5G VR transmission test

A TEST for virtual reality (VR) live transmission via the 5G network in China was successful Monday.

The transmission will enable TV audiences to have a panoramic view of the waiting hall and two sub-venues of this year’s Spring Festival gala, scheduled on the eve of the Chinese New Year, which falls on Feb. 5.

Man executed

A MAN convicted of killing 15 people in an SUV crash was executed yesterday in Central China’s Hunan Province, according to an order from the Supreme People’s Court.

Yang Zanyun deliberately drove his Land Rover SUV into a crowd in a square in Hengdong County in the city of Hengyang on Sept. 12, 2018. Yang then continued his attack with a shovel and knife.

The attack left 15 dead and 43 injured.

Rescue center built

THE Ministry of Transport opened a maritime rescue center in Yongshu reef of the Nansha Islands yesterday, to better protect navigation and transport safety in the South China Sea.

The center will offer better support to maritime rescue operations in the southern part of the South China Sea, the ministry said.

On July 27, 2018, the ministry sent a rescue ship to Zhubi reef of the Nansha Islands, tasking it with emergency response operations.