Japan’s tourist spending windfall shrinks as Chinese visitors plunge
The number of foreign visitors to Japan fell 2.7% on the year in the January-August period. (Photo by…
China seal touches hearts for swimming 200km back to island after missing humans
A young seal gained widespread attention on social media in China after swimming 200km to return to an…
Songmont, Bosideng and other Chinese fashion brands taking Eastern aesthetics global
The Chinese have always been major consumers of international luxury brands, but it wasn’t until the Covid-19 pandemic…
Chinese, German scientists build room temperature magnetic sensor
Chinese and German researchers have developed a magnetic sensor to spot magnetic signals much more faint than Earth’s…
China’s export shock is pushing the global economy to a breaking point, and the U.S. may have to clean up the mess, former trade official says
While President Donald Trump’s tariffs have caused much heartburn on Wall Street, China’s cheap and overwhelming exports have…
BYD inquires about Stellantis’s shuttered 2.95M-sq-ft Brampton plant as 3,000 displaced workers wait for answers
Stellantis Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD Co. has inquired about acquiring Stellantis NV’s shuttered assembly plant in Brampton,…
Chinese-German team builds ultra-sensitive ‘floating compass’ to hunt dark matter
Chinese researchers have developed a table-top magnetic sensor that operates at room temperature and can spot magnetic signals…
War on Earth could spill over to the moon, Chinese space scientists warn
In a rare study, Chinese aerospace researchers have explored how a war could one day spill into the…
Modern medicine failed her. She turned to toad venom instead
Sly Young doesn’t always believe in “woo-woo” medicine. But she comes from a long line of traditional healers…
An Ontario business owner owes a whopping $183K in EV tariffs after importing 330 golf trolleys — here’s why
Golf trolley tariff Joseph McLuckie sells remote-controlled golf trolleys, which are small, motorized carts that follow golfers around…
First impressions count as Chinese buyers open their homes to UBTech’s consumer humanoids
When 39-year-old Beijing investor Song shelled out 159,800 yuan (US$23,680) for a companion robot, he knew it would…
Chinese rocket scientists find ‘most effective’ way to nuke a doomsday asteroid
Chinese researchers believe they may have found the most effective way to destroy or deflect a large, Earth-threatening…