China has the world's fourth richest biodiversity. But 15,000 species of potentially endangered plants have been transferred to the National Botanical Garden in Beijing, where a special research team will conserve and manage their future for next generations. Plants are critical to providing food and oxygen — and also helps to ensure that our global ecosystem thrives. Thus, our survival depends on its own wellbeing. This story by our Host James Chau.

Even today, millions of school students across China learn how to write using a traditional ink brush. It returns them to their inherited history — and opens them to a visual art that was regarded as a ‘fine art’ long before the emergence of painting. This story by our Culture Contributor Tasmin Little.

A new aircraft carrier has launched in Shanghai with innovation at its core. The Fujian is a 300-meter vessel that allows planes to take-off using updated technology that is safer, more reliable, and less reliant on natural resources. This story by our Host James Chau.