This graphics program achieves excellence: The software captures even the finest details of a rare Buddha statue. Scientists use high-resolution 3D images to preserve the relics of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province. A big help for research.
The social media platform TikTok, operated by Chinese company ByteDance, does not show comments and posts in Germany that include certain words. This is reported by German news channel Tagesschau, referring to a self-conducted test. According to the report, journalists tested 100 words or word combinations from different accounts. The result: 19 words were not […]
The “Iron Silk Road” has long since become more than a romantic idea, it has become a reality in cargo transport between China and Europe. The pandemic even brought a real boom to rail transport. In 2021, goods worth almost €70 billion were transported from East to West by rail – 50 percent more than […]
Staff at the rescue and rearing station for elephants in Xishuangbanna measure little Longlong. He was abandoned by his herd shortly after his birth due to a leg injury and is now being nursed here – like 20 of his fellow elephants before him. The Xishuangbanna Biosphere Reserve in the deep south of the Yunnan […]
Today marks the fourth week of the war in Ukraine. A war that is live for the entire world to see on social media as it continues to escalate. This disconcerting situation reminds us of the 1965 song “So Long, Mom” by American songwriter, mathematician and Harvard professor Tom Lehrer. The song is about the […]
Ginger Cheng will be appointed CEO for DBS Bank’s China business. Cheng has served the company for more than 20 years and currently heads the DBS Institutional Banking Group in China. She is also deputy to Neil Ge, whose position she will now take over.Kirk Sweeny succeeds Anthony Fasso as the new CEO Asia Pacific […]
Chinese car manufacturer BYD has once again raised prices. The Dynasty series models will cost ¥3,000 (€430) more, while prices for the Ocean series will increase by ¥6,000 (€860). The company cited the rising cost of raw materials as the reason, Bloomberg reported. Prices for important raw materials have recently risen significantly. This is especially […]