The use of facial recognition identification should not be forced upon people, and service providers will be required to offer alternative ID methods, under regulations due to come into effect in China on June 1. The new rules mark Beijing’s first major attempt to regulate facial recognition, a technology widely adopted around the country –…
China’s northern port city of Tianjin has become the latest local government to adopt the Chinese artificial intelligence system DeepSeek. The Tianjin AI Computing Centre, which will host the system, is a collaboration between Hebei district and Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies launched in March 2023. It is the first facility in the wider region…
To fund a futuristic megacity that has been one of President Xi Jinping’s pet projects for the better part of a decade, China has accelerated the issuance of ultra-long special bonds – intent on ensuring that the sprawling city is “basically completed” by 2035. The government of the Xiongan New Area, which is about 100km…
Following a spate of mass killings in China, the country’s legal professionals are calling for better mental health and social resources while urging authorities to dig for the deeper reasons behind these attacks. On the evening of November 11, a car was driven into a crowd of people exercising at a sports centre in the…
The compassionate response to rescue a puppy that was abused at a Buddhist site in northern China has touched millions of people on mainland social media. Public outrage was sparked after a worshipper posted a video showing a man kicking a puppy multiple times and causing it to roll down the stairs at Mount Wutai….
On the western coastline of the southern tech hub, CMG’s port unit has turned Mawan, a terminal that used to handle break bulk cargo of grains and sandstone, into a showcase that features remote-controlled quay cranes, autonomous-driving container trucks and a digitally managed flow of goods. Operating the quay cranes and rubber-tyred gantry cranes used…
China has reported “prominent results” in its hunt for green-energy minerals, with the Ministry of Natural Resources saying new deposits of the resources deemed crucial for national security had been discovered. Among those at the top of the list released by the ministry last week were gold, copper, molybdenum, phosphorite and fluorite – minerals important…
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…
A former Hong Kong chief executive has dismissed concerns over the local container port losing out to rivals, while emphasising the need to develop related legal and insurance services to strengthen the city’s status as an international shipping centre. Leung Chun-ying, now a vice-chairman of the country’s top political advisory body, also said on Sunday…