Belt & Road initiative is trending recently globally with Chinese focus to connect Asia, Europe and Africa for economic cooperation and development. President Xi's initiative got huge encouragement and many countries are now part of this initiative. Similarly Pakistan has shown a greater interest in this project and started China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as major part of Belt and Road. Gawadar port is one of major development in CPEC which later will be used for international trade through Pakistan. In Pakistan both the federal and provincial are launching projects with cooperation of Chinese government and local governments in China. Chief Minister of Punjab Provence of Pakistan, participated in local event organised by Tianjin local government and discussed about CPEC and economic projects. Earlier in April, Chief Minister of KPK Provence of Pakistan participated in business event in Beijing, where more than 500 Chinese companies participated and signed projects of over 10 Billion Dollars. Belt and Road conference launched in Beijing in May and head of states of many countries participated. After this conference Pakistan premier also visited AliBaba Group head quarters and signed initial MOU to start working in Pakistan. This initiative will lead many Chinese internet companies to Pakistan while following AliBaba. Apart from this many other projects signed on government level. There are many challenges involved in CPEC and are directly proportional to success of CPEC project. Most important and discussed challenge is security, on Pakistan side strong measures are taken by the government of Pakistan by giving security part to Pakistan Army. Pakistan Army is a professional and trained force which is believed to be best selection for security. Islamabad and Beijing both believe that Pakistan Army will take well care of security and all personals involved in CPEC will be safe and special security measures will be taken. Another challenge is language and to counter this problem both governments are encouraging study Chinese language. Both federal and local governments are providing scholarships to student to study in China and be part of Belt and Road in longer time. Prosperity will come to Pakistan if all these projects get successful completion and it is believed that Pakistan will be more better in economy. China has long friendly relationship with Pakistan and CPEC will lead into a stronger relations with China. This can be concluded that Belt and Road conference was a perfect event for Pakistan to seize the opportunity to improve their importance and participation in Belt and Road initiative. What are your thoughts on Belt & Road?.

Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 is under way in Barcelona, Spain and companies are making huge announcements related to their products. One of largest interest in MWC 17 is smartphone announcement and Apps display. Companies like Huawei, Nokia, LG, Blackberry, Smasung etc. are launching their new smartphones. Some of them are quite surprising such as return of Nokia 3310 and Blackberry are large interest of people in this event. What is MWC?MWC is world's largest trade show for mobile and electronic products, usually held in Barcelona and Shanghai every year. This year MWC kicked off in Barcelona on 27 Feb with participants from around the world. MWC and Chinese Companies:A large number of products and exhibitors comes from China and they are leading in MWC this year. Leading partner and sponsor in this conference is Huawei, they unveiled some of their new products in MWC. They announced some their new smartphones with many unique features and reveled high end devices so far. In App development industry, APUS Group is leading in MWC 2017 with notion "Platform for next 3 Billion". This is another story of China, how Chinese companies are now dominating globally. Apart from Huawei and APUS many other Chinese companies are playing major role in MWC such as ZTE, TCL, Gionee, Haier, LeEco, Hisance, DHgate and many more. I want to talk about two major player from differnet industries, one is smatrphone brand "Huawei Honor" and other is APP Developer "APUS Group" both are from China. In last few years both companies are growing very fast and becoming leading in global internet sphere. Huawei Launch at MWC:Huawei launched their new P10 and P10 Plus model in MWC and launch rocked the tech world with new innovations. They embed new technologies and announced new processor, display and built quality. They also won best wearable award for their smartwatch in MWC. Huawei not only focus in developing markets but now their products are competing with global brands in western and developed countries globally. Smartphone industry in China is developing with faster speed and there are many smartphone players in market from China. Due to this competetion other non Chinese smartphone companies are facing tough time. Specially with Huawei smartphones, big companies like Samsung, Apple are facing difficult time.https://twitter.com/HuaweiMobile/status/835849054840029184APUS Group at MWC:China is also leading in Application and software industry in MWC 2017 and in this range APUS Group is major player with aiming at "Next 3 billion users". APUS stands for A Perfect User System, is China's fastest growing unicorn and a major player in Android apps globally with over 1 billion users. Li Tao, Founder & CEO APUS, while talking to YourStory media said "Our products fully meet the requirements of users who often find their Android smartphone complicated to use, or running slowly after a period of use. The APUS user system is simpler and easier"https://twitter.com/ApusGroup/status/835471937287565312Chinese companies are becoming more innovating and due to their unique solutions they are becoming leading companies globally. Based in Beijing, China, APUS Group is a Tech Unicorn company in Asia with the market valuation of $1.5 billion. It was selected the most promising company by Ernst & Young mainland China in 2016.

