At least 25 dead as rains deluge central China’s Henan province

7-23-21 Death toll in HenanFloods climbs to 51 in Zhengzhou; 400,000 people have been evacuated. Direct economic loss amounted to 65.5 billion yuan (about $10.11 bln)

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/heavy-rainfall-kills-12-central-chinas-henan-provincial-capital-xinhua-2021-07-20/

7-20-21 At least 25 people have died in China’s flood-stricken central province of Henan, a dozen of them in a subway line in its capital Zhengzhou, and more rains are forecast for the region.

China opposes any attempt to seek regime change in Syria

http://english.chinamil.com.cn/view/2021-07/18/content_10063431.htm

 China opposes any attempt to seek regime change in Syria and will boost the mutually beneficial cooperation with Syria for the benefit of the two peoples, visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday.

Assad said that Syria sincerely appreciates China’s great help and its fair position on the Syrian issue. With the support of righteous forces including China, Syria has withstood external interference and weathered the most difficult period, he added.

Syria, always regarding China as a sincere partner and friend, is committed to deepen its friendly cooperation with China and supports China unconditionally on the issues related to Taiwan, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, the Syrian president vowed.

He also expressed Syria’s hope to take part in the joint BRI construction, strengthen cooperation with China in the fields of economy, science, culture and education, and join hands in fighting terrorism.

China achieves breakthroughs in self-developed no liquid helium dilution refrigerators

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202107/1228501.shtml

China achieves breakthroughs in self-developed no liquid helium dilution refrigerator, targeting the bottleneck problem in quantum computing, as the technology will guard China’s study and development of quantum computing with a steady cryogenic guarantee, according to an announcement from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in June. 

The Ningxin-1 satellites (also called Zhongzi)

北京时间2021年7月9日19时59分,我国在太原卫星发射中心用长征六号运载火箭,成功将钟子号卫星星座02组卫星送入预定轨道,发射任务获得圆满成功。此次任务是长征系列运载火箭的第379次飞行。

The Ningxin-1 satellites (also called Zhongzi) are a series of Chinese commercial remote sensing satellite owned by Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co. Ltd.

The satellites were built by DFH Satellite Co. Ltd of CAST. They have been reported to be a commercial operated global EM spectrum signal monitoring satellite system (SIGINT).