Beijing has joined a host of other popular Chinese cities and regions offering visitors transiting China to a third country the ability to stay and visit for up to 144 hours visa-free, doubling the time…
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Beijing to build technology park for developing artificial intelligence
BEIJING — A technology park dedicated to developing artificial intelligence will be built in Beijing in five years, authorities said. The park will be situated in suburban Mentougou district in western Beijing, covering 54.87 hectares,…
Over 90,000 visitors attend flag raising ceremony in Beijing
BEIJING (AFP): The biggest event of the new year in China was the flag-raising ceremony. A group of soldiers from People’s Liberation Army raised the national flag at the heart of Beijing Tian’anmen square on…
Beijing is pursuing a complex strategy to corner natural resources.
With the world’s most resource-hungry economy, China has gone into overdrive to corner natural resources. On the most essential resource, freshwater, it is seeking to become the upstream controller by manipulating trans-boundary flows through dams…
A Saucy App Knows China’s Taste in News. The Censors Are Worried.
HONG KONG — One of the world’s most valuable start-ups got that way by using artificial intelligence to satisfy Chinese internet users’ voracious appetite for news and entertainment. Every day, its smartphone app feeds 120…
China’s Martha Stewart? Meet the woman using feng shui and Kate Middleton’s favourite designer to build a lifestyle business empire in the East
A Beijing-based entrepreneur is taking on All-American lifestyle icon Martha Stewart with a home-grown Chinese app that uses face-scanning technology to suggest high-end products and is the exclusive retailer in China of Kate Middleton’s favourite…
China’s out-of-control space station may crash to Earth in 2 months
the space agency told Business Insider it “actually doesn’t track any debris.” Ailor said pieces of China’s space station are “really unlikely” to hit anyone or anything on Earth. “It’s not impossible, but since the…
Good news for elephants — China bans ivory sales
A ban on ivory sales in China, the world’s largest importer and end user of elephant tusks, took effect on Sunday with wildlife activists calling it a vital step to reducing the slaughter of the…
China ordered a fallen billionaire back to the country by New Year’s Eve — but he didn’t show
The order , issued by the China Securities Regulatory Commission last Monday … but had not seen any related action taken by Jia to comply, local news agency Xinhua said. of debt defaulters maintained by…
China says ‘no’ to contaminated recycling from Canada
China is saying no thanks to much of the recycled paper and plastic we’ve been shipping there for decades. China says most of the recycling material is too contaminated. The province’s environmental commissioner, Diane Saxe…
The story behind China House restaurant, serving St. John’s since the 1970s
Tam’s brother, mother and other family members came to Canada years earlier, in the 1970s. Her brother opened China House restaurant on Torbay Road. But Tam’s husband, Nam Shan Chung, stayed in Hong Kong where…
The story behind China House
Tam’s brother, mother and other family members came to Canada years earlier, in the 1970s. Her brother opened China House restaurant on Torbay Road. ‘My dad is such a huge inspiration to us and it’s…
Hong Kong stocks hit 10-year high; China up on factory activity
Sentiment is also buoyed by a private business survey showing growth in China’s manufacturing sector unexpectedly picked up to a four-month high in December as factories cranked up production to meet a surge in new…
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