On Friday, China Eastern Airlines received the world’s first C919, a narrow-body jet made in China, and the aircraft took off for a 15-minute flight to commemorate the historic event. According to the state-owned Xinhua News Agency, the plane, which competes with the single-aisle jet families of the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX, is…
On Tuesday, the world’s population surpassed 8 billion, and the United Nations predicts that within a year, India will overtake China as the world’s most populous nation. Since 1950, the world’s population has more than tripled, with death rates down and life expectancies rising, mostly as a result of improved nutrition, access to clean drinking…
It seems like NetEase is in trouble. Following the blocking of one of its social media accounts for allegedly making a politically sensitive comment, the Chinese gaming company postponed the release of a hotly anticipated video game in mainland China this week. An announcement on NetEase’s (NTES) Chinese website on Sunday stated that the release…
According to New report, Amazon has ceased providing Kindle e-readers to Chinese shops and will shut down the country’s Kindle ebook store, citing a post on the company’s WeChat account. Users will no longer be able to purchase digital Kindle books in China starting June 30th, 2023, and Amazon’s Kindle app will be removed from…
According to two sources familiar with the matter, Airbnb is shutting down its domestic business in China. Employees across the country will be informed as early as Tuesday morning in Beijing, according to the business. By the summer, all mainland Chinese listings, including residences and experiences, will be removed. Airbnb began operating in mainland China…
As part of plans for a planet defence system, China will conduct a kinetic impactor test to modify the orbit of a potentially dangerous asteroid. According to Wu Yanhua, deputy head of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), China is formulating a planetary defence plan and would conduct technical studies and research into developing technologies…
According to the South China Morning Post, China has launched a pilot version of an app that allows users to save and pay with digital yuan, also known as e-CNY. The digital yuan isn’t a cryptocurrency; it was created by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) to replace banknotes and coins. It isn’t a decentralised…
Beginning January 1, 2022, Chinese authorities will allow complete foreign ownership of passenger car manufacturing in the country. The Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission, the country’s primary economic planning agency, issued a joint statement on Monday. The report was one of the government’s quarterly updates on industries that are off-limits…
While traversing Von Kármán crater on the far side of the moon, China’s Yutu 2 rover observed a mysterious object on the horizon. According to a Yutu 2 diary published by Our Space, a Chinese language science outreach channel affiliated with the China National Space Administration, Yutu 2 spotted a cube-shaped object on the horizon…