China intends to become the world’s artificial intelligence leader in 2030, according to the manifesto it just released describing plans to create an industry of…
LUNAR PALACE
Chinese researchers are figuring out how to make dumplings, noodles and stir-fries in space
Grinding wheat from scratch, eating veggies grown in your own waste, and fried worms for dinner: Life in space is no picnic. At Beihang University,…
SAVE THE DAY
Apple’s new China head is a female Mandarin-speaking electrical engineer
Apple has named a woman to head its Greater China region. Isabel Ge Mahe, who has been with Apple for over nine years, will relocate…
LAST WORD
Dying in custody, a Nobel prize-winning Chinese dissident wrote this last love letter to his wife
During his last days, the late Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo wrote a powerful love letter to his wife of two decades, Liu Xia.…
OH, POOH
China wants people to stop comparing its president to Winnie the Pooh
China is going after Winnie the Pooh—again. A July 15 post on a public account on WeChat, China’s most popular messaging app, said that Winnie-the-Pooh…
EMPTY CHAIR
China’s censors are making sure the country doesn’t remember human rights activist Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo will be remembered by the world as the Chinese human rights activist awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010. He’ll be remembered by…
THE RED LINE
What you need to know about China’s VPN crackdown
China seems to be sticking to its self-imposed schedule for making it harder for Chinese citizens to connect to the unfiltered web. Beijing has ordered…
X FACTOR
Elon Musk bought a web domain worth millions with “sentimental value” to him
Well before SpaceX and Tesla, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk made his name as the founder of the online payment network that merged with PayPal almost…
SLAMMING THE BRAKES
Nobody in Hong Kong wants a Tesla anymore
Hong Kong has long been one of Tesla’s biggest markets, but it may not be for much longer—not a single newly purchased Tesla model was…
EASY PEASY
Stripe is the latest Silicon Valley payment startup to partner with China’s payment giants
For companies that don’t have a base in China, it can be hard to sell products to Chinese customers. Besides shopping while traveling abroad, many…
ATWITTER
Trump’s hopes and disappointment over China’s influence with North Korea summed up in 15 tweets
On July 4, as Americans were celebrating Independence Day, North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM. Experts say, with a different trajectory, the…
FAMILY TRADE
One town handles over 80% of the African ivory smuggled into China
That China plays a key role in ivory smuggling is well established. Less known is that, within China, a single town dominates the trade. That…
