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China’s Lunar New Year travellers try to outsmart algorithms for cheaper fares

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China’s Lunar New Year travellers try to outsmart algorithms for cheaper fares

The Lunar New Year holiday is among the priciest time to travel in China, but this year, Chinese internet user Lan He managed to score a one-way flight ticket from Kunming, Yunnan province, to her parents’ home about two hours away in Jian, Jiangxi province, for less than 500 yuan (US$68). The trick? Fool the … Read more

China’s Xi Jinping pushes hi-tech message during visit to science city in once-poor Hefei

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China’s Xi Jinping pushes hi-tech message during visit to science city in once-poor Hefei

Science and technology should lead the modernisation of China, President Xi Jinping emphasised, as he gave a fresh push to innovation in the southeastern hi-tech hub of Hefei earlier this week. “To advance modernisation in the Chinese style, science and technology must take the lead, with technological innovation being the necessary path to follow,” Xi … Read more