December 28, 2017 Shanghai/Beijing/Hong Kong—In March 2013, retired chemical company employee Anne Xing, her older sister and their husbands visited a China Everbright Bank branch on the outskirts of Shanghai. A private wealth manager at…
Monthly Archives For January 2018
China is Planning More than 40 Space Launches in 2018
In 2017, China hoped to conduct around 30 launches … in one week and the maiden flight of the larger Kuaizhou-11 rocket. In addition, Landspace Technology – a Beijing-based private aerospace company – is also…
Startup says China leads many areas of AI development
The U.S. and China are amongst several major economies battling to gain dominance in AI, a technology widely viewed as transformative. According to Tu, China’s government support for AI is allowing it to gain an…
Pollution Appears to Ease in Beijing Amid China’s Drive to Clear the Air
BEIJING — Winters in Beijing have long been choked by thick, dusty, toxic smog. But this winter, the sky has taken on a once seemingly unthinkable hue: blue. Now, an analysis of government data by…
China’s new Silk Road hits political, financial hurdles
BEIJING — China’s plan for a modern Silk Road of railways, ports and other facilities linking Asia with Europe hit a $14 billion pothole in Pakistan. Pakistan’s relations with Beijing are so close that officials…
Marriott to China: We Do Not Support Separatists
Marriott International, the hotel chain, wants to be clear on this point: It does not support separatist elements in China. Marriott is best known for its hospitality, not fomenting rebellion in the countries where it…
China just sent out a warning and it went right over Wall Street’s head
an economist at Carnegie Mellon told Business Insider via email. And if China buys its own currency, the yuan, it will go up. That’s not ideal for China’s domestic economy. If the yuan is too…
China seeks 5G mobile-tech lead
ZTE rolled out its 5G Future Tunnel to show visitors how the technology will change people’s lives. For Huawei, 5G innovations made it into a keynote speech that launched the Mate 10 Pro smartphone, which…
ConvenientPower Systems And Gionee Launch World’s First China Smartphone Wireless Charging in China
… systems-and-gionee-launch-worlds-first-china-smartphone-wireless-charging-in-china-300580882.html Gionee is First China Mobile Phone with Wireless Charging in World’s Largest Mobile User Market “Gionee’s launch of fast wireless charging into the world … ( read original story …)
Mobile phone addiction gets more serious
Many people are addicted to mobile phones, as smartphones are increasingly occupying people’s time, according to a 2017 survey of China’s mobile phone users by Deloitte, Chinanews.com reported. About half the users surveyed believe their…
Want to see the future of shopping? Look to China
large technology players like Alibaba and JD.com (the second largest e-commerce business in China) to digitize the shopping experience and use the rich set of data collected from their users’ mobile phones to further drive…
Code crackdown: China payments restrictions to hit profits
BEIJING (Reuters) – A decision by China’s central bank to rein in reserve funds held by payment firms could cost the industry upwards of $689 million a year, spur consolidation and alter the way Asia’s…
Taiwan plans to invest in advanced arms as China flexes its muscles
China considers democratic Taiwan to be a wayward province … The ministry also confirmed plans to improve mobile missile launchers, but has yet to detail whether that would mean reviving an earlier ballistic missile program…
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