Monthly archives: November, 2016

New technology and design gives PC industry new life

Illustration: Luo Xuan/GT The scaremongering forecast that the PC is steadily heading toward demise won’t happen. Pessimistic sentiment toward the PC’s future seems to have prompted many PC makers to scale back operations, or more drastically, bid a farewell to the business entirely. However, it is believed that those still upbeat on the business, especially …

Hugo Award winner pushes genre’s boundaries in China

Hao Jingfang Photo: Li Hao/GT Hao Jingfang, the winner of this year’s international sci-fi award Hugo Award, tries not to be influenced by the public’s insistence on putting her into certain categories. After winning what is regarded as the top literary prize in science fiction in August, Hao, 32, who comes from Tianjin, found herself under …

Student maps sexual harassment on campus

Students walk on a street in Beijing Normal University.  Photos: CFP    Kang Chenwei Photo: Courtesy of Kang Chenwei Student Kang Chenwei waited anxiously outside a teahouse while his female schoolmate secretly recorded a professor from her Beijing university, a sting operation they set up after a third student claimed the professor had harassed, drugged …

Chinese teacher on a mission to build ties with France

The French visitors learn to make dumplings. Photo: Courtesy of Gao Naping Visitors take a photo with students of Bailu Primary School in Chengdu. Photo: Courtesy of Gao Naping  Gao Naping(left in front) leads French donors to visit the school in 2008. Photo: Courtesy of Gao Naping Relics looted from the Summer Palace in 1860 …

Connected lighting is revolutionizing the industry

Illustration: Peter C. Espina/GT The lighting industry has evolved beyond just selling lightbulbs, which means Philips Lighting, the century-old lighting arm spun off in an IPO earlier this year from Philips, is under pressure to innovate if it wants to be a part of the Internet of Things (IoT). Nevertheless, it’s still an arena where …