The Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber was banned from performing in China, according to Variety. The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture said the ban was necessary to “purify” the country’s entertainment industry but suggested it was not permanent, expressing the ...
Read More »China Bans Winnie the Pooh And His Friends From Social Media
Tigger, Piglet and Eeyore are no longer found on the Chinese versions of Twitter and Facebook. All this because the president does not like to be compared to the cute bear, Joinfo.com reports with reference to NewsMonkey. Anyone trying to ...
Read More »China landslide leaves at least 140 missing in Sichuan
About 40 homes were destroyed in Xinmo village in Maoxian county, after the side of a mountain collapsed at about 06:00 local time (22:00 GMT Friday), according to the BBC. Rescue teams are frantically searching for survivors trapped beneath rocks. ...
Read More »China’s toothpick crossbow nightmare prompts parent petitions on social media
Several cities including Shenzhen and Qingdao have reportedly banned sales of the palm-sized contraptions, which sell for about $1 and are powerful enough to puncture soda cans, apples and cardboard, depending on the projectile, Joinfo.com reports with reference to ABC ...
Read More »In China, a robot has started delivering packages to people
Jingdong, or JD.com, China’s second-biggest e-commerce company after Alibaba, sent robots to deliver items for the first time yesterday (June 18), on the last day of a two-week-long shopping bonanza that recorded sales of around $17.6 billion, according to a ...
Read More »At Least 7 Dead, 59 Injured In China Kindergarten Blast
An explosion at a kindergarten in eastern China on Thursday killed at least seven people and injured 59 others, state media said, according to NDTV. The blast occurred near the nursery, according to the Fengxian county government in Jiangsu province. ...
Read More »China debuts driverless train that only needs white painted lines as tracks
Its maker, Chinese rail transit firm CRRC, is calling it a “smart bus,” but it’s a lot more than that. Like a train, it’s modular and carriages can be added on; but like a bus, it runs on the road, ...
Read More »U.S. warship challenges Beijing’s claims in South China Sea
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the USS Dewey traveled close to the Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands, among a string of islets, reefs and shoals over which China has territorial disputes with its neighbors, according to ...
Read More »Chinese jets intercept US Air Force radiation detection plane
The US crew aboard the US Air Force WC-135 characterized the move as “unprofessional,” according to the statement from Air Force Lt. Col. Hodge, Joinfo.com reports with reference to CNN. “While we are still investigating the incident, initial reports from ...
Read More »Chinese students are sealed in a ‘Lunar Palace’ on Earth for 200 days as country plans to create a village on the moon by 2036
China plans to establish a village on the moon with Europe’s help by 2036. Now, in a step towards that goal, the nation has created a ‘Lunar Palace’ on Earth to simulate living in isolated conditions on the moon, according ...
Read More »China’s C919 Passenger Jet Makes Maiden Flight in Challenge to Boeing, Airbus – Video
The C919 jet was built at a reported development cost of $8.6 billion. It has passed a series of technical and safety tests since rolling off the production line in 2015,Joinfo.com reports with reference to NBC News. After the 90-minute ...
Read More »Reuters: Trump says ‘major, major’ conflict with North Korea possible, but seeks diplomacy
“There is a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with North Korea. Absolutely,” Trump told Reuters in an Oval Office interview ahead of his 100th day in office on Saturday. Nonetheless, Trump said he wanted ...
Read More »Taylor Swift dating a Chinese tech tycoon? Sohu CEO denies the rumour
According to The Star edition, Sohu CEO Charles Zhang Chaoyang denied the rumours on Friday morning after Chinese internet users speculated that he could be Swift’s new boyfriend. “It’s just a rumour. I have no interest in foreign women … ...
Read More »This guy traveled through China to build his own iPhone – part by part
Going all the way to the China, Scotty Allen traveled through the city of Shenzhen for months with one single quest in mind – to collect all the parts he needs to assemble his own iPhone, according to The Next Web. ...
Read More »Trump’s stunning u-turns on NATO, China, Russia and Syria
NATO, Trump said, is “no longer obsolete.” He backed down a threat to brand China a currency manipulator. In another reversal, Trump praised Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, whom he had previously pledged to replace when her term expires, and ...
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