Images of three revered Chinese deity statues went viral on social media after they were seen travelling in business class on a flight from China’s port city of Xiamen to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.…
Monthly Archives For July 2017
China’s services sector loses steam in June: Caixin PMI
BEIJING, July 5 China’s services sector grew at a slower pace in June as new orders slumped, signaling renewed pressure on businesses after a pickup in May and pointing to a softening outlook for the…
What’s behind the India-China border stand-off?
For four weeks, India and China have been involved in a stand-off along part of their 3,500km (2,174-mile) shared border. The two nations fought a war over the border in 1962 and disputes remain unresolved…
China invites foreign experts to treat Nobel laureate Liu
China has invited liver cancer experts from the U.S., Germany and other countries to join a medical team treating imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, authorities said Wednesday. The judicial bureau in the city…
China, Russia offer plan to ease tensions as North Korea fires ballistic missile
WATCH: Russia and China join forces over North Korea They said “the confronting parties” involved should sit down for talks to agree on principles that include a refusal to use force and a pledge to…
China detains dozens over funding of elevated bus project
To many people, China’s futuristic road-straddling bus seemed too good to be true. Now, authorities say it may have been little more than a scam. Beijing police said this week they have detained 32 people,…
China rocket failure likely to set back next space missions, chance for India to move ahead
Experts say the still unexplained mishap shows that for all its triumphs, China’s space program is not immune to the tremendous difficulties and risks involved in working with such cutting-edge technology. “China’s approach has been…
China Mobile scrambles to catch up after it’s snared by using wrong tech standard
China Mobile, the world’s largest wireless network operator by subscribers, may be scrambling to catch up with rivals China Unicom and China Telecom to deploy so-called internet of things (IoT) infrastructure, following the Chinese government’s…
China Mobile Beijing and Huawei launch pilot project for MEC-based smart stadium
China Mobile Beijing and Huawei have jointly launched a pilot project for a smart stadium at Beijing South Railway Station based on multi-access edge computing (MEC). This is the first time China Mobile Beijing has…
India, China To Spur Global Mobile Industry By 2020
Kisan Sanchar, a huge network of 35,000+ farmers in Haryana, India, is gradually inducing a social revolution by informing and updating the farmers about the health hazards of using unapproved fertilizers and pesticides in their…
Huawei creates new China-focused ecosystem for MEC development
China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom head the 13-strong group The virtual MEC ecosystem collaborative circle also includes SDOs and vendors Designed to help commercialise MEC and reach out to the industrial Internet Huawei…
China communist party mouthpiece slams Tencent game; shares slide
Tencent did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Honour of Kings, a multiplayer role-playing battle game, is the most popular mobile game in China with around 55 million daily active users – more…
All-network smartphones change mobile tech game
A China Mobile staff member in Ganyu, Jiangsu province, helps a client with 4G service. [Photo by Si Wei/For China Daily] Two of China’s major telecom carriers, which trail the market leader, have joined forces…