Tech Thursday Episode 43
China’s Hyperloop, drones that look like doves, and the social credit system spreading overseas. The future is today—it’s Tech Thursday
China’s Hyperloop, drones that look like doves, and the social credit system spreading overseas. The future is today—it’s Tech Thursday
Despite not actually playing in the 2018 World Cup, China has found plenty of ways to participate—and make money
Weighty beauties, grandmothers’ naming dispute, ESP for children, and Chinese Harry Potter—it’s Viral Week
Ten years of the human flesh search, China’s online vigilante system—and its devastating real-life consequences
Why lower import costs are likely to have a killer effect on some age-old Chinese shopping customs
Vehicle tracking chips, drone firefighters, and robo-deliveries. Welcome to the future—welcome to Tech Thursday
“Language exchange” apps may be making study harder—by being too popular
As China celebrates the Dragon Boat Festival, one rower explains the teamwork and trust at the heart of the sport
Didi’s same-sex rides, pigs with codes, nuclear safety upgrades, and self-service store on wheels
Post-gaokao beatings, Xi’an gets a “zombie lane,” quarrelers blocked by WeChat, and two more fugitives fall to Hong Kong singer’s spell—it’s Viral We…
Worm turns on caterpillar fungus, pennies from heaven, Huawei’s “very scary” technology, China has the biggest number of patents and WeChat passport