Rules are changing about eating “companion animals” in China, and with a pandemic linked to an animal market, the tide of public opinion is rising. ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For June 2020
Blockchain Bites: BitLicense at 5, Lawsky’s Fallacy and Hehmeyer’s Pivot
National Blockchain Initiatives SmartContract, the company behind the Chainlink oracle network, will help China’s state-backed Blockchain-Based Service Network (BSN) with sourcing of reliable … ( read original story …)
Exclusive: U.S. warns Russia, China of U.N. isolation if Iran arms ban extension blocked
Russia and China will be isolated at the United Nations if they continue down the “road to dystopia” by blocking a U.S. bid to extend a weapons ban on Iran, U.S. Iran envoy Brian Hook…
EU presses China over trade, warns on Hong Kong law
The European Union told China on Monday to make good on a promise to open up its economy and warned of “very negative consequences” if Beijing goes ahead with a new security law on Hong…
Lays Potato Chips are Sold in Beijing, China
Lays Potato Chips, a PepsiCo product, are sold in an international supermarket as the Coved-19 threat remains at level 2 in Beijing on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. China remains one of PepsiCo’s most … (…
Meet the engineer behind China’s first robot-run coronavirus ward
Bill Huang describes how he helped to set up a medical facility staffed by robots during Wuhan’s COVID-19 outbreak. ( read original story …)
China 5G numbers soar as prices sink
In the latest round of discounts, China Mobile is reportedly offering an entry-level package for as little as 69 yuan (US$9.95). China Mobile and rival China Telecom say they added 20 million 5G … (…
Medical robotics in China: the rise of technology in three charts
China highlighted the importance of robotics in its 15-year plan for science and technology. In 2011, the central government fleshed out these ambitions in its 12th five- … ( read original story …)
India and China’s deadliest border clash in decades risks war between nuclear-armed rivals — here’s how the world’s 2 largest militaries stack up
India and China are trying to de-escalate, but their deadliest clash in decades raises the risk of a war between the world’s two biggest countries. ( read original story …)
China’s GPS competitor is now fully launched
For decades, the United States has had a monopoly on positioning, navigation, and timing technology with its Global Positioning System (GPS), a constellation of satellites operated by the military … ( read original story …)
Beijing officials declare outbreak ‘under control’: Live updates
The new coronavirus outbreak that infected 256 people in Beijing since early June is “under control”, officials in the Chinese capital said, but fears remain over the risk of community transmission. ( read original story…
China says it has conducted over 90 million coronavirus tests since start of pandemic
China announced Wednesday that the country has conducted more than 90 million coronavirus tests since the beginning of the pandemic. ( read original story …)
Boycott China Rally in Kolkata Brutally Trolled For Carrying US Map With President Xi Jinping’s Image on Poster
Kolkata protesters become the butt of jokes on Twitter for carrying out anti-China rally with US map on poster … ( read original story …)
