Tourists visit the Forbidden City in Beijing on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. China’s Forbidden City gets more visitors than any other UNESCO World Heritage site in the world, according to the World Atlas.
Monthly Archives For May 2021
Workers Leave the Forbidden City in Beijing, China
Chinese employees get off work from the Forbidden City in Beijing on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. China’s Forbidden City gets more visitors than any other UNESCO World Heritage site in the world, according …
JD.com, Meituan and Neolix to test autonomous deliveries on Beijing public roads
People in a Beijing suburb will begin to see autonomous delivery mini-vans across their neighborhood, moving cautiously alongside human delivery riders belting down the streets. Beijing has …
China Calls Partnership With Russia ‘Solid as a Rock’ After Russia Denies Alliance Against U.S.
China and Russia have both denied there are plans for a military alliance between the two countries, but a Chinese official is standing by the strength of their partnership, calling it “solid as a …
John Cena Apologizes to China for Calling Taiwan a Country
Mr. Cena, a star of the newest “Fast and Furious” movie, posted a video apology in Mandarin, saying, “I’m really sorry. You have to understand that I love and respect China.” …
China accelerates push for nationwide property tax
China is accelerating long-discussed plans to roll out a nationwide property tax. Experts say such a tax could be tested by the end of this year in some first- and second-tier cities that have hot…
China’s CBDC Could Give Beijing ‘Leeway for Economic Retaliation,’ Says National Security Expert
China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) could give it more leverage over international companies that are required to use it.
Goldman Targets China Wealth Management With ICBC Tie-Up
Goldman’s asset-management arm will own 51% of the venture, and the remainder will be held by an ICBC wealth-management subsidiary.
US, China, Europe and India — all are mulling the possibility of a digital currency, but no one is ready to bite the bullet, yet
Simply put, CBDCs are digital versions of the currencies you use right now. In the US, a CBDC would be a digital dollar, in India it’s a digital rupee, China has already started testing a…
China Blasts Wall Street Journal Report Suggesting Coronavirus Escaped from Wuhan Lab
China’s Foreign Ministry has strongly denied a Wall Street Journal report suggesting the novel coronavirus might have escaped from a laboratory. The Journal reports that three employees of the Wuhan …
China Finance Online Announces Management Changes
China Finance Online Co. Limited (“China Finance Online”, or the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) (NASDAQ GS: JRJC), a leading web-based financial services company that provides Chinese individual …
WiMi Hologram Wins “2020-2021 Advanced Unit in Science and Technology Innovation” Award at 18th China Scientist Forum
WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (Nasdaq: WIMI) (“WiMi” or the “Company”), a leading Hologram Augmented Reality (“AR”) Technology provider, …
China’s major telecom operators have 310m 5G-connected phones
China’s major telecom operators have 310 million cellphone terminals connected to their 5G networks by the end of April, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Tuesday. The …
