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1. China hit by sudden rise of sea water level ‘never seen in history’
Along the coast of northeastern China’s Bohai Sea, the water began to rise as it normally does when tide comes in. But the water kept rising. Under the cover of darkness, the tidal surge swept across several coastal regions in the provinces of Liaoning and Hebei, as well as the city of Tianjin, which is situated just over 100km (62 miles) southeast of the capital Beijing.
2. Test flight of Chinese plane designed to travel twice as fast as Concorde
A Chinese company says it has conducted a test flight of a prototype commercial transport plane that can travel at Mach 4 – or twice the speed of a Concorde. Space Transportation, which is headquartered in Beijing, on Sunday said its Yunxing prototype had successfully completed the test flight a day earlier.
3. This small ground beetle is rekindling debate on Darwin’s theory of evolution
