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Six-Hour Meeting of Chinese Tycoons Eases LeEco Cash Crunch
It took Jia Yueting just over six hours in December to snag $2.2 billion from a Chinese real estate mogul to keep LeEco afloat.
Chinese premier takes economy’s temperature in talks with entrepreneurs and economists
Premier Li Keqiang has solicited opinions from company bosses and economists before drafting the fourth annual government work report for his first five-year tenure as he offered a glimpse into the thinking of the country’s economic affairs. According to Xinhua, the premier underscored the importance of improving the foreseeability and ensuring accuracy in policymaking during the meeting with the business elites and government think tankers on Friday, pledging to maintain a stable economic growth despite grappling with stern challenges from geopolitical risks and downbeat mood.
Tricolour doormat row: ‘Respect Indian sentiments’, Centre warns Amazon
New Delhi , Jan. 14 : In the wake of the tricolour doormat being sold on Amazon that raised a furore across the nation, the Indian Government on Saturday called on the online shopping giant to respect Indian sentiments while providing a platform for third party vendors. [NK India] As a follow up to the matter regarding the sale of doormats with the Indian flag on Amazon, the Ministry of External Affairs has instructed Indian Ambassador in Washington Navtej Sarna to convey to Amazon that while providing a platform for third party vendors, they should respect Indian sensitivities and sentiments.
Sassoon Grigorian: Armenia Needs to be Recognized World Leader in a Certain Tech Area
Sydney-based Sassoon Grigorian is Head of Public Policy, Australia and New Zealand at Salesforce. He previously served as Director of Public Policy for eBay Inc, Asia-Pacific.
Roamingman Lands on Times Square and Pays New Year Call to Global Chinese
New York time January 14, 2017, a “Roamingman Pays New Year Call to Global Chinese” message appeared at the Times Square. Roamingman is a global roaming portable WIFI brand which focuses on the rental market of Shenzhen uCloudlink Network Technology Co.
Way found to reprogram mouse embryonic stem cells
This undated photo provided by animal clone scientist Zhou Qi of the Institute of Zoology in Beijing shows the mouse Xiao Xiao or “Tiny” from the induced pluripotent stem cells in its three-month old. Two teams of Chinese researchers have created live mice from IPS cells, answering a lingering question about the developmental potential of the cells, according to a press release published online by Nature on July 23, 2009.
Nobel Prize exhibition in Ahmedabad attracts visitors
Ahmedabad , Jan. 14: People from across age groups thronged the Nobel Prize exhibition, aimed at stimulating engagement in science, in Ahmedabad. [NK India] Titled ‘The Nobel Prize: Ideas Changing the World’, the four-day exhibition tells the story of Novel Prize founder Alfred Nobel – a Swedish inventor and industrialist – and other Nobel laureates.
Sounds from the Silk Route
Later this month, the dome-shaped ceiling of the restored, 574-seater Royal Opera House will reverberate with music from a four-stringed Chinese lute called pipa, the Afghan rubab, qanun , saxophone and tabla. Playing the instruments, which represent the Eastern and Western ends of the historical Silk Route, will be six artistes from China, Afghanistan, Syria and Italy.
Fridge is no novelty in Tibet, but how it is delivered is
For days, neighbors and friends have been visiting Lhagye’s home — just to have a look at his new refrigerator. It is not the machine itself that draws the visitors, but how Lhagye has got it.
China launches commercial rocket mission Kuaizhou-1A
The rocket Kuaizhou-1A carrying the satellite JL-1 and two CubeSats XY-S1 and Caton-1 blasts off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China’s Gansu Province, Jan. 9, 2017. The rocket sent three satellites into space in its first commercial mission on Monday.
China’s secret ‘humpback’ stealth nuclear sub surfaces with…
New photos of China’s latest secret stealth submarine have emerged – and it is believed could soon carry missiles powerful enough to reach America. The ‘Jin’ Type 094A has a large ‘hump’ concealing 12 submarine-launched ballistic missiles known as ‘big waves’, with a range of over 11,000km.
Feature: New technology at CES 2017 gives glimpse of future life
In the 50th year of the International Consumer Electronics Show , new generation TV, autonomous driving, drones, robots, 3-D printing and virtual reality technology gave a glimpse of future life. This year’s CES held in Las Vegas between Thursday and Sunday attracted over 3,800 companies and 50,000 professionals from 150 countries and regions in the world.
When India Killed the 1,000-Rupee Note, This Startup Hustled
The founder and chief executive of India’s largest digital payments company has barely slept and is nursing a head cold. Having just arrived at Paytm’s office, Vijay Shekhar Sharma discovers the coffee machine is broken.
When India Killed the 1,000-Rupee Note, This Startup Got Busy
The founder and chief executive of India’s largest digital payments company has barely slept and is nursing a head cold. Having just arrived at Paytm’s office, Vijay Shekhar Sharma discovers the coffee machine is broken.
Trump rejects US intel report, says hacking had ‘no effect’ on election
The extraordinary and unanimous intelligence conclusion, which undermines the Trump presidency even before he has been , was delivered to him at a two-hour briefing at Trump Tower in New York on Friday. Shortly thereafter, a declassified version of the report was released to the public, some 60 million of who voted for Trump as President.
Trump rejects US intel report, says hacking had ‘no effect’ on election
The extraordinary and unanimous intelligence conclusion, which undermines the Trump presidency even before he has been , was delivered to him at a two-hour briefing at Trump Tower in New York on Friday. Shortly thereafter, a declassified version of the report was released to the public, some 60 million of who voted for Trump as President.
