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China plans to expand 'manta ray' submersible fleet
South China Morning Post, Published on 10/06/2024
» China is expanding its fleet of coral-monitoring submersibles and plans to build larger models that could also be used for reconnaissance purposes.
Chinese billionaire’s carmaker adds satellites in Musk territory
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/02/2024
» HONG KONG - A Chinese rocket launched a group of communications satellites produced by one of the country's largest carmakers, boosting the nation's efforts to catch up in low-Earth orbit — an area dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Upgrading smart ports to be safer and more efficient with 5G and 4L autonomous driving systems
Published on 04/11/2022
» Today, technology and the environment is a major focus area of many countries. In order to achieve carbon neutrality goals and respond to the global transition to “Green Economy and Society”, governments around the world have begun implementing new policies and harnessing innovative technologies to help upgrade existing structures and systems, including in the field of transport and logistics.
Poverty, climate, space: China's progress in 10 years under Xi
AFP, Published on 14/10/2022
» BEIJING: Xi Jinping's China has dragged millions out of extreme poverty, sent spacecraft to the Moon and committed itself to cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Designing a digital order for a fragmented age
Oped, Published on 24/12/2021
» Although the digital revolution is now decades old, there still is no global digital economic order. Instead, there are competing visions of digital capitalism, predominantly articulated by the United States, China, and the European Union, which have been developing their models for many years and are increasingly exporting them to developing and emerging economies. Absent more global alignment, the world could miss out on promising technological solutions to shared problems.
Will China actually ever invade Taiwan?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 13/10/2021
» China's President Xi Jinping promised on Saturday that "The historical task of the complete reunification of the motherland... will definitely be fulfilled." That was a threat to Taiwan, but a threat without a deadline. However Chinese state media, in the form of the ever-rabid Global Times, warned that war "could be triggered at any time".
China sets 15-year transport expansion plan
Published on 26/02/2021
» HONG KONG: The world's largest high-speed rail network could nearly double in size over the next 15 years as part of China's ambitious new plan to expand public transport - signalling that the government will continue to splash out on large infrastructure projects as it pursues its goal of doubling the size of the economy by 2035.
China's Mars probe photographs Earth en route to Red Planet
AFP, Published on 29/07/2020
» BEIJING: China's first Mars probe has beamed back a photo of the Earth and the Moon as it heads toward its destination, the country's space agency said Tuesday.
China launches final satellite to complete rival to GPS
AFP, Published on 23/06/2020
» BEIJING: China on Tuesday launched the final satellite in its homegrown geolocation system designed to rival the US GPS network, marking a major step in its race for market share in the lucrative sector.