YANJI, China — At the end of a street of newly built high-rises in the northern Chinese city of Yanji stands an exposed cliff face, where paleontologists scrape away 100 million-year-old rock in sear… (…
Monthly Archives For October 2018
China says army will act ‘at any cost’ to prevent Taiwan split
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s army will take action “at any cost” to foil attempts to separate the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, the country’s defense minister said on Th… (…
China Mobile opens Dubai office
China Mobile International (CMI) has opened a new Middle East office in Dubai, to expand its investment and collaboration in the region. The telecoms operator and technology company said that its will … ( read…
5G technology: China moves ahead by leaps and bounds
The 5th World Internet Conference will be held in November 2018 at the river town of Wuzhen in eastern China’s Zhejiang Province. The theme of the conference is creating a digital world based on mutua……
Crossed wires: Why the U.S. and China are struggling to reach a trade deal
In a midtown Manhattan conference room, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi vented to a small group of prominent American business executives about how China had been betrayed, again and again, by a fick… ( read…
Ford revamps China business as standalone unit, hires new CEO
BEIJING — Ford Motor Co. has revamped its Asian operations and made its China business a stand-alone unit, recruiting the head of local automaker Chery Automobile to be its new CEO. ( read original story…
China cutting rare earth output, unnerving global manufacturers
The Chinese government is limiting domestic production of rare earth minerals in the second half of the year, a move likely to crimp international exports and send prices for the critical materials so… ( read…
China’s VP and Israel’s PM co-host trade conference
JERUSALEM — China’s vice-president and Israel’s prime minister on Wednesday co-hosted a high-profile trade and innovation conference and toured an exhibition of Israeli technology start-ups … ( read original story …)
Watch the FIBA 3×3 Basketball World Tour: Beijing Masters Final
Click on the video player above to watch live action from the Beijing Masters Final 3×3 basketball World Tour event in China. Coverage begins on Saturday at 1:30 a.m. ET, and resumes on Sunday at…
China to abandon population target as birth policies loosen
BEIJING—China won’t set a population target in the future and give people more freedom around childbirth, a health official said, in the next step a gradual loosening of decades of tight population-co… ( read original…
China Mobile opens Dubai office, plans to boost investment
China Mobile International has opened a Middle East office in Dubai Internet City as it seeks to boost regional investment. The company, which already has a point of presence to exchange internet … ( read…
In the technology race to develop AI, the US and China can, and must, work together
Worldwide demand for artificial intelligence technology is poised to increase dramatically. PwC estimates AI will add US$15.7 trillion to global GDP by 2030. The two most robust economies in the world … ( read original…
Responding to China’s tech advances
MIT people push the frontiers of technology with a passion for facts, so here’s one that demands attention: it’s now clear that China is not an innovation also-ran that prospers mainly by copying othe… (…
