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  • Will QR codes run out as it power a large part of China's economy?

    Payment code, business card code, health code, campus code, ride-sharing code… QR codes have penetrated every corner of Chinese life.

  • Chinese phone maker Gionee reborn with phone that has attractive price

    Set up in 2002 in Shenzhen, Gionee was a maker of budget phones even before Xiaomi. It quickly won over a large number of consumers even at the age when ZTE, Huawei, Coolpad and Lenovo dominated the Chinese mobile market.

  • Chinese team develops nucleic acid test cartridges that show results within half an hour

    The team of Bai Jingwei, Li Yinqing and Liu Peng of Tsinghua University has jointly developed an all-in-one self-service SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid detection cartridge, which can be tested within 30 minutes.

  • Lenovo releases IdeaPad Duet 3i to rival Microsoft Surface Go 2

    Lenovo's official overseas website today unveiled the IdeaPad Duet 3i 2-in-1 device, which features a 10.3-inch screen and rivals the Microsoft Surface Go 2 product.

  • TikTok Owner sees net profit of over $3 billion last year, report says

    TikTok Owner ByteDance had revenue of more than $17 billion and net profit of more than $3 billion last year, according to Bloomberg.

  • Chinese EV maker Li Auto sees 10,000th Li ONE roll off line

    Li Auto today announced that the 10,000th Li One has been rolled off the production line from the Lixiang Changzhou manufacturing facility.

  • Study shows effective antibodies in patients recovering from Covid-19

    There is currently no drug to cure the new coronavirus, but scientists have found more evidence that the human immune system can develop neutralizing antibodies that can block virus-infected cells.

  • Android OS for regular PCs gets update

    Android-x86 8.1-rc5 is now available, becoming the fifth stable version of Android-x86 8.1 (oreo-x86).

  • China Unicom exec says 5G Message will start commercial use in Q3

    Zhang Yunyong, general manager of China Unicom Product Center, said that 5G Message, or RCS Message, is now in the testing phase and will be officially commercialized in the third quarter.

  • Official image shows what Xiaomi TV Stick looks like

    The Xiaomi TV Stick, which appeared on overseas e-commerce platforms a few weeks ago, has been confirmed by Xiaomi Germany and gives the first official picture.