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Tag Archives: Beijing

11Jan/18

Researcher who found Meltdown says chip flaws ‘pretty scary’

January 11, 2018SecurityAustria's Graz Technical University, Beijing, China, City: Beijing, Company: Google, Company: Intel, Computer architecture, computer chips, Computer hardware, Daniel Gruss, Google, Graz, Hardware security bug, Instruction set architectures, Intel, Intel Corp, Meltdown, Side-channel attacks, Software Guard Extensions, Spectre, Technology/Internet, United States, X86 architecturesmbale

BEIJING, CHINA (REUTERS – The 31-year-old information security researcher and post-doctoral fellow at Austria’s Graz Technical University who discovered the Meltdown chip flaw said on Friday (January 5), said what he saw was scary. Continue reading →

13Nov/17

In China, facial recognition advances lets big brother watch ever more closely

November 13, 2017InternetArticles, Automatic identification and data capture, Beijing, China, Closed-circuit television, Crime prevention, Facial recognition software, Facial recognition system, Huang Yongzhen, Internet privacy, law enforcement, Learning, National security, Prevention, Safety, Security, SenseTime, Surveillance, Technology/Internet, Video surveillance, Wang Shengjin, Xu Chihengsmbale

BEIJING, CHINA (REUTERS) – If you cross the street in urban China these days, chances are you’re being watched. The country has built the world’s largest video surveillance network with tens of millions of cameras, and they are now increasingly capable of automatically identifying people’s basic information thanks to technological advances and big data. Continue reading →

09Nov/17

China says its people can contact the outside world, after Trump skirted country’s firewall to tweet on trip

November 9, 2017PoliticsAmerican people of German descent, Beijing, Businesspeople, China, Climate change skepticism and denial, Company: Facebook, Company: Twitter, Country: China, Donald Trump, Facebook, Firewall, Great Firewall, Hu Chunying, Hua, Liyuan, Melania, North China Plain, Peng Liyuan, Politicians, Right-wing populism in the United States, United States, Writers, Xi Jinpingsmbale

BEIJING, CHINA (NOVEMBER 9, 2017) (REUTERS) – Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hu Chunying said on Thursday (November 9) there were plenty of channels for people in China to communicate with “the outside world”. Hua’s comments were a response to a journalist’s question about whether China sees U.S. President Donald Trump’s open use of twitter during his trip in Beijing to be in breach of Chinese law. Continue reading →

08Nov/17

Snapchat owner’s shares plunge

November 8, 2017FinanceAli Mogharabi, Alibaba, Alibaba Group, Baidu, Beijing, Business, Business/Finance, China, Companies, Company: Snap, Company: SNAPCHAT, Company: Tencent Holdings, Company: Tesla, Donald Trump, Economy of China, Evan Spiegel, Lyft, Magic Leap, Nanshan District Shenzhen, Roselle, Roselle Chen, RSS, Snap, Snap Inc., Snapchat, Tencent, Tesla, United States, Video game publishers, WeChat, World Wide Websmbale

Snap’s shares tumbled after it disappointed with revenue and user growth. But the stock recovered slightly after Snap said China’s Tencent holds 12 pct stake. Roselle Chen reports. Continue reading →

24Oct/17

China Communist Party enshrines ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ in constitution

October 24, 2017PoliticsAnti-intellectualism, Beijing, China, Chinese communists, Chinese nationalists, Chinese people, Communist Party, Communist Party of China, Crown Prince Party, Ideologies, Ideology of the Communist Party of China, Mao Zedong, Marxism–Leninism, Political ideologies, Politics, Politics of China, Samantha Vadas, Socialism with Chinese characteristics, Xi Jinping, Xi Jinping Thought, Xi Jinping's cult of personalitysmbale

China’s ruling Communist Party enshrines President Xi Jinping’s political thought into its constitution, putting him in the same company as the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong. Samantha Vadas reports. Continue reading →

30Sep/17

China holds world’s first secure quantum video conference

September 30, 2017InnovationAlibaba, Anton Zeilinger, Austria, Bai Chunli, Beijing, China, China Central Television, Computer network, Geography of Austria, Geography of Europe, Hefei, Hu, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA, Jinan, optical network, Pan Jianwei, Physical sciences, Physics, Quantum cryptography, Quantum Experiments at Space Scale, Quantum information science, Quantum key distribution, Quantum mechanics, Quantum network, quantum-communications encryption technology ideal, secure quantum telecommunications, Shanghai, Technology/Internet, Television, Viennasmbale

China Central Television (CCTV)- Chinese scientists held the world’s first quantum intercontinental communication video conference with their counterparts in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Friday, thanks to the successful connection between China’s quantum communication line and satellite.
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20Aug/17

China to upgrade bullet train speed

August 20, 2017InnovationBeijing, Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway, Beijing–Shanghai high-speed train, China, China Central Television, China Railway, China Railways CRH380A, City: Beijing, City: Shanghai, Company: china central television, Company: China Rwy Corp, corporation, Fuxing, High-speed rail, High-speed rail in China, Land transport, North China Plain, Passenger rail transport in China, Rail transport, Rolling stock, Shanghaismbale

SOURCE:China Central Television (CCTV)- China will upgrade the speed of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed train to 350 km/h starting from September, according an announcement by the China Railway Corporation on Sunday. Continue reading →

04Aug/17

Can China eliminate poverty by 2020?

August 4, 2017EconomyAmdo, Beijing, Butuo County, Canada, China, Concentrated poverty, Countries, Emu Zhiji, Extreme poverty, Forms of government, Geography of Asia, Liangshan, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Poverty, Sichuan, Xi Jinping, Yismbale

BUTUO COUNTY, LIANGSHAN, SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA (REUTERS) – Hidden away in mountains thousands of miles from the white-knuckle development of cities like Beijing, live the “hard bones” of China’s poverty, the Yi. Continue reading →

23Jul/17

Over 1,000 children show super mental arithmetic ability at international competition in Beijing

July 23, 2017EducationAbacus, Arithmetic, Articles, Beijing, Calculation, Calculator, CCTV channels, CCTV-5, China Central Television, Chinese mathematics, Closed-circuit television, Company: CCTV, Italy, Mathematics, Mental abacus, Mental calculation, Netherlands, Prevention, Security, Television, United States, Yang Yunbosmbale

Beijing,China China Central Television (CCTV) – More than 1,000 children, aged from four to 12 and from 18 countries across the world, showed their super mental arithmetic ability at an international competition in Beijing held from Saturday to Sunday.
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04Jul/17

China casts an even wider net on internet censorship

July 4, 2017InternetBeijing, Censorship in China, China, Company: Weibo, Countries, Country: China, East Asia, Forms of government, internet crackdown, Joel Labi, online communities, Social Issues, Technology/Internet, Weibo, Xi, Xi Jinpingsmbale

Some of China’s most creative minds fear they’re next as China’s internet crackdown widens. Joel Labi reports. Continue reading →