Shaanxi province
Coverage of Shaanxi province in the Nexus archive.
- Chinese clinic extracts 12 teeth from man after he complains of ache in one tooth
A Chinese clinic was punished by authorities after extracting 12 teeth from a 63-year-old man with high blood pressure and heart disease and withdrawing all his money. The man, surnamed Li from Baoji, Shaanxi province, sought treatment for an aching tooth at Datuanyuan Dental Clinic.
- The Chinese scientists hoping to use a space solar plant to power the world
Chinese scientists at Xidian University are testing hardware to generate power in space and transmit it to Earth. They have demonstrated sending power over 100 metres using solar panels, mirrors, and a microwave transmitter, with ambitions to achieve 36,000km transmission.
- Q&A: What do China’s provincial five-year plans say about climate and energy?
China's provincial governments have released their 15th five-year plans (2026-2030), aligning with national climate goals like peaking carbon emissions by 2030. Plans emphasize solar, wind, hydrogen, and new-energy vehicles (NEVs), with regional variations in focus, such as Zhejiang's 90GW solar target and Jilin's 50% NEV sales goal by 2030.
- Chinese homeowner buys 34th-floor flat in 32-storey building, gets no compensation
A Chinese man named Shen purchased a flat on the 34th floor of a building in Shaanxi province in 2013, only to discover four years later that the building only had 32 floors. He received no compensation for the discrepancy.
- American donated US$5,000 to China farmer for tree planting decades ago invited to view forest
Chinese environmental activist Yin Yuzhen, who has spent decades planting trees in Inner Mongolia's deserts, has invited an American donor who contributed US$5,000 to her reforestation efforts decades ago to visit the forest that resulted from his funding. Yin was recognized as a National Model Worker by China's State Council in 2000 for her anti-desertification work.