9 d. ago Air China Passengers Spend 13 Hours in Siberia After Engine Trouble

Air China Passengers Spend 13 Hours in Siberia After Engine Trouble  Business Insider

Events

9 d. ago London–Beijing Flight Forced into Siberia As Air China Jet Faces engine issue, What Travellers Need To Know

London–Beijing Flight Forced into Siberia As Air China Jet Faces engine issue, What Travellers Need To Know  Travel And Tour World

Transport

1 week ago India to probe zoo linked to Asia’s richest family over animal mistreatment

India’s Supreme Court has ordered an investigation into allegations of illegal animal imports and financial misconduct at a vast private zoo set up by the son of Asia’s richest person. Vantara, which bills itself as the “world’s biggest wild animal rescue centre”, is run by Anant Ambani, son of Mukesh Ambani, the billionaire head of the multinational conglomerate Reliance Industries. The site in the western state of Gujarat is home to more than 200 elephants, as well as 50 bears, 160 tigers, 200...

Society

1 week ago Air China jet from London to Beijing landed in Siberia with engine trouble, say Russian authorities

Air China jet from London to Beijing landed in Siberia with engine trouble, say Russian authorities  The Straits Times

Events

1 week ago Looks like an airship, acts like a windmill: China poised to make turbine leap

Chinese scientists expect to soon make a breakthrough in airborne wind turbine technology, with the world’s first megawatt-level system set to take flight, according to the project team. The floating wind power generation system resembles an airship and is being held up as a possible power solution for remote locations and disaster zones where conventional power supplies cannot be used or are inadequate. The researchers said their system’s output – more than 30 times more powerful than the best...

Politics

1 week ago China’s new floating wind power tech may rival traditional windmills: engineer

Chinese scientists expect to soon make a breakthrough in airborne wind turbine technology, with the world’s first megawatt-level system set to take flight, according to the project team. The floating wind power generation system resembles an airship and is being held up as a possible power solution for remote locations and disaster zones where conventional power supplies cannot be used or are inadequate. The researchers said their system’s output – more than 30 times more powerful than the best...

Science

2 w. ago Why China’s top engineering academy has sights set on more private

A record high number of private-sector executives and chief scientists have been shortlisted this year to compete for academicianship in China’s top institute for engineering science and technology. Nineteen are included on the newly released candidate list for the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), including Hu Guoping, 48, principal researcher and co-founder of AI specialist iFlyTek; Wu Kai, 57, chief scientist and co-president of battery manufacturer CATL; Lian Yubo, 61, chief scientist of...

Politics

2 w. ago Send back your engineers to China with immediate effect: iPhone maker Foxconn gets instructions as iPhone

Send back your engineers to China with immediate effect: iPhone maker Foxconn gets instructions as iPhone  Times of India

Politics

2 w. ago India, China are Asia's double engines; Beijing backs Delhi against Trump's tariffs

India, China are Asia's double engines; Beijing backs Delhi against Trump's tariffs  India Today

Politics

2 w. ago Top engineer involved in Boeing 787 and A380 design, leaves US for China

Zhou Ming, renowned as the mastermind behind key industrial software used in planes such as the Boeing 787 and Airbus A380, has left his leadership role at US-based global engineering giant Altair to return to China. An announcement on the website of the College of Engineering at the Eastern Institute of Technology in Ningbo said Zhou had joined as a chair professor and the first dean of the college in June and was already setting up a research team. Zhou also confirmed the move on his personal...

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2 w. ago China's Dongfeng Motor puts its 50% stake in Dongfeng Honda Engine up for sale

China's Dongfeng Motor puts its 50% stake in Dongfeng Honda Engine up for sale  Reuters

Politics

3 w. ago The Engineering Marvel That China Hopes Will Help Wean It Off Foreign Energy

The Engineering Marvel That China Hopes Will Help Wean It Off Foreign Energy  The Wall Street Journal

Science