SAN JOSE, Calif.- Facebook Inc on Wednesday pulled aside the curtain on a secretive unit headed by a former chief of the Pentagon's research arm, disclosing that the social media company is studying ways for people to communicate by thought and touch.Facebook launched the research shop, called Building 8, last year to conduct long-term work that might lead to hardware products. In charge of the unit is Regina Dugan, who led a similar group at Alphabet Inc's Google and was previously director of the US Defense Department's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA.Dugan to...
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Arend, 39, was from the Netherlands. He and his wife Khingeeva Tatyana came to China in October 2013. Besides doing research and teaching as a professor at a laboratory in School of Life Sciences in Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Arend was a fan of Chinese martial arts. As students of Kung Fu master Lin Zaipei, Arend and his wife learned the Dishuquan, which is also known as the Dog Kung Fu, one of the most popular martial arts styles in Fujian Province and a national intangible cultural heritage. They went to the martial art club every week to practice with Dog Kung Fu lovers fro...
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MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said here on Thursday that he is glad to attend the Belt and Road Forum for international cooperation to be held in Beijing on May 14-15.Putin made the remarks when he met with visiting Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, who was here for the fourth meeting of the China-Russia Investment Cooperation Committee and the meeting with the Russian chair of the China-Russia Energy Cooperation Committee from Tuesday to Thursday.China put forward the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, with the aim of building a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with...
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Official figures are suggesting Shanghai is now the world’s largest international trading city due to the government’s measures to encourage and upgrade trade.Imports and exports through the city’s ports were nearly 6.9 trillion yuan last year, accounting for 28.3 percent of national value and 3 percent of global trade.Shanghai overtook Hong Kong and Singapore to be the largest international trading city.An official says this is a result of the government’s efforts to cut red tape, encourage cross-border e-commerce platforms and support development of local brands.He said Shanghai’s foreign tr...
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China has warned that "conflict could break out at any moment" as tension over North Korea increases.Foreign Minister Wang Yi said if war occurred there could be no winner.Mr Wang’s comments come as the US voices increasing concern at North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons and deploys a Navy carrier group off the Korean peninsula.China, North Korea’s only backer, fears conflict could cause the regime to collapse and problems on its border.Mr Wang said: "Lately, tensions have risen between on the one hand the United States and the Republic of Korea [South Korea] and on the ...
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