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This city is banning drones and owners aren’t happy (opens the original)
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Beijing: At authorised buyback stores across Beijing, residents are reluctantly surrendering their drones to comply with a new ban that has sparked a rare venting of frustration from some owners in the usually tight-lipped city. Under rules announced this month, Beijing authorities imposed a total ban on the possession of drones inside the capital, forcing owners to sell them or move them out of the city by November 15. For the past fortnight, a steady procession of drone owners have queued at d
‘Work is getting harder and harder to find’: On the street with China’s gig workers (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Beijing: There’s a saying in the Chinese capital: if you fall on hard times, try your luck in Majuqiao. As daylight breaks over the city, dozens of day labourers are lingering around the main intersection in Majuqiao, a low-income neighbourhood in Beijing’s south-eastern fringe. Some still hope to pick up work for the day, even though the morning peak for hiring has passed. “I’m looking for a low-
Records tumble and so do robots at China’s humanoid Olympics (opens the original)
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Beijing: At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, the machines proved they are becoming faster, higher, and stronger, even as their practical utility beyond the athletics track remains uncertain. This is the second time China has hosted the games – an unofficial robot Olympics of its own making – which is designed to showcase its national talent against a backdrop of intensifying geopolitical rivalry in the high-tech sphere. With the 100 metres sprint final still to go, the hot ticket is Ch
In the shadow of a palace, Beijing’s uncles defy a swimming ban to cool off (opens the original)
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Beijing: It’s just after 2.30pm on a sweltering August afternoon, and Wang Jianbao is gingerly descending the steps to the canal that runs past the Summer Palace. The 92-year-old comes here every day from crisp March through to chilly November, riding his tricycle for 40 minutes through Beijing’s western suburbs for a dip in the shadow of the UNESCO heritage-listed grounds. He’s not the only one. The unsanctioned swimming spot is not so much a secret, but a local haunt that doubles as an unoffic
It’s raining stars on big red mountain (opens the original)
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What in the World, a free weekly newsletter from our foreign correspondents, is sent every Thursday. Below is an excerpt. Sign up to get the whole newsletter delivered to your inbox. Dahongshan, China: A sparkling night sky deep in the red dirt desert of Inner Mongolia is one of the more spectacular, if unexpected, backdrops to an invocation of Immanuel Kant. On a stretch of untamed escarpment dotted with camping tents and hand-dug toilets near China’s northern border, the German philosopher’s m
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