China and Finland have set up a fund that will pool money from Chinese and Finnish enterprises to invest in innovative startups and joint tech projects. The 40-million-euro fund, agreed at a forum in Beijing technology hub Zhongguancun on ...
Tags: Tech Fund
Chile's ALMA observatory says it is joining forces with other space observatories around the world to create a virtual earth-sized telescope capable of visualizing objects on the moon. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, or ...
Tags: ALMA, World Observatories, Virtual Earth-sized Telescope
A new mobile app from Los Angeles-based media company RYOT allows users to step virtually into crisis zones, even taking them on a tour of the war-torn streets of Syria. The project is a video called "Welcome to Aleppo" offering viewers a ...
Tags: Virtual Reality, APP
n years past, a smog-shrouded Beijing was accepted as a fact of life in the big city. But increasingly, people are taking notice. Companies now are focusing on using the internet, smart devices and big data to help the Chinese make ...
Tags: Smart Device, Air
Crude prices have gone down nearly 30 percent this year, and analysts expect oil prices to remain low for even longer. Boon for consumers Lower oil prices are generally good for US consumers and the economy, said Jason Bordoff, ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Crude Oil
Burger King restaurants has introduced the Flame Grilled Chicken Burger for a limited time. As chicken burgers grow in popularity, BURGER KING restaurants now offer guests their own unique take on the trend. The BURGER KING brand has ...
Housing prices in China are expected to grow steadily in 2016, while divergence between bigger and smaller cities will continue, according to a property research organization. Government policy has perhaps helped to ease the housing glut ...
Tags: Property Sector, Mild Growth
China is going to be the third-largest contributor to UN regular budget 2016-2018, with its assessed contribution accounting for 7.9 percent, said a senior Chinese diplomat Wednesday. The Chinese contribution to the total UN membership ...
A draft amendment to the population and family planning law is being discussed by the top legislature. Along with the universal two-child policy, the amendment covers issues including illegal surrogacy and the cancellation of extended ...
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Shen Hao, former president of 21st Century Media Co. Ltd., was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday for blackmailing companies by threatening negative coverage. Shen was convicted of extortion and forced transactions, among other ...
Hong Kong has replaced New York this year as the world's biggest IPO market by the amount of funds raised. According to data from Reuters, companies have raised 25 billion U.S. dollars from initial public offerings in Hong Kong so far ...
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China's latest efforts to stimulate its economy by deepening structural reform will produce rich "dividends" shared within China's borders and across the world. While the effectiveness of traditional demand-side policy support lessens, ...
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A new mobile-technology-assisted APP has recently been made available to young Chinese students in a hope to better tackle the modified SAT, a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT will undergo its biggest ...
Tags: Mobile tech, SAT Examinees
China is to extend the trading hours of the interbank forex market by seven hours and allow more foreign entities into the market, according to a Wednesday statement by the People's Bank of China (PBOC). From Jan. 4, the closing time for ...
Tags: Extends Trading, Forex Market
China Vanke has issued a statement on Wednesday night, welcoming Anbang Insurance to become one of its big share-holders. Earlier this week, Anbang raised its stake in Vanke to 7 percent by acquiring shares worth over 2.8 billion yuan. ...