Tim Cook was visibly excited at the Chaoyang Future School in Beijing on Wednesday, watching high school students use Apple Pencils on iPads. “I’m incredibly impressed by the talent and passion of your students, teachers and staff,” the Apple chief executive wrote in a post in Chinese and English on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of...
China’s target to become the global leader in AI can be seen in many of its endeavors, among which is leading promising start-ups in facial recognition technology to deploy their applications in overseas markets. “We look forward to collaborating with SenseTime to grow our AI capabilities and drive the adoption of AI technology across Asia,” ...
HONG KONG – Billionaire Chinese actress Zhao Wei and her husband have been barred from taking on key positions at listed companies for five years for violating securities regulations, the Shanghai Stock Exchange said on Tuesday (Nov 20). The exchange’s announcement comes more than a month after another Chinese actress Fan Bingbing came under fire...
BEIJING – Beijing’s municipal government will assign citizens and firms “personal trustworthiness points” by 2021, state media reported on Tuesday (Nov 20), pioneering China’s controversial plan for a “social credit” system to monitor citizens and businesses. The system’s rollout has attracted international headlines, sparking comparisons to George Orwell’s novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four”, with critics saying it...
BEIJING – A major Asia-Pacific summit’s failure to agree on a communique resulted from certain countries “excusing” protectionism, a top Chinese diplomat said, in a veiled criticism of Washington that further sours the tone of China-US ties ahead of a G-20 meet. After months of bickering over a damaging trade war, the disputed South China...
Global hospitality giants Hilton and IHG have apologised for the actions of employees who leaked personal information about a blogger who revealed shoddy cleaning practices at 14 luxury hotels across the country. Zhou Zhaocheng, the blogger’s lawyer, said in a written response to China Daily on Monday that by working with police, regulators of the...
Experts suggest tough penalties, physical barriers to deter behaviour Legal experts have called for tougher penalties for passengers who endanger public safety by attacking bus drivers and suggested that bus companies further improve their security arrangements. China has seen a rise in such crimes in recent years. A report issued by the Justice Big Data...
China will expand its ban on imports of solid waste, local media reported Monday, almost a year after its first curbs caused havoc in countries that sent their rubbish to the Asian giant. The regulatory action — which expands the prohibition to 32 categories of solid waste from the 24 banned last year — will...
BEIJING – China’s state planner on Monday approved a 42.1 billion yuan (S$8.32 billion) airport expansion project in Urumqi, capital of the far western region of Xinjiang, a key hub in China’s Belt and Road initiative. Construction will run through 2030 when the expanded airport is expected to handle 63 million passengers and 750,000 tonnes...
To attract visitors, Chinese shopping malls have been pulling out all the stops, such as installing outrageous features like polar bear aquariums and shark tanks. Now, a shopping centre in Chengdu, China, is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Shoppers said they did a double-take when they walked past a merry-go-round in front of the...