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South China Morning Post
3 hours ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Chinese man blames failed blind date on saggy T-shirt, claims looks like sleepwear
A Chinese man has reported a T-shirt manufacturer to the authorities after a failed blind date, claiming that the shirt was so saggy it looked like sleepwear, which he blamed for being rejected. Advertisement The incident went viral on mainland social media, amusing many netizens and prompting the authorities to launch an investigation into the product's quality. In mid-May, a man surnamed Wang, who works as a programmer, said that he had recently gone on a blind date wearing a T-shirt he had bought online for 59 yuan (US$8). He claimed that the poor quality of the shirt, a thin and flimsy item which resembled sleepwear, left a bad impression on the woman and ultimately led to the failure of the date. The man says the T-shirt, above, made it appear like he was either wearing pyjamas or that he was unemployed. Photo: Douyin 'I bought their so-called 'heavyweight T-shirt' for 59 yuan, but it turned out to be thin and see-through. I wore it on a blind date, and the woman thought I had shown up in pyjamas,' Wang said.
Time of India
16 hours ago
- Science
- Time of India
Rare space object blasts X-rays and radio waves every 44 minutes
Astronomers have detected a rare space object that emits powerful bursts of energy in both radio and X-ray wavelengths every 44 minutes. The object, known as ASKAP J1832-0911 , lies around 15,000 light-years away in the Milky Way and is the first of its kind to show such behaviour across both ends of the electromagnetic spectrum. Long-period transients (LPTs) a recently identified class of cosmic bodies typically emit brief pulses of radio waves separated by hours or minutes. But until now, none had been observed producing X-ray emissions . ASKAP J1832-0911 has changed that, emitting energy levels far beyond anything previously recorded in this category. 'This object is unlike anything we have seen before,' said Dr Ziteng (Andy) Wang, lead author of the study and a researcher at Curtin University, part of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR). The findings were published this week in *Nature*. A lucky observation by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch CFD với công nghệ và tốc độ tốt hơn IC Markets Đăng ký Undo ASKAP J1832-0911 was initially detected via radio signals by the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), operated by CSIRO on Wajarri Yamaji Country. By sheer coincidence, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory happened to be surveying the same region of sky at the same time, enabling astronomers to match the radio pulses with bursts of X-ray radiation. 'Discovering that ASKAP J1832-0911 was emitting X-rays felt like finding a needle in a haystack,' said Dr Wang. 'The ASKAP telescope has a broad view of the sky, but Chandra focuses on a much smaller region, so the overlap was a matter of great fortune.' Since the first LPT was discovered in 2022, around ten more have been identified. But none has demonstrated behaviour as intense and regular as ASKAP J1832-0911. New Physics on the horizon? Astronomers suspect ASKAP J1832-0911 could be either an ageing magnetar a type of dead star with extremely strong magnetic fields or a binary system containing a magnetised white dwarf, the remnant of a low-mass star. 'ASKAP J1831-0911 could be a magnetar, or it could be a pair of stars in a binary system where one is a highly magnetised white dwarf,' Wang explained. 'However, even those theories do not fully explain what we are observing. This discovery could indicate a new type of physics or new models of stellar evolution.' A doorway to more discoveries According to Professor Nanda Rea from the Institute of Space Science (ICE-CSIC) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), the discovery suggests ASKAP J1832-0911 may be the first of many similar objects. 'Finding one such object hints at the existence of many more,' Rea said. 'The discovery of its transient X-ray emission opens fresh insights into their mysterious nature.'
The Star
18 hours ago
- General
- The Star
Zambia hosts national final of Chinese language proficiency competition
LUSAKA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The Confucius Institute at the University of Zambia on Friday hosted the final round of the Chinese language proficiency competition. The event featured 10 students competing in the final of the 24th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students in Zambia, and nine students in the 18th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign Secondary School Students in Zambia. Participants demonstrated their proficiency in the Chinese language and showcased their knowledge of Chinese culture through poetry recitations and performances of Chinese pop songs. Speaking at the opening of the event, Wang Sheng, minister counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Zambia, said the Chinese Bridge competition serves not only as a platform for language and cultural expression, but also as a bridge connecting China with the rest of the world. He encouraged the students to use the competition as a springboard for continuous personal development and cultural exchange. "I hope that through the Chinese Bridge competition, more and more Zambian youth will develop a passion for the Chinese language, master it, and gain a deeper appreciation of China from a multidimensional and comprehensive perspective," he said. Wang further said China and Zambia are all-weather friends and that cooperation in all sectors, including people-to-people exchanges, has grown, guided by the principles of mutual respect, equality, and common development. He urged young people to embrace the development opportunities brought about by the friendship between the two countries through learning the Chinese language. Felix Masiye, acting vice-chancellor of the University of Zambia, praised the Chinese language for being a vital bridge that connects nations and cultures, facilitates access to technology and business, and fosters people-to-people relationships. Masiye commended the Confucius Institute for its role in promoting the learning of Chinese in Zambia and for training local teachers. He said such efforts would significantly contribute to the widespread teaching and adoption of the language across the country. Mubanga Museba, a student at Kasama Girls Secondary School in northern Zambia, emerged victorious in the secondary school category. She expressed her joy over the victory, noting that the outcome was unexpected given the high level of competition among the contestants. Museba said she began learning Chinese out of love and passion for the language, as well as a desire for self-development.
