To achieve that goal and although the borders have been practically closed since March 2020, China will install a border “demarcation line” on top of Mt Everest, the Chinese press reported ...

Earth’s tallest mountain, Mount Everest, is 8.85km above sea level ... cargo is unloaded,” said geoscientist Dai Jingen of China University of Geosciences in Beijing.

Mount Everest ... region near Everest. “Isostatic rebound can be likened to a floating object adjusting its position when weight is removed,” said geoscientist Jingen Dai of China University ...

BEIJING--China has canceled attempts to climb Mount Everest from its side of the world's highest peak because of fears of importing COVID-19 cases from neighboring Nepal, state media reported.