June 9 saw 3 different simultaneous self-driving car conference events, but in the virtual travel world it was possible to sample both.
Monthly Archives For June 2021
China cautions South Korea against entanglement in U.S. disputes
China’s top diplomat to South Korea said Seoul should take into consideration Beijing’s views on the South China Sea and Taiwan.
China Busts a Crypto-Related Money Laundering Network of 1,100 People
The Chinese government has arrested over a thousand people who allegedly got engaged in money laundering through cryptos.
China steps in with coronavirus vaccine aid for needy Afghans
Afghanistan reports highest single-day death toll on Thursday with 56 people lost to COVID-19 – Anadolu Agency …
Telecom Stock Roundup: Nokia Tests 5G mmWave, AT&T Embraces New Normal & More
After a brief initial slump, the U.S. telecom stocks witnessed a steady uptrend for the most part of the past five trading days, largely buoyed by the federal and administrative steps to set up …
Beijing’s blockchain supremacy plan gives shot in arm to start-ups, although dampers remain on bitcoin
China’s MIIT and CAC published a plan this week to create an “advanced blockchain industrial system”, exciting start-ups.
Brushing off Beijing, Biden official commits with Taiwan to trade ties
President Joe Biden’s administration committed Thursday to resuming trade talks with Taiwan in its highest-level contact yet with the island, brushing off warnings by Beijing against pursuing an …
Students Take Chinese Vaccines, But No Visas To Return To China: India
India has asked China to consider issuing visas to students and professionals who meet travel conditions such as taking Chinese-made vaccines amid the pandemic.
China’s First Space Station Crew Launch Next Week to Live on Module That Could Outlast ISS
The astronauts will spend three months on the station conducting experiments, spacewalks and performing maintenance on the Tianhe station.
New details of torture, cover-ups in China’s internment camps revealed in Amnesty International report
Chinese officials spent days burning documents after government information leaked to global media exposed conditions in the camps.
China Likens Lab Leak Momentum to U.S. ‘Hyping Up’ Weapons of Mass Destruction Ahead of Iraq War
China has remained firm that the Wuhan lab was not the source of the COVID-19 outbreak and questioned American politicians’ motives for pushing the narrative.
China Mobile and ZTE complete first VC-OTN upgrade and cross-vendor interoperability
ZTE Corporation together with the Zhejiang Branch of China Mobile, has completed the upgrade of the Virtual Container-Optical Transport Network (VC-OTN) in China Mobile’s existing networks in Wenzhou …
As trade with China grows despite tensions, Modi’s ‘self-reliant India’ dream fades
Despite military tensions, a pandemic and calls for a boycott of Chinese goods, two-way trade has grown by over five per cent, with China leapfrogging the US as India’s largest trade partner.