Yahoo
19 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
Astronomers find startling pulsing object in Milky Way: 'Unlike anything we have seen'
Astronomers recently discovered a never-before-seen celestial phenomenon hiding in our own cosmic backyard. The mystery object, located just a short 15,000 light-years from Earth in our Milky Way galaxy, revealed itself to an international team of scientists when it was observed emitting startling pulses. What made the pulses puzzling to the astronomers was that they came in the form of both radio waves and X-rays. Most intriguing: the cycle occurred like clockwork for two minutes at a time every 44 minutes. The discovery marks the first time that such objects, called long-period transients, have been detected in X-rays, the team said in a press release announcing the findings. 'This object is unlike anything we have seen before,' Ziteng Andy Wang, an astronomer at Curtin University in Australia who led the research, said in a statement. The objects, which emit radio pulses occurring minutes or hours apart, are a relatively recent discovery – with just 10 being identified since 2022, the team said. While astronomers are so far unable to explain the origin of the mystifying signals and why they occur at unusual intervals, the team hopes their findings provide some insights. Milky Way photos: Stunning images of our galaxy making itself visible around the globe The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. Because it appears as a rotating disc curving out from a dense central region, the Milky Way is known as a spiral galaxy. Our planet itself is located along one of the galaxy's spiral arms, about halfway from the center, according to NASA. The Milky Way sits in a cosmic neighborhood called the Local Group that includes more than 50 other galaxies. Those galaxies can be as small as a dwarf galaxy with up to only a few billion stars, or as large as Andromeda, our nearest large galactic neighbor. The Milky Way got its name because from our perspective on Earth, it appears as a faint band of light stretching across the entire sky. The team discovered the object, known as ASKAP J1832-0911, in the Milky Way by using a radio telescope in Australia. The astronomers, all from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, then correlated the radio signals with X-ray pulses detected by NASA's space telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The Australian radio telescope has a wide field view of the night sky, while Chandra observes only a fraction of it. For that reason, the astronomers say it was fortunate that Chandra was coincidentally observing the same area of the night sky at the same time. 'Discovering that ASKAP J1832-0911 was emitting X-rays felt like finding a needle in a haystack,' Wang said in a statement. Astronomy: Fast radio burst detected in 'dead' galaxy raises questions about mysterious signals It's possible the celestial object could be the core of a dead star, known as a magnetar. With their extremely strong magnetic fields, these neutron stars – small, dense collapsed cores of supergiant stars – are capable of producing the powerful bursts of energy that have been observed for years. The object could also be a pair of stars in a binary system in which one of them is a highly-magnetized white dwarf star at the end of its evolution, the team said. But Wang cautioned that neither of those theories fully explains what his team observed. "This discovery could indicate a new type of physics or new models of stellar evolution," Wang said in a statement. Fortunately, finding one object using both X-rays and radio waves hints at the existence of many more, according to the researchers. The findings were published Wednesday, May 28, in the journal Nature. Eric Lagatta is the Space Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at elagatta@ This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Strange pulsing object spotted in Milky Way: Here's what it could be
Epoch Times
21 hours ago
- Politics
- Epoch Times
After 22 Years on the Run for Broadcasting the Truth, Falun Gong Practitioner Dies in Exile
Wang Zhanhai, a Falun Gong practitioner from northern China, died on May 10, 2024, after 22 years of exile, according to news published this month by Wang was forced into hiding after participating in a covert broadcast that exposed the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) persecution of Falun Gong. In January 2001, the CCP Since the CCP's nationwide persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999, practitioners have risked imprisonment and death to counter the state's defamatory narrative. Their efforts include On Feb. 16, 2002, Wang and six other Falun Gong practitioners in Anshan City, Liaoning Province, tapped into the local cable network at 7 p.m. to air a documentary called ' This was one of the first television network interception efforts recorded by Minghui. Exposing the CCP Hoax The attempt to bring this information to the public came at a steep cost. Related Stories 5/5/2025 4/29/2025 Police located the group during the operation and opened fire, shooting practitioner Xu Zhaobin in the leg and face. Wang managed to escape, fled