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The medications for high blood pressure contained N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), which potentially causes cancer through long-term use. (Photo: Pixabay)

Chip labour: Robots replace waiters in China restaurant

Raising efficiency and lowering labour costs are the objectives at Alibaba's "Robot.He" diners, where waiters have been replaced by robots

05 Aug 2018 3:58 PM

The electronic skin has huge potential in health care and intelligent systems. (Photo: File)

Electronic skin tattoos could monitor health

The electronic skin exhibits high sensitivity and long-term stability.

05 Aug 2018 2:07 PM

After catching the siblings, the neighbours yelled at the mother urging her to jump, but the woman gradually passed out as smoke billowed out of their apartment. (Photo: Pixabay)

China: Mum saves kids from burning 4th floor home by throwing them out of window

The children were caught by neighbours but the fire killed the woman in China.

04 Aug 2018 11:50 AM

China's stock market has been overtaken as the world's second-biggest by Japan's, having been swiped this year by the threat of a trade war with the United States.

China loses spot as world's number 2 stock market: report

The figures showed Chinese stocks were worth USD 6.09 trillion, compared with USD 6.17 trillion in Japan.

03 Aug 2018 9:34 AM

Moody's assumes that these effects will be largely offset by moderate fiscal and policy easing.

US-China trade dispute likely to escalate, impact global growth

Trade restrictions are expected to cut about 0.25 percentage points off US' real GDP growth in 2019.

01 Aug 2018 8:51 AM

This May 2018, photo released by Su Lingmin shows her with a mask at her hospital bed in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province. Diagnosed with leukemia four months ago, the 27-year-old native of the north China city of Harbin is helping give a human face to the struggle for more affordable cancer drugs in China. (Photo: AP)

Chinese leukaemia patient livestreams journey to pay for cancer treatment

27-year-old native of northern Chinese city of Harbin is helping give human face to struggle for more affordable cancer drugs in China.

31 Jul 2018 8:25 AM

The Chinese move likely comes too late for a resurrection of the deal.

China says it is still open to talks on scrapped Qualcomm-NXP takeover

US-based Qualcomm abandoned what would have been the world’s biggest ever semiconductor sector takeover.

27 Jul 2018 6:58 PM

Minister of State for External Affairs General V K Singh shake hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Beijing on Monday. (Phtoo: PTI)

India denies US’ claim of China back at Doklam

Minister of state for external affairs V K Singh told Rajya Sabha there are no new developments at site of face-off with China at Doklam.

27 Jul 2018 8:18 AM

The company is among the world’s top R&D spenders.

China's Huawei to raise annual R&D budget to at least $15 billion

Huawei will dedicate 20-30 percent of that amount to basic science research, up from its previous expectation of 10 per cent.

26 Jul 2018 5:12 PM

Facebook and WhatsApp are blocked in China. (Photo: AP)

China withdraws approval for Facebook’s planned venture: Report

The move is a setback for Facebook, which has been struggling to gain a foothold in China.

26 Jul 2018 8:39 AM

Facebook’s website remains banned in China, which strictly censors foreign news outlets, search engines and social media.

Facebook sets up subsidiary in China despite censorship

The subsidiary is registered in Hangzhou, home of e-commerce giant Alibaba.

24 Jul 2018 8:36 PM

The eerie scenes from Wednesday have been captured in videos, which are trending on Chinese social media platforms. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mysterious lights over China spark UFO rumours

According to reports, the strange bright dots appear to move in a line with one disappearing and another one emerging in front of it.

21 Jul 2018 12:04 PM

The change was made as lawmakers sought to hammer out differences between the Senate and House versions of the National Defense Authorization Act. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

US lawmakers cut anti-ZTE measure from defense bill

US lawmakers cut measures from a defense bill that would have reinstated sanctions on China’s ZTE.

21 Jul 2018 8:19 AM

Coats warned that the possibility of a “crippling cyber attack on our critical infrastructure.”

US intel head warns of growing cyber threat to US infrastructure

Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are launching daily cyber strikes on the computer networks of US institutions.

14 Jul 2018 8:48 AM

When the user received the Taiwan emoji or the word ‘Taiwan’, iOS would instantly crash. (Representative Image)

Taiwan emoji found to crash iPhones, iPads

Chinese units of iPhones are reportedly crashing when the Taiwanese flag emoji or the word is used.

12 Jul 2018 11:40 AM

Tesla shares rose 1.5 percent in US trading.

Tesla is going big in China with its first factory outside the US

Tesla plans to produce the first cars about two years after construction begins on its Shanghai factory.

11 Jul 2018 9:28 AM

US carmaker Tesla Inc has hiked prices on its Model X and S cars by about 20 percent in China. (Photo: AP)

Tesla increases car prices in China amid trade war

The move is the first indication of how much higher Chinese tariffs on certain US imports will flow through to showroom floors.

10 Jul 2018 12:06 PM

Tesla has been banking heavily on China, the world’s largest automotive market, to boost sales of its electric cars.

Tesla raises car prices in China amid trade war: Electrek

China contributed about 17 percent to Tesla’s total revenue in 2017.

09 Jul 2018 8:54 PM

President Trump is the first US leader to risk a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. (Photo: Pixabay)

US and China brawl over high technology

Critics have long asserted that China runs roughshod over intellectual property rights.

06 Jul 2018 1:53 PM

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