China: Big Data Fuels Crackdown in Minority Region
(New York) – Chinese authorities are building and deploying a predictive policing program based on big data analysis in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said today. … Read more
China approves personal credit platform for online lending
China’s central bank on Thursday gave the green light to a credit-scoring platform for individual online lending activity. The company, under the name Baihang Credit … Read more
American Authorities are Concerned about the Safety of the Chinese Tech Giants
On Tuesday, February 13th, during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, the heads of six major US Intelligence institutions made negative comments about the Chinese tech … Read more
Beidou satellite system positioned to provide global coverage
Satellite network will provide data for countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative. When cyclists use one of the Mobike or ofo shared bikes … Read more
China awaits birth of third macaque monkey cloned from somatic cells
The third macaque monkey cloned from somatic cells will soon be born in China, Vice Minister of Science and Technology Huang Wei revealed on Sunday. … Read more
China’s first road test center for self-driving cars opens in Beijing
A center for the testing of self-driving cars has opened in Beijing’s Haidian District, reports Beijing Daily. The 13 hectare closed zone is the first … Read more
100 million-year-old spider with tail found in amber
Two teams of Chinese scientists have begun a study of a species of spider with a long tail, which is found in amber at least … Read more
China firmly opposes U.S. Nuclear Posture Review
China firmly opposes the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) published by the United States Department of Defense, a spokesman of China’s National Defense Ministry said Sunday. … Read more
China has no plans to clone humans following success of monkey trial
China has no plans to conduct human cloning following the success of its monkey trial, according to a report by Chinese newspaper Science and Technology … Read more
China: New Controls on Tibetan Monastery of Larung Gar
(New York) – The Chinese authorities have imposed new administrative controls on the Tibetan Buddhist monastic center of Larung Gar that infringe upon freedom of religion, Human … Read more
A man in China accidentally lit himself when smoking in a hospital, wearing an oxygen mask
A 58-year-old man in Wuhan, Hubei Province, hospitalized for a suspected case of pneumonia and tuberculosis, accidentally lit himself, lighting a cigarette while wearing an … Read more
China uses AI technology to prevent suicide
China is using AI technology, including pattern recognition, to identify users who express suicidal thoughts on microblog site Weibo in order to to prevent suicide … Read more
China bans Hip Hop culture and tattoos from TV
Actors with tattoos and hip-hop artists will no longer be allowed to appear on Chinese TV, according to a recent directive by SAPPRFT, the State … Read more
China’s central SOEs achieve 2017 steel, coal capacity cut goals
China’s centrally administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) achieved their annual steel and coal capacity reduction goals in 2017, the SOE watchdog said Wednesday. Last year, central … Read more