In a bid to help coronavirus-hit bookstores, the Beijing municipal government has closed a deal with on-demand delivery platform Meituan Dianping to have 72 bookstores in the city sell their books and other products on the app (c) KrAsia

Beijing Kunlun Tech announced that the decision to sell its 98.59% stake in popular gay dating app Grindr to American company San Vicente Acquisition LLC has been approved in a board’s meeting

The new platform, named Bangbangda (which translates to “Help Me Answer”), allows students to post questions to be answered by other users, or “answer providers”, for a fee of RMB 4 (USD 0.58) to RMB 90 depending on the type of question and difficulty

ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, has received its first game license. In China, games have to be approved first by the Chinese State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television (SAPRFT) before being released to the public. In March, 51 games including Warrior Girl Parkour have gained licenses as part of the fifth and latest batch of games of approved games by the authorities (c) KrAsia

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The machine consists of a robotic arm on wheels that can perform ultrasounds, take mouth swabs and listen to sounds made by a patient's organs, usually done with a stethoscope.

Such tasks are normally carried out by doctors in person. But with this robot, which is fitted with cameras, medical personnel do not need to be in the same room as the patient, and could even be in a different city.

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As people hunkered down at home during the spread of the coronavirus epidemic in China, those looking to kill time have been turning to games, sports… and, apparently, pornography

Behind barbed wire-topped fences at Taipei Prison, a small group of inmates hunch over clacking sewing machines, working overtime to make face masks and help ward off the coronavirus that has caused more than 4,200 deaths worldwide.

Usually the men would be making prison uniforms in the well-lit sewing factory in the northwestern Taiwanese city of Taoyuan. But after the coronavirus spread to Taiwan they have switched to making masks, putting together about 52,000 of them since mid-February

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Didi Chuxing has launched a new intra-city errand service in Chengdu and Hangzhou with a starting rate of RMB 12 (USD 1.72) for the first four kilometers, RMB 20 for a delivery distance of four to 10 kilometers, and RMB 30 for a distance higher than 10 kilometers (c) KrAsia.

Be ready for lower prices from Meituan and Eleme soon.

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As COVID-19 spreads rapidly around the world, people are eager to keep up with developments.
And despite Tinder being banned in China, users say they're having luck setting their location to Wuhan, allowing them to match with and chat to residents to hear their perspective on the global story (c) BuzzFeed.
Photo - iStock.

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China is not showing any sign of a slowdown in building up a national 5G network, even when the coronavirus outbreak has shattered the global supply chain.

The total number of 5G base stations will range between 600,000 and 800,000 by the year’s end (c) KrAsia

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According to Pandaily, China’s other superapp contenders – Meituan, Ele.me, Ctrip and Fliggy – accounted for no more than 5% of China’s service industry. A large share of the industry has yet to go online. 80% of China’s service industry has not been digitized.

According to Geely official website, in response to the new Coronavirus epidemic, Geely Auto developed in record time, a new Intelligent Air Purification System (IAPS) that is N95 certified. This highly efficient air purification system works in tandem with the ICON’s air conditioner to isolate and eliminate harmful elements in the cabin air, including bacteria and viruses.

Teachers wanted to teach the children to be able to solve problems in their hometown in the future - such as fire, air pollution and gas explosions.

Since then, the school has represented Taiwan in many international competitions abroad and won several prizes with its robotics club.