But until recently, the bathrooms of Beijing's Temple of Heaven, a complex of religious buildings constructed in 1420, carried rolls upon rolls of the white stuff. Unfortunately, toilet paper thieves, who had long frustrated Beijing authorities ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing park unrolls high-tech plan to thwart toilet paper thieves
Beijing’s Temple of Heaven park is using facial recognition software to bring its bathrooms into the 21 st Century and thwart thieves with a penchant for swiping its toilet paper stash. The system, which has been placed at the average height levels in ... ( read original story ...)
China offers tourist packages to disputed South China Sea in a bid to show its authority over the region following threat from US to block access
China has plans to build holiday resorts that the government has compared to the Maldives. On March 3, state-run news agency Xinhua announced that a new cruise ship had embarked on its maiden voyage to the Paracel Islands - an area disputed by Vietnam and ... ( read original story ...)
Criticized for torturing lawyers, China lashes out at Canada and other countries
“China has repeatedly expressed that China is a country under the rule of law and everyone stands equal in front of the law, and no one can rise beyond the law.” On the same day, a Chinese news outlet published a statement from police in Henan province ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong set to pick new leader anointed by Beijing
HONG KONG — The three candidates vying to be Hong Kong’s next leader squared off in a feisty debate in front of hundreds of voters who peppered them with questions. They wrangled over policy proposals for the semiautonomous Chinese city and took jabs ... ( read original story ...)
China: Australia should look beyond the nations' differences
China hopes Australia will continue to look beyond the countries' ideological differences and focus on bilateral business ties and other forms of cooperation, a senior Chinese official said Tuesday. Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang was responding to ... ( read original story ...)
China's trading partners raise alarm over food import controls
"We have to assess the food management of areas abroad that export food to China to ensure the food safety of our country," the minister in charge of AQSIQ, Zhi Shuping, said at a March 14 news conference. Zhi did not refer directly to the inspection ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing park dispenses loo roll using facial recognition
A park in Beijing has installed toilet paper dispensers with facial recognition to stop visitors from taking too much loo roll, media reports say. Machines at the Temple of Heaven park scan visitors' faces before dispensing a fixed length strip of paper. ( read original story ...)
China's trading partners alarmed by food import controls
"We have to assess the food management of areas abroad that export food to China to ensure the food safety of our country," the minister in charge of AQSIQ, Zhi Shuping, said at a March 14 news conference. Zhi did not refer directly to the inspection ... ( read original story ...)
China girds for U.S. trade penalties, but aims to avoid them
BEIJING - China’s government has been seeking advice from its think-tanks and policy advisers on how to counter potential trade penalties from U.S. President Donald Trump, getting ready for the worst, even as they hope for business-like negotiations. ( read original story ...)