agents

China’s housing ministry has lauded the arrest of real estate agents accused of “spreading false rumors” of new restrictions on home purchases in Shanghai, which helped fuel a buying frenzy and a wave of divorces in August.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visits China.
China-Vietnam Ties Strengthened During Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc's State Visit in Beijing

China and Vietnam are working to better handle their differences, particularly in dealing with maritime disputes in the South China Sea.

Poverty still lingers in rural communities of China.
Netizens Attribute Gansu Family Death to Poverty

Netizens are blaming poverty for the murder-suicide of a Chinese family in in the rural province of Gansu where a mother reportedly murdered her four children and ended her own life.

Kushen
Traditional Chinese Medicine Might Kill Some Cancer Cells

This study published in the journal Oncotarget is one of the first to characterize the molecular action of a Traditional Chinese Medicine.

A Russian air defense system of the type Pakistan is interested in acquiring.
Pakistan Announces First Ever War Games with Russia; Pakistan, China, Russia Axis Looms

The name Friendship 2016 itself is ominous, suggesting a growing of the military relations between both countries.

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