A US man travelling in China shared an eye-opening discovery about the country’s high-tech parking system, which physically locked cars in place to prevent drivers from leaving without paying. In a video posted on Instagram, Christian Grossi walks viewers through the parking-lot in Suzhou while panning his camera across the ground. Pointing at a small … Read more
Air India is lobbying the Indian government to convince China to let it use a sensitive military airspace zone in Xinjiang to shorten routes as the financial toll from a ban on Indian carriers flying over Pakistan mounts, a company document shows. The unusual request comes just weeks after direct India-China flights resumed after a … Read more
In a few short years, China may unveil something no one has seen before: a humanoid robot that can get pregnant. Not in the biological sense, but by hosting a fully functioning artificial womb. The work is happening at Kaiwa Technology in Guangzhou. At the World Robot Conference in Beijing, project lead Dr Zhang Qifeng … Read more
Natalia Zuo BBC Eye, World Service Investigations BBC Abby Wu, who’s had more than 100 operations, is one of China’s first cosmetic surgery influencers Abby Wu was just 14 when she had cosmetic surgery for the first time. After receiving hormone treatment for an illness, Abby’s weight increased from 42kg (6 stone 8lbs) to 62kg … Read more
Getty Images Beijing has experienced a surge in flu-like HMPV cases, especially among children, which it attributed to a seasonal spike In recent weeks, scenes of hospitals in China overrun with masked people have made their rounds on social media, sparking worries of another pandemic. Beijing has since acknowledged a surge in cases of the … Read more
World number one table tennis player Wang Chuqin experienced a surprising turn of events in the men’s Olympic singles competition on Wednesday. Just a day prior, Wang celebrated winning a mixed doubles gold medal in Paris. However, his joy was short-lived as a photographer accidentally broke his bat in the chaos of post-victory photographs. This … Read more
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) MP Vaiko. File | Photo Credit: ANI MDMK general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Vaiko on Tuesday urged the Indian government to handle its relationship with Sri Lanka, considering the threat posed by China’s entry into the island nation. Addressing an all-party meet chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in … Read more
India’s population to edge ahead of China’s by mid-2023 Source link
Jiang Yanyong became a national hero after revealing Beijing was covering up the scale of the virus. Source link
The new rules close the loopholes that enabled Dr He to evade regulations, which previously only applied to experiments on human beings in hospitals, for example for drug trials. The updated regulations cover all research institutions and everything relating to humans, including work on tissues, organs and embryonic cells. Source link