Day: May 17, 2025

As Chinese esports giant NIP Group plans to establish a global headquarters in the Middle East, co-founder Hicham Chahine is considering how to capitalise on opportunities in vastly different video gaming markets. Advertisement “The West is very accustomed to PCs, consoles,” Chahine told the Post in an interview on May 14. “In China, gaming is a mobile phenomenon, led by companies like Tencent and NetEase.” For Chahine, the existence of super apps such as WeChat, owned by video gaming behemoth Tencent Holdings, means distribution in China is less complicated than…

In a bid to scare potential military service dodgers, a local government in China has detailed the punishment dealt to a young man who the authority said had refused to serve because of personal preference. Advertisement The 20-year-old surnamed Liu had signed up voluntarily in January and in March was assigned to an armed police force, the Jishui county government in Jiangxi province said on Monday. When he got to the army, he was “extremely unstable” and submitted five requests to leave, the statement said. Army staff, recruiters and the…

In a small city in northwest China, visitors to an ancient Buddhist temple can interact with a shimmering princess from a historical ethnic group, thanks to a combination of advanced 3D scanning, artificial intelligence and virtual reality technologies. Advertisement The digital Tangut princess Yun Zhuo in Zhangye, a fifth-tier city in Gansu province, is part of a nationwide push to bring China’s ancient history to life and engage new generations through the use of technology. In elaborate Tangut attire that glimmers with digital silk, the princess interacts with visitors via…

Not long ago, Chinese fighter jets were dismissed as reverse-engineered relics of Soviet design. They appeared modern but lacked combat pedigree. Analysts questioned whether the People’s Liberation Army Air Force could match Western air forces in capability, resilience or technological sophistication. Advertisement That scepticism appears to be fading. Recent developments show Chinese air power is not only advancing but maturing. With its fifth-generation stealth fighters and sixth-generation designs, China is shifting from imitation to innovation and from regional ambition to global competition. A dragon has at last entered the skies,…

US President Donald Trump on Saturday ripped into Walmart, saying on social media that the retail giant should eat the additional costs created by his tariffs. Advertisement As Trump has jacked up import taxes, he has tried to assure a sceptical public that foreign producers would pay for those taxes and that retailers and carmakers would absorb the additional expenses. Most economic analyses are deeply sceptical of those claims and have warned that the trade penalties would worsen inflation. Walmart warned on Thursday that everything from bananas to children’s car…

Chinese scientists have discovered a new microbe that developed on board the county’s Tiangong space station, according to a new study. Advertisement The strain, officially named niallia tiangongensis, is a new variant of a previously known terrestrial bacteria and was found on a cabin in the space station. The discovery was announced by researchers from the Shenzhou Space Biotechnology Group and the Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. The paper said it was “essential” to understand the characteristics of microbes…

The future of policing in China will be powered by artificial intelligence surveillance tools that can monitor Telegram and VPN users, as well as DeepSeek-inspired models that can analyse leads for investigations, according to exhibitors at an annual policing expo in Beijing. Advertisement The surveillance equipment was showcased this week at the 12th China International Exhibition on Police Equipment, which ended on Saturday. The event – the largest policing technology expo of its kind – offered police and defence equipment suppliers from across the country a chance to compete for…

Wind tunnel tests conducted by Chinese scientists have shown significant advances in plasma excitation technology that can significantly enhance the aerodynamic performance of high-altitude drones, enabling them to fly a lot longer than before. Advertisement The study found that plasma generated by high-voltage currents could boost an aircraft wing’s lift-to-drag ratio by nearly 88 per cent – a critical metric where higher values indicate superior flight efficiency. “This technology holds potential for extending the endurance of high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) drones,” wrote a research team led by Zhang Xin, a senior…

Fan Daidi, a 59-year-old chemistry professor turned billionaire entrepreneur, epitomises China’s booming chemical sciences sector. Advertisement As dean of Northwest University’s chemical engineering school in Xian, Fan has amassed a fortune by commercialising innovations in collagen synthesis, catapulting her skincare enterprise Giant Biogene to a 75 billion yuan (US$10.4 billion) valuation. Fan’s ascent – from pioneering lab discoveries to leading a biomedical empire – highlights how state-backed scientific industrialisation is minting a new generation of academic tycoons. According to a report by Shenzhen-based New Fortune magazine on May 9, Fan…