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Exclusive VR Amusement Park Opens in China

by Andrew Fenn

A 330 acre (134 hectares) VR amusement park has opened in southwestern China. Oriental Science Fiction Valley, situated in the country’s Guizhou province, features a total of 35 VR rides include roller coasters, shoot’em’up …

Suning Rolling Out Unmanned Stores All Over China

by Andrew Fenn

Suning Commerce Group opened four automated stores in China towards the end of last year, close to the country’s largest annual shopping spree, the “11/11 Shopping Festival”. After rolling out its first self-service store …

Good News From Korea

by Bob Raikes

This week, as I write my editorial, there is a lot of news coverage of the apparent rapprochement between the two halves of Korea. It’s great to see some break in hostilities, although the …

Beijing Movie Theatre Adds VR Room

by Andrew Fenn

Er Dong Pictures has added a 200-metre-long, futuristic-looking VR movie theatre to the ZYED cinema in Beijing, with 20 specially-designed chairs incorporating VR headsets and sensory feedback technology, allowing the seats to spin and …

Building new display fabs in China to face financing challenges

by David Hsieh

When the Chinese government announced years ago that it was supporting the country’s display manufacturing industry in its 13th Five Year Plan from 2016 to 2020-specifically, to upgrade the manufacturing floor and develop expertise …

Tags:China| Investment| LCD Fabs| OLED Fabs| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Wanda and Christie Establish Cinema Technology R&D Lab in China

by Andrew Fenn

Digital cinema projection and audio technology firm, Christie, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with cinema group Wanda Film Holding, a subsidiary of Wanda Group, to jointly establish an R&D centre …

Tags:China| Christie| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Chinese Smartphone Makers to Use LEDs

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese reports have identified Huawei, Oppo and Xiaomi are planning to use LCDs with miniLED backlights for smartphones in the second half of this year. The LED Inside blog reports that Refond, a Chinese …

HKC Has Plans for G11 and G8.6 LCD Fabs

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese sources have highlighted that HKC Optoelectronics, based in Chongqing, China, is to build a new LCD fab in Zhengzhou, China, that will make panels from 65″ on a G11 fab. The investment level …

Tags:China| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Dolby Laboratories and Jinyi Cinemas Announce New Partnership

by Andrew Fenn

Guangzhou Jinyi Media Corporation, owner of Jinyi Cinemas, and Dolby Laboratories have announced a partnership to offer Dolby experiences to more moviegoers in China. Under the partnership, Jinyi plans to open 20 Dolby Cinema …

Tags:China| Cinema| Dolby| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 15

LeEco to Receive Investments from Several Chinese Firms

by Andrew Fenn

Beleaguered manufacturer, LeEco, will receive investments from several Chinese companies, including Tencent, JD.com, Lenovo and Suning, into its television business, according to Caixin. LeEco has been suffering from financial issues for some time. Chairman …

Tags:China| Investment| Large Display Monitor| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| Vol 25 - Issue 15

The View on Tariffs from China

by Bob Raikes

While DSCC has looked at the impact of a potential TV tariff from the US side, Sigmaintell has looked from the Chinese side. First, the firm pointed out that the Indian government is increasing …

AVIC Hosts Tianma and AVIC GuoHua

by Bob Raikes

AVIC is a major Chinese aviation industry player (the Aviation Industry Corporation of China) and has 100 subsidiaries (‘nearly’ 27 listed companies) and more than 450,000 employees. It had a big booth with companies …