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East Asia
Chinese technology companies push for smart farming
Chinese companies are applying their technologies into farming in a bid to increase agricultural production and efficiency, realize industry upgrades and reduce costs, Chinanews.com reported on Feb. 28. These efforts, dubbed as smart agriculture, uses mobile devices or computers to control agricultural production. It also includes agricultural e-commerce, anti-counterfeiting traceability…
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East Asia
China’s campaign against online copyright infringement achieves remarkable fruits
The SwordNet Operation, a national campaign against online copyright infringement carried out in 2018 in China, has yielded fruitful results, the National Copyright Administration (NCA) said on Feb.27. During the campaign, authorities of various levels investigated 544 cases of online copyright violations, 74 of which were criminal ones and involved…
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East Asia
China unveils top 10 scientific discoveries of 2018
China’s top ten scientific discoveries of 2018 were announced by the Administrative Center of Basic Research (ACBR) under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) on Feb.27. The discoveries include macaque monkey cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer, creation of the first single-chromosome yeast, fast-acting ketamine for anti-depression, DNA nano-robot…
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East Asia
China issues 17.46 million flight bans on individuals with bad credit
China has made great progress in building a national social credit system in recent years, having handled millions of cases and issued millions of travel bans on people with bad social credit, official statistics showed. As of the end of 2018, Chinese courts nationwide had issued verdicts on 12.88 million…
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East Asia
Ban on tourist in core zone of Mt. Qomolangma an effective measure to protect ecology: environmental authority
The recent ban on tourists entering the core zone of Mt.Qomolangma National Nature Reserve is an effective measure to protect the ecology of the world’s highest mountain, as tourism is expanding fast there, said Liu Youbin, spokesperson of China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Feb. 28. The ban has…
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East Asia
829 million Chinese have internet access, double the population of the US
The number of Chinese internet users hits 829 million at the end of 2018, more than double the population of the US. According to the report published by the China Internet Network Information Center, 817 million Chinese use smartphones to surf the internet, accounting for 98.6 percent of the total…
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East Asia
Greater Bay Area to drive economy of China, even world
For the first time in history, the economy of Shenzhen surpassed that of Hong Kong, with Shenzhen’s 2018 GDP growth rising 7.6 percent to 2.42 trillion yuan ($362.2 billion) compared with Hong Kong’s HK$2.845 trillion, equivalent to 2.4 trillion yuan based on the annual average exchange rate given by Hong…
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World
Press center with 5G service opens for 2019 two sessions
The press center for the “two sessions”, the National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), was put into official use at the Media Center Hotel on the north side of the West Chang’an Street, Beijing on Feb. 27. The second session of the 13th NPC and…
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East Asia
China rolls out new incentives to boost auto market
China is making a series of new incentives to stimulate the domestic auto market. Auto sales account for over a quarter of China’s total sales of consumer goods above designated size, playing a vital role in promoting consumption and enhancing the domestic market for China. Recently, 10 government departments…
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East Asia
China develops conceptual model of double-decker high-speed train
The Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a conceptual model for future Chinese double-decker high-speed trains, which could be able to run at speeds as high as 350 kilometers per hour (kph), official WeChat account of Science and Technology Daily reported on Feb.19. The conceptual model of future double-decker…
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