China’s 2021 online retail sales of physical goods top 10 trillion yuan

A package assembly line in a logistics industrial park, Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province [CGTN-CFP]
A package assembly line in a logistics industrial park, Nantong, Jiangsu [CGTN-CFP]
CGTN | 25-Jan-2022

China’s online retail sales of physical goods exceeded the 10-trillion-yuan ($1.57 trillion) threshold to hit 10.8 trillion yuan in 2021, Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Thursday. In 2021, China’s online retail sales reached 13.1 trillion yuan, MOFCOM spokesperson Gao Feng told a press briefing. Continue reading “China’s 2021 online retail sales of physical goods top 10 trillion yuan”

Chinese scientists develop non-hallucinogenic antidepressant compounds

Chinese scientists developed two compounds that can relieve depression without causing hallucination [CGTN-CFP]
Chinese scientists develope compounds relieve depression without hallucination [CGTN]
CGTN | 24-Jan-2022

Chinese scientists designed two new compounds that can relieve depression but do not cause the unwanted effect of hallucination. Scientists from the Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and ShanghaiTech University mapped out the crystal structure of psilocybin, an FDA-approved breakthrough antidepressant medicine, when it is bonded with its receptors in the brain called serotonin 2A. Continue reading “Chinese scientists develop non-hallucinogenic antidepressant compounds”