Tianzhou 9 craft arrives at launch site

The Tianzhou 9 cargo spacecraft, tasked with carrying supplies to China's Tiangong space station, and a Long March 7 carrier rocket were transferred to their launch site on Saturday, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The spacecraft will be launched in the near future at an appropriate time, according to the agency. Currently, the facilities and equipment at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan province are in good condition, and comprehensive functionality checks and joint tests are scheduled to proceed as planned ahead of the launch, the agency said. Orbiting Earth about 400 kilometers above the ground, Tiangong has three permanent parts — a core module and two science capsules — and is regularly connected to several visiting crew and cargo spaceships.

Key Han-Tibetan dictionary published

China attaches great importance to the use of the Tibetan language, as evidenced by the recent publication of a key bilingual dictionary. On Friday, the Han-Tibetan version of the Modern Chinese Dictionary, compiled and translated over 13 years, was jointly published by China Tibetology Publishing House and The Commercial Press, according to the ethnic and religious affairs commission of Qinghai province. Against the backdrop of rapid social development, Tibetan people have shown a growing desire to learn standard Chinese (Han language) while also preserving their own language. However, authoritative and user-friendly Han-Tibetan reference books have been scarce, prompting Qinghai — a province with a large Tibetan population — to launch the translation project.

Xinhua