Wanna become an internet star? Now, you can get a formal education for that.A university in China is offering courses that are meant to equip students with the skills they need for online fame.From make-up classes, catwalk practice to dance performances, theYiwu Industrial and Commercial College(YWICC) near Shanghai says it knows what you need to become a social media celeb.In a country with over 700 million phone users, it can be tough standing out.But top-earning internet celebrities, known as

A Chinese bike-sharing start-up has shut down after just five months after 90 per cent of its cycles vanished.Chongqing-based Wukong Bikes aimed to join the country's growing 'Uber for Bikes' firms by hiring out two-wheelers mainly to students in the city.But they did not put GPS systemson their bikesand by the time it realised the technology was vital the business was out of cash.It's believed to be the first bankruptcy ofChina'sbooming bike-sharing industry.Tencent-backed M

Jaywalkers in China risk being identified by facial recognition technology and having their photo and personal information exposed to shame them for breaking the law.Traffic management authorities in several Chinese cities have installed facial recognition equipment and screens at major intersections to tackle the ongoing problem of jaywalking and to encourage road safety.Since the equipment was installed in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong province in early May, it has captured photo

A large number of Chinese yoga enthusiasts today participated in a colourful yoga event at China's iconic Great Wall on the eve of International Yoga Day which is being celebrated all over the nation. Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh took part in the event and practiced the yoga postures for a while.The event was jointly organised by Embassy of India, Beijing Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) and Yogi Yoga, a popular yoga school.T

Tesla has long wanted to make a place in China, the world’s largest automarket, and it seems this is not a far-fetched dream anymore. The company is reportedly working on an agreement to set up a factory to build vehicles in China, saysBloomberg,citing people familiar with the matter.Tesla will need a local partnerIf successful in signing the agreement, Tesla will be able to set up facilities in the Lingang development zone, the report said, adding that the agreement might be announced as soon

A video of a policeman in China speaking what sounds like Singlish (Singapore influenced English) has gone viral in the country, with several netizens applauding his skills.Mr Li Yanqi, a traffic policeman in north-western China's Xi'an city, was on patrol on June 11 when he stopped some foreign students riding motorcycles without licence plates, Sina.com reported.He told Chinese media: I used Mandarin to ask them if they speak Mandarin, and they said 'no'.Mr Li then tapped into

China is expected to see total investments on 5G mobile networks reach 2.8 trillion yuan (US$411 billion) in the period from 2020 to 2030, which could mark the country’s most expensive build-out of telecommunications infrastructure.A 5G study published last week by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, the research arm of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), forecast the combined 5G expenditure of the three domestic network operators to hit a pea

Over 20 people were injured when a China Eastern flight MU774 from Paris to Kunming suddenly went through massive turbulence, Chinese media report.Following the incident, the plane safely landed in Kunming, the capital of China’s southern Yunnan province, and those who needed medical help have been sent to the hospital, Xinhuareported.None of the passengers received life-threatening injuries, said the First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, where those injured were taken.At least 12 people

Students balancing on benches and making their way through floodwaters to get to school might sound like a noble effort at pursuing education. However, photographs of a group of students from Liupanshui Normal College in Guizhou province doing just this on June 15 went viral for all the wrong reasons.The problem? The floodwaters were less than ankle-deep, and the students were being carried on the backs of the school's cleaning staff.According to the China News Service, the area had been hit

After winning arguably the most exciting Super Bowl in NFL history, it looks like Tom Brady has decided to follow things up by having the most exciting offseason in NFL history, and that offseason now officially includes a visit to China.The Patriots quarterback flew to Beijing on Saturday for the first part of a six-day tour that will have him visiting a total of three cities in Asia.Brady arrived in China on Father's Day, and although you might feel sorry for him because he's spending