Yajiang-1, a cutting-edge computing centre perched in the cradle of Tibetan civilisation along the Yarlung Tsangpo River, is up and running as part of China’s plan to transform the so-called roof of the world into a strategic frontier for sustainable supercomputing. The facility, the first major hub of the “Eastern Data, Western Computing” project on…
Art month is officially here. As a newcomer to the city, it’s my first go-around on this hamster wheel of event madness. They weren’t wrong – it’s a lot. We’ve barely begun and already I feel like there’s art coming out of our collective ears. Even if you think art isn’t your “thing”, I entreat…
In Zhongwei, a city in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui autonomous region, fighting poverty seems to be a never-ending battle. While the country as a whole has made tremendous gains in living standards, in July, the city’s Shapotou district announced that 28 more individuals had been added to a poverty relapse watch list. The officials who…