his hometown, and remained in hiding for the next 22 years. The other six were captured in the next several weeks. All received severe punishment. File photo: Zhang Li. Courtesy of Minghui Zhang Li, arrested on March 3, 2002, was interrogated and tortured in the First Detention Center of Anshan City. She died on Aug. 27 in the same year after being denied medical treatment despite being in critical condition. Witnesses described her body as 'scored with bloody knife wounds.' She was 40. The remaining five—Wei Zhiyi, Shen Hailong, Xu Zhaobin, Li Guihong, and He Xiaoqiu—were Wang's Fight for Justice In 2015, while still in hiding, Wang filed a criminal complaint against Jiang. He accused the former CCP leader of 'throwing hundreds of millions of kind-hearted people and their families into turmoil and devastating basic human conscience and the moral foundation essential for a stable and sustainable society.' Wang wrote that Falun Gong had improved his health and helped him become a better person. But once the persecution began, he endured constant harassment, including from local police, factory supervisors, and others. He was stalked, pressured to renounce his beliefs, fined, and forced to resign from his job. Wang said he and his fellow practitioners then decided to do something to raise the public awareness of the persecution. In addition to handing out flyers, they thought of a better way to let more people know about the truth: intercepting the local cable system. After the 2002 broadcast, he was listed as a fugitive. 'The police tapped my home phone, harassed my family, and even revoked my wife's small subsidy—leaving her and our child in deep financial trouble,' Wang wrote. 'They tried to bribe my friends to find me. During holidays, officers staked out my parents' house. Everyone in my family lived under unbearable pressure.' Unable to work or go out, Wang lived in constant fear. He couldn't care for his elderly parents or support his family, he said. He described the toll as 'unimaginable' in terms of physical, emotional, and financial stress. His health declined in the years that followed before his death last year. Due to China's tight censorship, his death was only confirmed and reported by Minghui on May 6, 2025. Wang Zhanhai. Courtesy of Minghui Speaking Out for All of Humanity Wang Zhiyuan, president and spokesperson of the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG), said Falun Gong practitioners risk their lives not just for their own sake, but 'for the people, the society, and the nation.' He told The Epoch Times on Thursday that practitioners outside China are also speaking out—not only on behalf of those suffering inside the country, but also 'to defend freedom and truth for all humanity.' Bypassing the Firewall Falun Gong—also known as Falun Dafa—is a spiritual discipline based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. Introduced by Mr. Li Hongzhi in 1992, it grew rapidly due to its health and moral benefits, attracting at least 70 million followers by the late 1990s. Fearing Falun Gong's popularity, the CCP launched a sweeping nationwide suppression in 1999. State media and propaganda arms were mobilized to discredit the practice. Despite extreme surveillance, including the deployment of more than The 2022 documentary ' Promotional materials for the documentary "Eternal Spring" are on display at the Film Forum in New York, on Oct. 14, 2022. Chung I Ho/The Epoch Times Inspired by their counterparts in China, Falun Gong practitioners overseas helped develop anti-censorship tools such as FreeGate, UltraSurf, and Dynaweb. These tools bypass the regime's 'Golden Shield,' also known as the Great Firewall, which monitors and censors internet access in China. Author and China expert Ethan Gutmann praised the movement, More Support Needed Prominent Chinese dissident Yuan Hongbing, now based in Australia, called the CCP 'the most evil authoritarian regime in human history.' In an interview with The Epoch Times on Thursday, he warned that the spread of communist totalitarianism poses a threat to global civilization. 'For years, Falun Gong practitioners have carried out tireless and courageous truth-clarification efforts,' Yuan said. 'What they are doing is tearing through the CCP's ideological iron curtain, allowing free thought and ideals to flow into China like a spring breeze. This is an immensely meaningful movement to save the hearts and minds of the Chinese people.' He also pointed to a rise in the CCP's overseas suppression of Falun Gong, with the communist regime spreading false information and employing legal tactics to target the group. 'It's hate-driven persecution from a dictatorship,' he said, urging the international community to respond with strong countermeasures. On May 5, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the WOIPFG's Wang Zhiyuan expressed appreciation to the United States for passing the bill, and he called on Western democracies to stand by the U.S. in support of Falun Gong. 'We need real action—not just symbolic support or oral sanctions,' he said. 'Only concrete steps can stop the persecution and dismantle the CCP.' Luo Ya, Mary Hong, and Joan Delaney contributed to this report.
