One of the key reasons smartwatches are making traditional watches obsolete is their accuracy, as they constantly synchronize with atomic clocks. Currently deployed atomic clocks using cesium atoms to absorb microwaves can measure time accurately to within one second over a 300-million-year period. However, recently announced discoveries by Chinese scientists may make that level of…
This undated photo shows the Daocheng Solar Radio Telescope, the world’s largest synthesis aperture radio telescope. (PHOTO PROVIDED BY NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE CENTER, THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES). China on Wednesday unveiled 30 major scientific questions, engineering challenges and industrial technology problems, identifying priority areas for original research and disruptive technological innovation. The list was…
In the Capital Connectors series, exclusive interviews with six influential Chinese and global bankers reveal the opportunities and challenges for Hong Kong in its evolution as an international financial hub. Hong Kong has become the fundraising venue of choice for Chinese technology giants, surpassing the US thanks to growing liquidity, market reforms and proximity to…
The US Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday it plans to adopt rules to bar companies from connecting undersea submarine communication cables to the United States that include Chinese technology or equipment. “We have seen submarine cable infrastructure threatened in recent years by foreign adversaries, like China,” FCC Chair Brendan Carr said in a statement….
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday it plans to adopt rules to bar companies from connecting undersea submarine communication cables to the United States that include Chinese technology or equipment. “We have seen submarine cable infrastructure threatened in recent years by foreign adversaries, like China,” FCC Chair Brendan Carr…