In a ceremony at Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou today, Alibaba Group Executive Vice-Chairman Joseph Tsai and Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Anders Samuelsen witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding to increase exports from Denmark to China and promote Denmark as a tourist destination of choice for Chinese travelers. The event saw the unveiling of the new Denmark Pavilion on Alibaba’s Tmall Global imported goods marketplace, enabling Danish producers of fashion, lifestyle, home and food products to reach the over 440 million annual active buyers on Alibaba’s e-commerce platforms, and introduces Chinese consumers to high quality, unique products from Denmark.
Category: Hangzhou, China
Carry on: Xiamen for Auckland, Cathay for Christchurch, Virgin for HK and more
XiamenAir tipped as next Chinese airline Auckland Airport has confirmed Chengdu will be the 46th international destination reached by direct flights. Sichuan Airlines will fly from its base in central China from mid-June, with a three-days-a-week service.
A driver stopped on the side of an elevated highway because he was afraid of heights. Photo: Handout
Police in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang issued only a verbal warning to a driver who stopped suddenly on an elevated road because he claimed he was afraid of heights. Traffic police saw on surveillance video on Tuesday that a car with a Jiangsu province licence plate had stopped on the road shoulder, the Qianjiang Evening News reports.
A driver stopped on the side of an elevated highway because he was afraid of heights. Photo: Handout
Police in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang issued only a verbal warning to a driver who stopped suddenly on an elevated road because he claimed he was afraid of heights. Traffic police saw on surveillance video on Tuesday that a car with a Jiangsu province licence plate had stopped on the road shoulder, the Qianjiang Evening News reports.
Drone’s operator detained for flying near Chinese airplane
The footage, shows the airliner descending for landing, apparently taken from the perspective of the unmanned drone, flying by at close range. Chinese state media reports that the drone’s pilot has been detained by police.
China leads efforts to realize climate pact
A Moroccan policeman stands guard outside the COP22 village during the 22nd Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Marrakech, Morocco, on Nov 15, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua] As Confucius taught us, there are three methods to gaining wisdom.
LeEco breaks ground on 12 billion yuan Deqing car assembly
Cash-starved company says it’s on schedule to produce as many as 400,000 electric vehicles a year by 2018 LeEco, the cash-starved video streaming service and TV maker founded by Jia Yueting, has broken ground on a 12 billion yuan car factory in China, with assurances that it’s on schedule to produce as many as 400,000 electric vehicles a year by 2018. ) county of Zhejiang province, close to the tourist destinations of Moganshan and Hangzhou, will commence construction after more than four months’ of preparation work, said Zhang Hailiang, chief executive of LeSupercar, the LeEco unit that’s producing the vehicles.
Disabled volunteers train as online ‘porn raters’
A cyber security group in China has been training disabled people as professional “porn raters” to identify obscene images online, the state broadcaster reports. The Alliance for Internet Security Volunteers based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province has been building a database of obscene images to develop a programme that automatically blocks pornographic content, the state broadcaster CCTV reported.
Obama says partisanship in U.S. greater threat than Russian hacking
President Obama Friday said he is deeply frustrated by “hyper-partisan” attitudes that have left some Republicans more trusting of Moscow than Washington, calling such attitudes a greater danger to America’s national security than Russian hacking of U.S. elections. Obama reiterated his contention that “the Russians were responsible for hacking” the Democratic National Committee, starting in mid-2015, and that the U.S. will retaliate against Moscow for the meddling.