The fitness industry in China is booming on the back of a keep-fit fever that is sweeping the urban white-collar population.
Ehang Inc, a Chinese drone maker, created a flutter at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January with its latest product, the world's first drone capable of carrying a human passenger.
For Chen Cheng, a 35-year-old photographer, a camera-loaded drone has been his new favorite toy since last year. He carries it along on his travels.
China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co Ltd, or Sinotruk, the country's largest truck manufacturer by revenue, plans to build five spare parts warehouses and service centers in South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria this year to keep pace with established European and US rivals in the region.
In Dongguan City, a dark, cobweb-filled workshop shows no signs of the activity it saw a year ago, when 650 workers polished mobile phone cases moving along 10 conveyor belts.
If seven out of ten smartphones sold worldwide last year were assembled in China, much credit for that should probably go to the China arm of US chipmaker Qualcomm. Thanks to its famed processors such as the Snapdragon, Qualcomm emerged as the world's biggest chip supplier to smartphone companies.
The FINA World Cup of Diving concluded in Rio de Janeiro last week, with Mexican divers winning one gold and one bronze and finishing third in the medal standings.
China flexed its muscle by winning six out of the eight gold medals up for grabs at the World Cupof Diving, which wrapped up on Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro.
The president of the World Boxing Council sharply criticized the International Boxing Association on Thursday for its intention to allow professional fighters to compete in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
The Chicago Blackhawks acquired forward Andrew Ladd in a trade with the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday in exchange for forward Marko Dano and a first-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, as well as a conditional pick in 2018.
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