First China-U.K. Freight Train Departs as Xi Seeks to Lift Trade
China initiated a rail-freight service to Britain as part of President Xi Jinping’s efforts to strengthen trade ties with Europe. The first train departed Yiwu in eastern Zhejiang province on Jan. 1 and will cover more than 12,000 kilometers in about 18 days before reaching London, China Railway Corp. said in a statement Monday.
Designer insists massive Method-2 robot is real
DECEMBER 27: Testing South Korea’s manned walking robot “Method-2” projects by Korea Future Technology on December 27, 2016 in Gunpo, South Korea. Seoul-based robotics company Korea Future Technology has built a robot named Method-2, which can be controlled by a human pilot by using arm gestures.
China Central Bank Adviser Calls for 6%-7% Growth Target Range
China should set a more flexible 2017 economic growth target to give policy makers more room to enact reform, according to Huang Yiping, an adviser to the People’s Bank of China. He proposed a range of 6 percent to 7 percent for this year, compared with the 6.5 percent to 7 percent objective in 2016, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
French Supermarket Expands Chinese E-commerce Offerings
Carrefour’s Hubei regional office announced the launch of its Carrefour online store, which is the latest online-to-offline business of this French retailer in China. This marks Carrefour’s latest O2O e-commerce market development in China, following similar moves in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Kunming, Wuxi, and Jiangsu.
iPhone Manufacturer Foxconn Will Replace All Human Workers With Robots
Manufacturing jobs are increasingly being taken over by robots as automating factories and production lines turns out to be more cost-effective for companies. Foxconn, a China-based manufacturer that has long produced iPhones for Apple , has laid out a three-phase plan in which it’s going to replace almost all of its human workers with robots.
How bad will the air pollution get? Don’t ask China’s supercomputers
Most calculations were done using an IBM high-performance computer operated by China Meteorological Administration, the scientists said. The three-year-old machine, IBM Flex System p460, played a key role in arriving at forecasts for smog levels for Beijing and other parts of the northern mainland last month, according to the researchers.
Megalithic Burials, Banished Words, Twitter, More: Sunday Buzz, January 1, 2017
In development: a database of megalithic burials . “The study linking archeology, biology and history would lead to building a database to provide information on disease process, and, more importantly, to indicate conditions that could have led to the development, maintenance and the changing manifestations of disease through time.”
N. Korea’s leader hints of long-range missile test launch
South Koreans watch a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s speech, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. North Korea’s development of banned long-range missiles is in “final stages,” the country’s leader Kim was quoted as saying in his New Year’s message.
Exclusive – Bangladesh police detail suspicions of inside help in central bank heist
A top investigator into the electronic theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank is turning his attention to some IT technicians from the bank whom he suspects hooked up its transactions system to the public Internet, giving hackers access. In a series of interviews this month, Mohammad Shah Alam, a Bangladesh police deputy inspector general who is heading investigations in Dhaka, went into some detail about how insiders at Bangladesh Bank may have helped in the execution of one of the world’s biggest cyber-heists last February.
Europe’s Newly Launched Satellite Navigation System Is Precise Down to a Few Centimeters
We tend to use “GPS” the way we use “Kleenex” or “Band-Aid” – as a brand name substitute for the generic “satellite navigation system.” But the Global Positioning System is actually quite specific: It’s a constellation of 27 satellites and a global network of control facilities on the ground developed and operated by the Defense Department.
2016: Top 26 photos that went viral on the Internet
The year 2016 has indeed proved to be a year in which what happened on social media dominated discussions in the public arena and vice-versa. It also emerged as the year when social media activism reached its highest point so far with innocent animals being rescued because of the good Samaritans present in the web space.
NPP China Branch (Youth) Appeal To Akufo-Addo
NPP China Branch Appeal To Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo TO CONSIDER PROF.LAWRENCE GYANSAH… AS GHANA AMBASSADOR TO CHINA. Throughout our stay in various universities in China, the Ghanaian and Chinese professors actually cannot understand why Ghana is still struggling to move from poverty, with all her strong relationship with the People’s Republic of China.
China launches carbon dioxide monitoring satellite
China on Thursday launched a satellite to monitor carbon dioxide levels, state media said, making the Asian giant the third country to track the potent contributor to global warming from space. The TanSat probe will allow China to keep a close eye on greenhouse gas emissions and give it a “louder voice” in future negotiations on carbon reduction, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
China Demands Emission Cuts as Year’s Worst Smog Chokes Beijing
China called for better coordination to cut emissions after a sixth day of heavy smog engulfed much of the northern part of the country and spurred the year’s highest alert. With the toxic haze shrouding the capital Beijing, coastal Tianjin, and surrounding Hebei province, the environmental protection ministry called for cities to coordinate anti-emission measures such as halting industrial production and banning vehicles from roads.
‘Go digital’ drive brought cyber security to the fore in India
Home A News A India News A ‘Go digital’ drive brought cyber security to the fore in India New Delhi, Dec 17 : With the country logging into the digital world to become a cashless economy, the threat of data breach loomed over both public and private enterprises, with several such cases being reported through the year — forcing the government to wake up from its slumber and prepare for digital war. [NK India] In one of the financial sector’s biggest cyber threats, millions of debit cards were compromised after a malware-related security breach was detected in a particular ATM network in October.
Cargo ship readied for launch to space station
This file photo shows an H-II rocket on the pad at Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center. An H-IIB rocket carrying the Japanese HTV-6 cargo ship loaded with nearly four tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station is scheduled for launch Friday morning U.S. time.