Award-winning computer scientist Quan Guocong has joined Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou in southern China as an associate professor after years of study and research in the United States. Quan, 30, is an expert in caching technology and network optimisation. He earned his PhD from Ohio State University and was a research scientist at Meta…
Image credit: Greater Bay Airlines Greater Bay Airlines (GBA) is expanding its reach in Mainland China by adding new routes to Huangshan starting in December. The route between Hong Kong and Huangshan Tunxi International Airport will be run three times a week: Wednesdays, Fridays, as well as Sundays. GBAs Huangshan route announcement comes weeks after…
Wild boars are a growing menace to China’s cities, where the animals have attacked people and wreaked havoc on property, prompting authorities to deploy funds and hunting teams to tackle the problem. Videos on social media and television reports have recorded multiple cases of boars encroaching on urban areas, in some cases charging through enclosed…
President Xi Jinping has called for paratroopers to boost combat readiness during a visit to an airborne force unit that would play a key role in a war over Taiwan. Xi was shown weapons and equipment at the PLA Air Force Airborne Corps headquarters in Xiaogan, Hubei province during Monday’s visit, official media reported on…
Could stealth fighter jets take off from Japan, get past China’s air defence system and bomb Shanghai? Chinese military researchers say they have simulated this scenario, with mixed results. Their 10 rounds of computer simulation found that stealth fighters could be detected from 180km (110 miles) away by just a few land-based radars. That would…
Xi Jinping appears to have a new military secretary, going by state footage of the Chinese president’s recent inspection visits to People’s Liberation Army units. Lieutenant General Fang Yongxiang, 58, was part of the group accompanying Xi during his visit to an unspecified brigade of the elite PLA Rocket Force last week. Footage released by…
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to a PLA Rocket Force unit last Thursday highlights the key role the force might play in trying to deter the US from getting involved in a conflict in the Taiwan Strait, military analysts said. Last week, Xi inspected a People’s Liberation Army brigade stationed in the southeastern province of…
President Xi Jinping has issued a slew of economic-centric instructions in the past week, at a time all eyes are watching Beijing’s stimulus package aimed at shoring up China’s economy. The latest message from Xi was conveyed on Sunday in the northeastern city of Tianjin during an event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of China’s…
Chinese President Xi Jinping put the national spotlight back on the military’s missile defences, inspecting a PLA Rocket Force brigade in the country’s southeast roughly a month after a landmark ICBM test. During the visit to a strategic missile brigade in Anhui province on Thursday, Xi underlined the need for stronger missile deterrence as well…
Science and technology should lead the modernisation of China, President Xi Jinping emphasised, as he gave a fresh push to innovation in the southeastern hi-tech hub of Hefei earlier this week. “To advance modernisation in the Chinese style, science and technology must take the lead, with technological innovation being the necessary path to follow,” Xi…