Much like people seen in TikTok videos running across a pool filled with starch slurry without sinking, the trick is to move quickly, as the slurry hardens directly beneath each step before instantly returning to liquid when the pressure is gone. 03:24 China’s centre of Taoism, Wudang Mountains, tries to lure visitors with tai chi …
This model has been adopted by other economies in East Asia during their development in the second half of 20th century. How to achieve a shift from the selective industrial policy paradigm to the functional policy paradigm has become critical and urgentHuang Shaoqing “As frontier technologies, no one knows what technology truly has promising prospects, …
Shanghai has turned to hi-tech surveillance technology to manage the city’s “unswept fallen leaves” campaign, which aims to preserve an autumnal aesthetic on a select number of its streets. Surveillance cameras – traditionally used for security purposes – have been trained on the canopies of trees in nine of Shanghai’s 41 landscape roads, while an …
China has beaten a global deadline, launching the world’s first next-generation internet service – more than 10 times faster than existing major routes – two years ahead of industry predictions. The backbone network – so called because it forms a principal data route between cities – can transmit data at 1.2 terabits (1,200 gigabits) per …
The couple took buses to neighbouring towns, gave money to people who called in with possible leads, and offered a million yuan (US$140,000) cash reward for anyone who could help them track their son. This month, the desperate parents were finally reunited with Xie, now 25 years old, with artificial intelligence technology helping police to …