Chinese engineers have designed the country’s first tourist submersible equipped to venture as deep as 1,000 metres (3,280 feet) below the ocean surface, reports the South China Morning Post. The move aims to give eventual new momentum to the luxury travel industry. Engineers at the China Ship Scientific Research Centre in Wuxi plan to build a prototype […]
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Bubble tea producer Mixue is planning to build a theme park at its headquarters in Zhengzhou, the capital of central China’s Henan province, reports the South China Morning Post. The park will be based on its Snow King mascot, a singing snowman that has become one of Chinese retailing’s most recognisable intellectual properties (IPs), and offer […]
Airline shares plunged on Monday, with Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific down more than 5%, and Air China, China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines fell at least 4% after the US and Israel launched weekend strikes on Iran, disrupting travel and sending oil prices surging, reports Reuters. Global air travel remained in turmoil on Monday as war […]
China will order up to 120 additional aircraft from European aviation giant Airbus, reports Bloomberg, quoting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as he travelled to Beijing to deepen ties between the two countries. “The Chinese leadership will be ordering a larger number of additional aircraft from Airbus. The total order will include up to 120 additional aircraft,” […]
Richard Liu, founder of China’s retail giant JD.com, has launched a nautical brand to build out the country’s yacht industry, reports the South China Morning Post. The brand aims to ride a wave of policy support to tap a fast-growing domestic market and make the vessels–traditionally associated with affluence and luxury–accessible to “everyday consumers”. Liu’s brand, Sea […]