In China, organoid research has gained significant attention within biomedical science and biotechnology laboratories. Researchers are using organoids derived from tissues such as the liver, brain, and intestine to explore complex diseases and improve drug discovery methods. Because organoids can mimic many features of real organs, they provide a more realistic research platform compared to traditional cell cultures.
Beijing long allowed Mongols in China to live out their cultural identity. That, though, is now over. Xi Jinping has decided that they must assimilate into the culture of the Chinese majority.
Reference : Spiegel international https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/a-defeat-for-genghis-khan-chinas-mongolian-minority-facing-increased-pressure-to-assimilate-a-6ddea2f2-edf8-433f-84d9-87acad280a2d
Title : Inner Mongolian herders feel force of China’s hunger for minerals
Tensions rise in Chinese province as pastoralist economy is devastated by mining industry environmental pollution
As China develops its mineral resources, ancient ways of life are threatened. Mongolian herdsmen herd sheep near the Datang Gas Plant. Photograph: Gilles Sabrie/The Washington Post
Reference :
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/10/inner-mongolia-pollution-grasslands-herders
Nick Holdstock
Tuesday 16 April 2013 13:44 BST (The Independent)
Coal mining within the region has led to a major economic revival. But how has this prosperity benefited the nomads or the environment?
On April 21, 2011, farmer Wang Tao stood with his wife and grandson outside his sparse home where he used to grow corn, potatoes and wheat a stone's throw from a rare earth waste dump until toxic chemicals leaked into in the water supply system. And the poison was found on land near the city of Baotou in Inner Mongolia, northwest China. Farmers living near the tailings dam, a 10-square-kilometer expanse of toxic waste, say their teeth have fallen out and their hair has turned white, while tests show the soil and water contain high concentrations of cancer-causing radioactive materials.
