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Coronavirus has changed China’s entertainment habits, but consumer spending is still weak
Astronauts at China’s new space station conduct first spacewalk
Astronauts dock at the Tiangong station where they will remain for three months as Beijing presses on with extraterrestrial ambitions …
China administered total of 1.296 bln doses of COVID-19 vaccines by July 3
China administered about 12.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine on July 3, taking the total to 1.296 billion doses, data from the National Health Commission showed on Sunday. (Reporting by David …
Shenzhen”s home prices soaring up and up
Shenzhen’s scorching realty market is the hottest among China’s top-tier cities as demand outstrips supply in the post-pandemic era. Cheap money has …
China’s Space Ladder Vision Would Be a $200 Billion Space Shuttle Mistake
China has been pretty good at large engineering projects. Readers of Nextbigfuture over the last 15 years know that Nextbigfuture tracks all of China’s …
Chinese mainland reports 14 new COVID-19 cases, all imported
A property management employee in protective suit disinfects a resident who just finished COVID-19 nucleic acid testing in the subdistrict of Baihedong in Liwan District of Guangzhou, south China’s …
China’s arms trade: which countries does it buy from and sell to?
China has long been engaged in an arms race with other global leaders to import and produce the most advanced military technology. But where does it acquire its foreign weapons, and where do its own…
Chinese millennials are ‘chilling’ in resistance against 9 to 9 work culture and Beijing isn’t happy about it
With employees working longer hours and housing prices rising faster than incomes, many young Chinese fear they will be the first generation not to do better than their parents …
Strained ties with India, other nations lead to dip in China’s weapon export: Report
An article on Foreign Policy has analysed why China’s weapon export has plunged. It said that snazzy weapons mean a lot less if you don’t have friends and this is why the world doesn’t want…
‘Red Cradles’ Nurture China’s Next Generation of Communist Leaders
Communist Party schools and academies are inculcating Chinese officials in Xi Jinping Thought as the country shifts in a more authoritarian direction.
The only mobile service office on an island
On the island of Hengsha, 60 kilometers north of downtown Shanghai, many older adults rely on a 10-square-meter mobile service office. As the only mobile service office on the island, one person …
Tencent’s US$5.7 billion Shenzhen campus costs more than Apple Park. Here’s a peek at its green credentials
Tencent, the Chinese technology giant, is ditching the old playbook of cookie-cutter office blocks for its new Shenzhen headquarters, which is being developed keeping sustainability in mind.
Hong Kong drinks company Vitasoy faces China netizen calls for boycott
Beverage maker Vitasoy (0345.HK) has become the latest target of Chinese netizen calls for a boycott after an employee circulated a memo online offering condolences to the family of a worker who had …
