![The success of China's space programme, which only began in the 1990s, has fuelled the development of hugely popular space camps where people can get a sense of life on Mars [File: How Hwee Young/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/h_55131613.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Chinese watch in wonder as country begins building own space station and gears up to land a rover on Mars.
![Approximately 69,000 out of the 81,000 confirmed cases have been discharged in China [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1d6e5db2d1c24af2ab954b201b6057e6_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
City says 1,290 more people died than previously reported amid questions about the credibility of China’s reporting.
![China's day of mourning coincided with the Tomb-Sweeping Festival during which families traditionally visit the graves of their deceased relatives as a sign of respect [China Out/CNS via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ecf4cd709018401b88edc92e981ddf62_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
National day of mourning held to honour thousands of people who died in the coronavirus pandemic.
Wuhan was locked down as COVID-19 took hold, but as life returns to normal, its residents remain cautious.
![Workers from a charity foundation prepare boxes of disinfectant tablets to be donated to Iran in Beijing last week [File: Ng Han Guan/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/8ff83662266343b784c89c21a1ba00df_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
State media lauds China as global leader in fight against disease in bid to defuse criticism it allowed virus to spread.
Draconian measures, which appear to have quelled the outbreak in China, are gradually being relaxed.
![This was President Xi's first appearance in the region, which has been under lockdown for weeks [Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/7f178139023143f1adf2f9306382c827_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Chinese president makes first visit to sealed-off city where coronavirus now engulfing the world emerged in December.
![China has imposed measures from disinfection to quarantine and sealing off entire provinces to curb the coronavirus but, as the number of cases overseas grows, it worries infections will rise again [File: Wu Hong/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2d0cdaff018f4b9ca4e91d108f9d639a_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
As global coronavirus cases spike, China is stepping up containment strategy for foreign visitors, returning citizens.
![Dr Kong Yuefeng, a recovered COVID-19 patient who has passed his 14-day quarantine, donates plasma at a clinic in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients contains antibodies that can help reduce the virus effect in critically ill patients, according to China’s National Health Commission. [Yuan Zheng/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/602a9359493248638608c4c7382eca0a_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Doctors focus on preventing disease progressing to critical stage as work continues to develop effective drugs, vaccine.
![A man wearing a protective mask walks under surveillance cameras in Shanghai, China, on February 28, 2020 [Aly Song/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/18cac5557bbb4d7997dd1ebc10094c65_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Authorities in China step up surveillance and roll out new artificial intelligence tools to fight deadly epidemic.