China Cancels Argentina Match Amid Messi Hong Kong Backlash
A city in mainland China has decided to cancel its plan to host a soccer match that was supposed to feature Argentina’s national team. This decision comes as a result of a growing backlash in the country against star player Lionel Messi. Messi has received a lot of criticism for not playing in an exhibition […]
Doing business with China – navigating the ‘entity lists’
China has experienced a manufacturing boom reminiscent of the ‘Asian Tiger’ period, when the nation first emerged as an economic power, since the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions in late 2022. The purchasing managers’ index (PMI), a gauge of manufacturing activity, increased in China to 52.6 from 50.1 in January, the highest level since April 2012. […]
9th China (Shanghai) International Technology Fair Showcases Hot Techs
The 9th China (Shanghai) International Technology Fair (CSITF) started on Thursday. Its theme is “Tech Creates World,” and it will show off new technologies in digitalization and green development. Since 2013, the show has been held eight times. As an important place to show off advanced technologies, the fair not only connects innovative resources but […]
Mild COVID Symptoms Expected to Affect 65 Million People Weekly in China’s Latest Wave
COVID-19 was first found in humans in China more than three years ago. Models presented at a medical meeting show that the current wave of infections could reach as many as 65 million cases per week by the end of June. Even though 767 million confirmed cases and more than 6.9 million deaths may seem […]
Lawsuit Claims China Used TikTok to Spy on Hong Kong Activists
In 2018, China’s Communist Party (CCP) used a “god credential” to watch and track Hong Kong activists and protesters, a former ByteDance employee said in a lawsuit. This “god credential” lets the CCP access user data collected by ByteDance, which owns TikTok. In a court filing, Yintao “Roger” Yu, a former head of engineering at […]
Elon Musk Visits China, Lucid Motors to Sell $3 Billion in Stock, and Fiat Unveils Adorable Tiny EV
Welcome back to The Station, your center hub for all past, present, and future ways of getting people and packages from Point A to Point B. Rebecca Bellan here, and yes, I’m still guiding the ship. The biggest news this week was Elon Musk’s trip to China, which could help strengthen Tesla’s ties with the […]
China Drills One of the Deepest Holes in the World: The Reasons Behind
a well at the Tarim Oil Field in China’s Xinjiang region. China is starting a voyage into the untamed world. According to a Xinhua news source, the country began drilling its first borehole on May 30 in order to tunnel 10,000 meters (32,808 feet) beneath the Earth’s crust. The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwest […]
Shenzhou-16 Launches China’s First Civilian Astronaut
Listen to the Podcast: China launched the Shenzhou-16 mission to its space station on Tuesday, sending its first civilian astronaut into orbit. This was another step forward for the country’s lofty space program. At 9:31 a.m. Tuesday, the three Shenzhou-16 astronauts took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the desert of China’s Gansu […]
China Introduces ChatGPT-Like Chatbot Dubbed MOSS
Listen to the Podcast: MOSS is China’s latest attempt at developing a large-scale conversational language model. This model was recently released. An artificial intelligence chatbot is being promoted as a possible alternative to the ChatGPT developed in the United States. It is already accessible for public testing across the entirety of the continent. The Natural […]
India Becomes the World’s Most Populous Country
In a noteworthy turn of events, India is likely to have already surpassed China as the most populated country on the planet. The most recent findings from the World Population Review (WPR) estimate that India’s total population would reach 141.7 crores by the year 2022’s end. Read More: World Population Day According to official reports, […]
China Covid Wave Peak to Continue 2-3 Months, Expert Warns
A top Chinese epidemiologist warned that the peak of the Covid wave in China will last two to three months and will have a huge effect on the rural parts of the country. As more Chinese people go home for the Lunar New Year holidays, there will be more crimes in rural areas. The holidays […]
WHO Warns China about under-representing Covid Inflections & Deaths
Wednesday, the World Health Organization said that China’s definition of Covid deaths was “very narrow,” and it warned that official statistics didn’t show the true impact of the outbreak. Read Also: Lack of information on China’s COVID Outbreak Since Beijing suddenly lifted years of strict restrictions last month, there has been a sharp rise in […]