Tencent building Guizhou database

Tencent Holdings Ltd is building its biggest data center in Guizhou province, according to its chairman Pony Ma Huateng, as the firm continues to mine vast amounts of data to bolster a number of businesses including its own.

Ma shares thoughts on 'Digital China'

Technological innovation is expected to further spur China's social and economic development, said Pony Ma Huateng, a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress, on Monday.

Hangzhou upping its global status

Hangzhou has rolled out a new wave of policies to attract and retain international talent, as the eastern Chinese city seeks to emulate better-known metropolises such as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.

New homes assist relocated families

Five years ago, Wang Yelian and her husband had no room in their home for their son and his wife, so the newlyweds moved into a cramped rented room in the county seat of Yuexi, Anhui province.

Bionic fabric can evade infrared cameras

A research team studying bionic intelligent materials in Zhejiang province has developed a type of bionic fiber fabric - an effective heat insulator that can help individuals remain undetectable from most infrared imaging technology.

Chinese scientists lead team developing DNA nanorobots to 'starve' tumors

Chinese scientists say they have created and tested the world's first autonomous DNA nanorobots to combat cancerous tumors, paving the way for potentially revolutionary breakthroughs in the treatment of malignancies.

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Military spending justified to safeguard peace and security

It has become the norm each year during the two sessions of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top advisory body, for some Western media outlets to scrutinize China's proposed military spending and claim it poses a threat to China's neighbors and beyond. This is both confounding and malignant. For if they discarded their "China threat" mentality and looked upon China's defense spending growth with objectivity, they would quickly arrive at the conclusion that China's expenditure increase is reasonable given its need to modernize its military to meet the changing circumstances.

'Quad' coalition a recipe for friction

Since US President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, his administration has aggressively followed the "America First" policy. The US has withdrawn from several multilateral mechanisms and is making greater efforts to promote bilateral trade - as opposed to multilateral trade - as it involves less responsibility and higher profits. With such benefits in mind, Trump pulled out from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement in which the US accounted for about 60 percent of the combined GDP of the 12 members.

Winter Games to boost China's economy

Goodbye, Pyeongchang! Hello, Beijing!

Heavy-lift rocket engines in design for 2030 launch

Chinese scientists are designing key parts to be used in the nation's most powerful carrier rocket, which is expected to make its first flight around 2030, a senior researcher said.

Threat of lawsuit moves officials to act

Chinese prosecutors are playing an increasingly active role in urging poorly performing government departments and agencies to implement laws by filing lawsuits against them, according to the country's top procuratorate.