A restaurant in northern China is offering diners a controversial luxury experience: the chance to cuddle lion cubs while enjoying a four-course afternoon tea. The service, priced at 1,078 yuan ($150) per person, has triggered a wave of criticism online over animal welfare concerns.

China successfully launched a new batch of low Earth orbit satellites early Friday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province.

China sent a new satellite group into space on Thursday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, News.az reports citing Xinhua.