5G chips on display at a trade show in Shanghai. [Photo/China Daily] China’s sprawling internet economy is entering a new phase of development as the country makes strides towards building world-leading digital infrastructure and exploring various applications of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, experts said. Shang Bing, president of the Internet Society of China, … Read more
By Xu Peiyu Thanks to the rapid development of the new generation of information technology, vehicles are becoming more and more intelligent in China. The country is witnessing the blossoming of smart connected vehicles and the internet of the vehicle industry. Urban traffic management has been improved, which provides better travel experiences for passengers. … Read more
A visitor tries out an AR game at the booth of Chinese technology company Huawei during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) at the FIRA Gran Via exhibition center in Barcelona, Spain, June 28, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng) XIAMEN, July 20 (XINHUA) – The mobile game “Tower of Fantasy”, developed by Beijing-based film and game company Perfect … Read more
On the 55th anniversary of the Prague Spring, the head of Britain’s intelligence service sat down with POLITICO’s Anne McElvoy, a journalist with deep experience reporting from behind the Iron Curtain, to talk about Russia, Wagner’s warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, China and AI in espionage. In the rare exclusive interview, Richard Moore has issued a thinly … Read more
Since 2019, Elon Musk and SpaceX have led the charge to build broadband satellite internet services. As of May 2023, the Starlink constellation consisted of more than 4,000 satellites operating in low Earth orbit (LEO) and approximately 1.5 million subscribers worldwide. Several competitors began launching constellations years before Starlink began, and several companies have since … Read more
This photo taken on December 12, 2022 shows the 5G+ smart factory during the first Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/XuYu) BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) — Purple Mountain Laboratories based in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, received a special guest earlier this month. President Xi Jinping visited its … Read more
Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger wrapped up a low-key trip to China this week, the second to the country in three months, as the US chip giant doubles down on the Chinese market despite an intensifying tech war between the US and China. Gelsinger’s reported itinerary included a Wednesday visit to the Beijing headquarters of New … Read more
NANGAN, Taiwan (AP) For the past month, bed and breakfast owner Chen Yu-lin has had to tell his guests that he couldn’t provide them with the Internet. Others living in Matsu, one of Taiwan’s outlying islands closest to neighboring China, have struggled to pay electricity bills, make a doctor’s appointment, or receive a package. To … Read more
Receive free updates on Chinese politics and policies Well, I’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding last Chinese politics and politics news every morning. China has begun blocking plans to lay and maintain undersea Internet cables across the South China Sea, as Beijing seeks to exert greater control over the infrastructure that transmits … Read more
