History of China’s deep sea submersible

Over the past 30 years, China has explored further into the deep sea. Here is a brief overview of the country’s submersible family. 7103 LIFEBOAT In 1986, China’s first manned submersible, the “7103 Lifeboat,” was successfully developed....

China develops exoskeletons to support tasks in high-altitude regions

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC) has delivered agile, non-powered exoskeletons to a client who plans to use them for tasks in high-altitude regions, including patrol, transportation of goods and logistics support. The carbon-fiber exoskeleton weighs...

China sets limits to collection of personal bio-data

As bioinformation technology has become widespread in China, many residential communities have installed intelligent facial recognition systems at entrances. On Oct. 1, China released a new version of the national standards on personal information protection,...

Shipwreck from WWI detected in Qingdao’s Jiaozhou Bay

A shipwreck from the naval battle between Japan and Germany in 1914 has been detected by marine archeologists in Jiaozhou Bay near Qingdao. Salvage might become difficult but over 100 pieces of weapons, ammunition etc. have been recovered.  CAS news release,...