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China Cracks Down On Jaywalkers With AI, Facial Recognition, & Automated Fines
As we pointed out earlier this week, China’s lack of data protection laws and its determination to overtake the US as the world-leader in AI technology poses a serious threat to US technological hegemony. As…
Bank of China to provide banking services
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has registered Bank of China to provide banking services in New Zealand, bringing the total number of registered banks to 26. Bank of China Ltd is incorporated in the…
China reminded Kim Jong Un who’s boss during mysterious Beijing meeting, experts say
The trip was planned in the weeks after President Trump announced he had accepted the despot’s invitation to meet by May, Yun Sun, who runs the East Asia program and the China Program at the…
China Develops Facial Recognition Technology; Scans Country’s Population In 1 Second
In a quest to upgrade the surveillance systems, China has implemented facial recognition technology across sixteen regions of the country. Supposedly, the system can scan over China’s population which is about 1.4 billion in 1…
China Issues Its First Official Drone Delivery Permit
China’s largest logistics firm, SF Express, announced today that its subsidiary, Fengyu Shuntu Technology, has officially received the first permit in China to aerially deliver packages. According to Quartz, the company has gone through a…
China Focus: Technology a game changer in solving China’s cold cases
NANJING, March 28 (Xinhua) — A man’s decomposed body parts were found in an open space in Kunshan, east China’s Jiangsu Province, in December 2011. Police collected DNA samples at the scene, hoping the evidence…
China’s Fosun aims to invest $3.2 billion in technology over three years
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Acquisitive Chinese conglomerate Fosun International, which owns Club Med and a stake in Cirque du Soleil within its broad portfolio, aims to invest at least 20 billion yuan ($3.2 billion) in…
China will publicly shame jaywalkers using facial-recognition technology – then send a fine over text
JAYWALKERS in China are to be named, shamed, and slapped with an instant SMS fine. And it’s all thanks to cutting-edge artificial intelligence. China shamed 13,930 jaywalkers in less than a year by flashing their…
IQiyi, The Netflix Of China, Prices Its IPO At $18 Per Share
Reuters said late Wednesday that the Beijing-based company, considered the Netflix (NFLX … Baidu currently holds a 69.6% stake in the company and will remain as a majority shareholder post-IPO. In 2017, iQiyi reported revenue…
China Could Target Broad U.S. Business Interest in Trade Spat-China Daily
SHANGHAI — China could target a broad range of U.S. businesses from agriculture to aircraft, autos, semiconductors and even services if the trade conflict with the United States escalates, the China Daily newspaper said in…
China and North Korea portray strong ties after surprise Kim Jong Un visit
Kim made the visit to China at Xi’s invitation, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said, in his first trip to a foreign country since he took power in 2011. Xinhua said the trip ran from…
Train believed to be carrying high-level North Korean delegation leaves Beijing
South Korea’s left-leaning press Hankyoreh also reported Kim had traveled to Beijing for meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday afternoon before leaving for a “third location” on Tuesday. It did not cite specific…
