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APD | Leung Chun-ying: Hong Kong Should Share the Glory of the Great Rejuvenation of the Motherland

By APD writer Hantao and translated by Yang Yahan, Zhangshuo The theme forum of 2021 China (Guangdong) 21st Century Maritime Silk Road International Expo, co-organized

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China's Zhang Shuai, Aussie Sam Stosur win U.S. Open doubles title, Medvedev stuns Djokovic

In professional tennis, much like other elite sports, the "shelf life" is short – just ask the seasoned veterans who fell victim to the 18-year-old British sensation Em

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5 questions about California's recall targeting Gov. Newsom

California's recall on Tuesday will be the biggest election since Joe Biden became president, and its results may hint at the political trajectory of the country.In a s

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White House calls on Congress to pass funding bill to avoid shutdown

The White House, Washington, D.C., U.S. /CFP The White House budget office on Tuesday called on U.S. Congress to pass a short-term funding bill to avoid a potential federal government shutdown

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Speech recognition works for kids, and it’s about time

Speech recognition technology is finally working for kids.That wasn’t the case back in 1999, when my colleagues at Scholastic Education and I launched a reading intervention program called READ 180. W

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Science museum gives space education to youth

01:15 The ChinaScienceandTechnologyMuseum has teamed up with space experts to spark students' interest in thefinal frontier by opening an experience center to share kno

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Social network Peanut expands to include more women with launch of Peanut Menopause

Peanut, a social networking app for women, initially found traction connecting women in the earlier stages of their motherhood journey. But over the years, the network expanded to support women throug

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Buda biopic tells the epic story of China's national hero

A new biopic about one of China's national heroes, Buda, will hit domestic theaters on Sept. 10. The film follows the protagonist's extraordinary life journey through several eras.Life of Buda

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China roundup: Beijing wants tech giants to shoulder more social responsibilities

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world.This week, the gaming industry

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Elderly Tibetan recalls serf life 70 years ago

Cho Dru recalls serf life 70 years ago. /CGTNIn a small village called Lamo in Taktse District of Lhasa, an elderly Tibetan has lived since he was born. When he was a c

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Trudeau's early Canada election call backfires, polls suggest

Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes an announcement inside the Sunwing Airlines hangar during his election campaign tour in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, September 3, 2021. /Reut

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Trudeau's early Canada election call backfires, polls suggest

Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finds himself behind in polls ahead of a snap election he called hoping his management of the COVID-19 crisis would prope

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Daily Crunch: Fintech startup Jeeves snags $500M valuation after $57M Series B

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for September 3, 2021. As noted ye

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China embraces new era of winter sports ahead of Olympics

Children practice inline hockey at the cultural square of the Bell and Drum Tower in Beijing, China, August 17, 2021. /CFPThe lithe young lady with a tailor-made face m

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Playbyte’s new app aims to become the ‘TikTok for games’

A startup called Playbyte wants to become the TikTok for games. The company’s newly launched iOS app offers tools that allow users to make and share simple games on their phone, as well as a ver

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WTCA: Globalization is going digital after pandemic

03:34 Editor's note : The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation that was already underway. Robin van Puyenbroeck, executive director of the World Tr

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'Catastrophic' supervolcano eruption could be much more likely than previously thought

Scientists believe that assumptions about when a super volcano beneath Sumatra's Lake Toba is likely to erupt may be mistaken. It's one of 20 known super volcanoes on our planet, with another being beneath Yellowstone National Park in the US.