The capital of imperial China between the sixth and 15th centuries, Nanjing today is a centre for innovation that has held onto its history. The eastern city – whose name, meaning “southern capital”, was introduced in 1403 during the Ming dynasty – has a comprehensive metro network that makes it easy for tourists to get … Read more
In a high school classroom in Hong Kong, a student asks a survivor of the Nanking massacre if she has ever thought about taking her own life. Dressed in traditional Chinese clothing, her white hair neatly combed, 95-year-old Xia Shuqing calmly answers. “I didn’t think about it. I just wanted to be brave and speak … Read more
Local government officials across China are rushing to introduce policies to level up the innovation and deployment of robots, especially humanoid robots, as Beijing’s policymakers upped the ante for future industries at the tone-setting central economic work conference. The cities of Hangzhou, Chongqing and Nanjing, plus a part of the southwestern Sichuan province, have released … Read more
From Mariah Carey and Kanye West to John Legend and Westlife, global superstars have been filling China’s arenas and stadiums this year, as the country bounces back from the Covid-19 pandemic. In 1987, then fifth grader West lived in China when his mother was a lecturer at Nanjing University. In September, fans flocked to Hainan … Read more
China is aiming to take the global lead in a promising biotech area by setting its first national standards for “organ-on-a-chip technology”. The chips are an emerging research tool that could replace animal testing and speed up the time a drug takes to get from concept to market. “This milestone marks an important step forward … Read more
“Huawei has years of experience with its own intelligent transformation, and we’ve been helping a wide range of industries go intelligent, too,” Xu said in his keynote speech at Thursday’s opening of the Huawei Connect 2024 event, which runs until Saturday in Shanghai. The 57-year-old Xu is set to complete a six-month stint as the … Read more
China’s move to raise the retirement age – for decades one of the world’s lowest – appears to be unpopular among workers, though it has not seen the protests sparked by pension reforms in other countries. The top legislative body on Friday approved a plan to lift the retirement age for men from 60 to … Read more
Samsung Electronics has notified employees in mainland China of a restructuring that will eliminate about 130 positions – equivalent to 8 per cent of domestic sales staff – according to South Korean media reports, as the company continues to grapple with sluggish smartphone and television demand in the world’s second-largest economy. This marks the start … Read more
China has hailed American “Flying Tiger” pilots in a ceremony commemorating the end of World War II, in the latest push to foster people-to-people relations between the two nations. For the first time, the names of more than 2,500 pilots who died fighting the Japanese on behalf of China have been published. At a ceremony … Read more
But the 31-year-old firm that draws about two-thirds of its business from the US is making less money from Vietnam than expected, with Ren blaming a 10 per cent rise in raw material costs and a smaller increase in operating costs. “Overall, costs are about 7 per cent higher than in China, which basically equals … Read more
