Xiaomi and AVs

On 30 March 2021, Xiaomi (小米 ), Chinese smartphone giant, announced its decision  to enter the Electric Vehicle (EV) market. The Chinese technology firm will invest 10 billion dollars into electric cars over the next 10 years. Although Xiaomi is forecasted to emerge as the third-largest smartphone vendor in 2021, Read more…

Jiangsu

Jiangsu (江苏) is one of the smallest provinces of China but also one of the most populated. It has the highest GDP per capita and is important in finance, education, technology and tourism. The name comes from the union of the capital city’s original name “Jiāng Níng” and its largest Read more…

Shandong (山东)

Shandong (山东) is a coastal province of China and it has played an important role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization. The province is the cultural and religious centre for Taoism, Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism. The Buddhist temples in Jinan were once among the foremost Buddhist sites Read more…

Tianjin

Tianjin(天津,  one of the four municipalities directly under the Central Government of China, is the only city in Chinese history that has an exact record of the time it was built. Even if Tianjin is adjacent to Beijing, the styles of the two cities are completely different. While Beijing is Read more…

EHang: opportunity and risk

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry growth has soared in recent years. Since the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved hundreds of new exemptions for companies to operate drones in the U.S. in 2016, many new UAV companies are emerging. Among them, a Chinese company, EHang (亿航, NASDAQ: EH), has received Read more…

Beijing

Beijing (Běi jīng 北京) is one of the four ancient cities in China, together with Xi’an, Luoyang, and Nanjing. Thanks to being surrounded by mountains on the North, it is separated from the northern desert steppes and was chosen by Chinese emperors as the “Northern Capital”, a name adopted in Read more…