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​Chinese company launches groundbreaking LED cinema system

A groundbreaking LED cinema system was installed at a Beijing cinema on Dec. 29, 2021, demonstrating the future of cinema projection technologies.Shenzhen Timewaying Technology's milestone LA2K-10

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Apple retreats again, after valuation tops $3 trillion again

The Apple logo is seen in the lobby of New York City's flagship Apple store, January 18, 2011. /Reuters Apple's stock market value topped $3 trillion for a second dayon Tuesday, but the iPhone

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Turkish inflation hits 19-year high in lira crisis

Turkish lira, Istanbul, Turkey, August 13, 2018. /CFP Turkey's annual inflation rate surged to its highest level since 2002, official data showed Monday, propelled by a currency crisis linked

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Reviving the JCPOA is worth the bother

A camera is directed at Palais Coburg, where closed-door talks for the reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal take place in Vienna, Austria, December 17, 2021. /VCG Editor's note:Bobby Naderi is

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Tesla delivered almost 1 million cars globally in 2021

Tesla sign is seen at a store in Sunnyvale, California, United States on September 25, 2021. /CFP Tesla delivered nearly 1 million vehicles in 2021, almost twice as many as in the previous yea

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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (Dec.25 - Dec.31 )

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | China urges more con

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U.S. and Russia: Progress in talks or preparations for war?

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and U.S. President Joe Biden meet at the Villa la Grange in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. /AP Editor's note:Nikola Mikovic is a freelance journalist

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Tech Breakdown: What to expect from China's space station in 2022

03:08 2021 has been a fruitful year for the construction of China's space station. The Tianhe core module was sent into orbit, and two batches of Chinese astronauts boarded the space st

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Xiaomi Mi 12 series: A big bet on new Snapdragon chip

The Xiaomi Mi 12 series smartphones. /Xiaomi Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Tuesday released its latest flagship series, the Mi 12 and Mi 12 Pro, with the fully revamped Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

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Elon Musk's SpaceX raises over $337 million in fresh funding

Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX has raised $337.4 million in equity financing, the rocket company disclosed in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.SpaceX, which counts Alph

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Implications of the new order in Middle East, Afghanistan

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) gives his official seal of approval to newly-elected President Ebrahim Raisi in an endorsement ceremony in Tehran, Iran, August 3, 2021. /Getty

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China's role in Afghanistan, the Middle East in 2021

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, political chief of Afghanistan's Taliban, in north China's Tianjin, July 28, 2021. /Xinhua Editor's

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UK tech sector enjoys record year after start-ups attract more capital than ever before

During what was the tech sector's best year since 2014, some £29.4bn was raised by start-ups and scale-ups, according to figures prepared for the government's Digital Economy Council.

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Fed likely to strengthen tightening outlook despite new variant risks

The U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell appears on the television screen of the New York Stock Exchange, November 3, 2021. /CFP Editor's note: Jimmy Zhu is chief strategist at Fullerto

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'Planes falling out the sky and nuclear reactors shutting down': How the Y2K bug spread spread fear across the world

As people across the globe prepare to welcome in 2022, Sky News podcast series StoryCast '21 finishes with an episode about how the start of the millennium sparked fears of widespread catastrophe.

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A new paradigm: China takes 14th Five-Year Plan as bold step into 2022

Deputies to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) leave the Great Hall of the People after the closing meeting of the fourth session of the 13th NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 20

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Ink master Qi Baishi's first NFT piece to be auctioned

One of Chinese ink painting master Qi Baishi's artwork has been digitalized and turned into an NFT (non-fungible tokens) art piece. It will be auctioned at a hotel in Shanghai on December 31.Qi