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…

Hebei

Hebei Province, referred to as its one-character abbreviation “冀” (Jì), is located in Northern China. Geographically speaking, it is situated in a very strategic position that gives her the role of  “gateway to the outside of the Capital”: in fact, Hebei province is part of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei agglomerate, one of Read more…

Zoom

Zoom is now one of the most used software for online meetings, lessons and calls with friends. At the end of 2019, there were on average 10 mln meetings per day, after the pandemic crisis the number grew up to300 mln. Zoom was founded by Eric Yuan in 2011, one Read more…

Inner Mongolia

Inner Mongolia ( 内蒙古; Nèi Měnggǔ) is one of the 5 autonomous regions of the People’s Republic of China, together with Guangxi, Ningxia, Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang. It is located in the North of China and most of its international border is with Mongolia, which, in Chinese, is sometimes called, Read more…

Get to know Dōngběi (part 2)

Cuisine Dōngběi (东北) is well-known for its distinctive culinary style. While many dishes are originated from the Manchu cuisine, it also incorporates the cookery of different nations’ cuisine: from Beijing’s imperial kitchen’s roast duck, to beef and dairy from Inner Mongolia, flatbreads and roasts from the Muslim northwest, and Korean Read more…