China has built the world’s tallest dam using artificial intelligence (AI). Located in Xinjiang, the dam stands 247 meters tall. This height equals an 80-story building. The dam is a concrete-faced rock fill type, known for safety and cost efficiency. Its construction used advanced technologies like AI, digital twins, and blockchain. The Dashixia dam project […]
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Tragedy in Xinjiang: 5 Dead as suspension bridge snaps
Five people died and 24 others were injured after a suspension bridge cable snapped in China’s Xinjiang region on Wednesday evening. The incident occurred at 6:18 p.m. in a popular sightseeing area in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, according to state-run Xinhua News Agency. The scenic spot, known as Xiata, spans 65 square kilometers and […]
Billionaire Jimmy Lai jailed under national security law
The trading of stock in Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy media group was halted Monday, days after authorities froze the assets of its jailed owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law. The announcement came the same day Lai — who is already in jail — pleaded guilty alongside nine other activists to “unlawful […]
A decade after Xinjiang riots, ethnic tensions persist
BEIJING: A recurrence of the Urumqi riots which left nearly 200 people dead a decade ago is hard to imagine in today’s Xinjiang, a Chinese region whose Uighur minority is straitjacketed by surveillance and mass detentions. A pervasive security apparatus has subdued the ethnic unrest that has long plagued the region. Last week, Xinjiang’s vice […]