Guangzhou (Canton) rolls out “smart customs” clearance with augmented reality, artificial intelligence, robots and of course 5G, to create fast customs clearance systems. China Tech News Flash! #20

If your business could cut wait times by several hours a day and increase throughput by 60%, would you do […]

Wow, Xinhuanet has built a 5G-artificial intelligence-virtual reality-augmented reality-robot-cloud platform newsroom. China Tech News Flash! #19

For decades, Chinese visual media has been a little stodgy at times, but the younger, 21st century generation of journalists […]

China has raced ahead of the US in R&D in the all-important foundational chemical industry. China Tech News Flash! #18

Chemistry is the alpha and omega of so many modern industries: materials, infrastructure, agriculture, consumer goods, fabrics, plastics, pharmaceuticals, military, […]

Digital technology helping herdsmen save resources and animals on the isolated Tibetan Plateau and desert northwest of China. China Tech News Flash! #16

Traveling extensively in Western China, to write my book, “44 Days”, I got an appreciation of just how isolated this […]

China launches first electromagnetic satellite built with 100% local intellectual property rights. China Tech News Flash! #14

Since 1949, China has had a policy of self-sufficiency in all sectors, since it has been banned, sanctioned and blockaded […]

China to ban single-use plastics with a sweeping national program 2020-2025. Tech will make it succeed this time. China Tech News Flash! #12

China’s plastic waste is completely off the charts, outstripping #2 USA by a factor of almost two to one. Having […]

Global space-based broadband and mobile service is now a 3-horse race: US, UK and China’s 5G. China Tech News Flash! #11

Pictured above is the new Chinese 5G satellite. Its name means Milky Way and the Chinese says, “Gaze up at […]