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Maia Active finds second wind with Anta’s backing and a yoga-first strategy China's Social Credit System

Maia Active finds second wind with Anta’s backing and a yoga-first strategy

In October 2023, Anta Sports announced that one of its subsidiaries had acquired a 75.13% stake in Maia Active, a homegrown yoga wear brand designed specifically for Asian women. Founded in 2016, Maia made its name by tailoring products to the contours and lifestyles of its core audience. In 2022,…
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July 1, 2025
New Species of Permian Herbivorous Tetrapod Identified in China China's Social Credit System

New Species of Permian Herbivorous Tetrapod Identified in China

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of mid-sized pareiasaur from two fossilized specimes found in China in 2018. An artist’s reconstruction of Yinshanosaurus angustus. Image credit: X.-C. Guo, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology. Named Yinshanosaurus angustus, the newly-identified species roamed Earth during the latest Permian period, between…
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July 1, 2025
China launches first brain-computer industry hub in Shanghai China's Social Credit System

China launches first brain-computer industry hub in Shanghai

On June 29, China's first future industrial cluster for brain-computer interfaces, "Brain-Intelligence Hub," commenced construction in Shanghai. Credit: Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission China’s first dedicated brain-computer interface (BCI) industry cluster is taking shape in Shanghai. Officials on Sunday signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop the hub in…
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June 30, 2025
Xiaomi’s newly-launched YU7 reportedly being swiped by scalpers China's Social Credit System

Xiaomi’s newly-launched YU7 reportedly being swiped by scalpers

Scalpers selling their waiting slots on the Chinese secondhand platform, Xianyu Scalpers are swiftly capitalizing on the high demand for Xiaomi’s newly-launched YU7 crossover in China, listing early reservations at exorbitant prices immediately after sales began for the smartphone maker’s second electric vehicle model on June 26. Xiaomi asks customers…
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June 30, 2025