TAIYUAN, May 9 (Xinhua) — China’s largest hard coal producer Yangquan Coal Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. in Shanxi Province has finished building a 5G network in one of its mines, heralding the coming of 5G era of the country’s cold industry and paving way for intelligent mining based on 5G …
Read More »Coronavirus pushes China’s auto industry into new territory
In a sign of how the coronavirus is changing car buying, millions of potential Tesla Inc. customers in China just tuned in to a celebrity-led online livestream touting the U.S. company’s vehicles. Almost 4 million viewers watched the hour-long show on the Taobao shopping platform on Tuesday afternoon, seeing livestreamer …
Read More »China’s next plan to dominate international tech standards
SpaceX has banned use of Zoom for remote operations. So have Google, Apple, NASA, and New York City schools. Earlier this week, the FBI warned about Zoom teleconferences and live classrooms being hacked by trolls; security experts warn that holes in the technology make user data vulnerable to exploitation. Zoom’s …
Read More »Caveat Emptor: Why China’s Cheap Military Drones Are so Chea…
Key point: Everyone wants drones these days, but sometimes it is worth buying American. That’s what some countries are finding out the hard way. China’s CH-4 killer drone appears to be falling out of favor with some of its major operators. This first appeared in August 2019 and is being reposted …
Read More »Drones take to China’s skies to fight coronavirus outbreak -…
Drones take to China’s skies to fight coronavirus outbreak In coronavirus-hit China, not wearing a face mask is a big no-no. Now, drones equipped with loudspeakers are out admonishing those who fail to follow public-health safety practices. On microblogging platform Weibo, a video posted by Zhejiang News’s broadcasting channel …
Read More »Why No One Wants to Buy China’s CH-4 “Killer” Drone Anymore
Key point: Beijing’s CH-4 may be cheaper than American drones, but it isn’t as good either. China’s CH-4 killer drone appears to be falling out of favor with some of its major operators. The Iraqi air force is down to just one operational CH-4 out of a fleet of around 10, …
Read More »Taiwan follows US in shutting out China’s top tech
TAIPEI — Taiwan is widening its crackdown on government procurement of Chinese technology to servers, cloud computing and other services and equipment, which is expected to include Alibaba Group Holding, Huawei Technologies, Lenovo Group and Xiaomi, citing security risks. The Nikkei Asian Review in January first reported that Taiwan was drafting a …
Read More »Red Hat deal makes China’s tech giants chase clouds
Red Hat sounds like a small, theatrical wardrobe agency near the heart of London’s theaterland in Soho. But in reality, it is a software company with its head in the clouds and its feet firmly on the ground. Earlier this week, the century-old technology giant IBM splashed out US$34 billion to …
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