The People’s Liberation Army first released the robots in 2014 but has not made widespread use of them until recently.
Monthly Archives For December 2021
China sees ‘unprecedented’ difficulty in stabilising 2022 trade
China faces “unprecedented” difficulty in stabilising trade next year as favourable conditions that boosted export growth this year won’t be sustainable, according to a commerce ministry official.
China’s Xi’an lockdown hits some of the world’s largest chipmakers
Two of the world’s biggest chipmakers are warning that Covid-19 outbreaks and stringent lockdowns in a major Chinese industrial hub are hampering their operations.
China’s CanSino says it plans further vaccine deliveries to Mexico
China’s CanSino Biologics said on Thursday it will resume supplies of its COVID-19 vaccine to Mexico next year, following a Reuters report that the Mexican government had cut its vaccine order after …
War or uneasy peace What 2022 heralds for US-China relations
Will the new superpower rivalry that dominated the headlines in 2021 ease next year or are global tensions likely to ratchet up even more …
Intel completes major milestone in $9B sale of flash business to SK hynix
Intel Corp. on Wednesday announced the first closing of the $9 billion sale of its flash business to SK hynix Inc., a leading memory chip manufacturer. The first closing completes one of the …
China’s central bank allocates over 85 bln yuan to support carbon reduction
China’s central bank on Thursday said it has issued the first batch of funds to financial institutions via its newly launched carbon-reduction tool, the country’s latest move to cut carbon emissions …
Japan’s Uniqlo CEO Tadashi Yanai says won’t get sucked into US-China rivalry
Tadashi Yanai was asked why he had not commented on whether Uniqlo uses cotton sourced from China’s Xinjiang and told the Nikkei that ‘the US approach is to force companies to show their allegiance’.
US use excuses of human rights, democracy to smear Beijing: Chinese FM
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday lambasted the US and said that they deem themselves superior and always want to impose their own will on others by …
Countdown to Beijing 2022 | Beijing Winter Olympics boosts China’s ski industry
With the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games approaching, China’s commitment to engage 300 million people in winter sports is becoming a reality. This has led to a dramatic increase in China’s skiing …
China Strikes Football: Authorities Ban National Team Players From Donning Tattoos
In the latest development, China has banned their national team footballers from getting tattoos and has also instructed players to remove the ones they have.
Speak Out reader opinion: It’s time China face reparations for COVID-19 outbreak
It is certainly high time that China face the real court of justice and pay up with international reparations, fines and heavy punitive legal fee damage. They own COVID-19. I do believe they should …
Xian battles biggest Covid-19 outbreak by a Chinese city this year
China’s industrial and tech hub of Xian reported on Thursday more than 100 new cases of Covid-19, taking its tally of locally transmitted infections to the highest in any Chinese city this year. Xian …