In last few years tech startups in China growing faster and playing major role in building Digital China. Chinese tech companies are growing and they are following their traditions while bringing innovations to their products. With a similar concept, bike-sharing is increasing too fast in large metropolitan of China. Owing to Chinese bicycle culture, sharing bicycle startups got huge attraction. Have you ever tried it? Leave your experience in the comment section:I am in Beijing and when i get on the road or near subway station, i see large number of bikes parked and these bikes belong to Chinese startup companies MoBike and OFO bike. You need to install an app on your smartphone and the bike is your for as many hour as you need. Students and workers are highly attracted towards this concept and using this service more often. Due to this innovative service, Tuk-Tuk Rikshaw are decreasing and more people tend to ride a bicycle than Uber/DiDi. I call it Bicycle 2.0 because it all works from your smartphone, all you need to do is enter bike number or scan code on bike and you can get a ride. Apps are developing more and one of them have also included health feature where you can track your calories consumption. This concept is part of sharing economy broadly speaking and looks like B2C model however. Just like other sharing economy companies like Uber, Didi, AirBnB this technology company is reaching people like wildfire. This concept not only attracted common people who use this service but also investment companies which highly tend to invest in such startups.

By the end of 2016 Live streaming now have access to every individual with 3G and 4G. Owing to its integration with popular social apps and good Internet quality, Live streaming trend got success and hype in this year. Live streaming influenced people around the world whereas in China it got overwhelming response. Internet giants in China started their dedicated platforms and raised a large sum of investment. Foreseeing the future and following the trends, Facebook and Twitter announced Live streaming for their users. This got popularity in around the world and people started sending their live videos from different places. It got popularity when celebrities and political figures started their live streaming on these social networks. Following to this trend, common users also started their live streaming. A major hike observed after YouTube released Live streaming feature and many youtubers and celebrities started going live. Live stream became more professional when media outlets started their live streaming of channels and important events. China was no different in this industry, there was overwhelming response to live streaming. Compared to other world China seems to have more viral effect and million of people were going live and million of people started watching. Celebrities started their live steaming and built a large follower groups. Some of major Live streaming apps and features were provided by Douyu 斗鱼, Huajiao 花椒, yizhibo 一直播 and Yingke 映客. These apps have millions of users and this large interest of users turned this industry into a big success in 2016.Success apart, some major problems hit this industry including Content policy, public privacy and threat of putting lives in danger. A major response to these issues were highlighted by the Beijing Government when they started taking measures to regulate Live streaming industry. Government asked all major companies to register based on strict and tighten rules to operate. Some major incidents raised this concern in Beijing including what happened in IKEA store, where a Live Streaming guy hide him self and started live broadcast. A major problem Live streaming facing these days is content policy and its its implementation performers can't display terror, cruelty and violence are forbidden to display. Secret Live streaming problem put privacy of individuals at stake and can result into major problems. Bright side is more beautiful for Live steaming, more and more people and business are joining and its creating a space for everyone to show what they love to do. More innovation will hit 2017 collectively from these live steaming companies. In 2017, introduction of 5G will be a milestone and lifeline to Live streaming industry. More powerful Internet access will increase in Live streaming and more professional live streaming will be observed. According to tech anecdotes, 2017 will be year of VR, AI and Live streaming with large developments and innovations. People around the world are now adopting new technologies more fast and trends go faster. From 2016 Pokeman Go and Grab hongbao or scan hongbao (Red Envelope) got huge viral effect and everyone started scanning things around them and streets. Another recent example of this trend was seen when Super Mario app was released and people got crazy about it. Live streaming will not only grow but will also get new innovations and there will be more focus on privacy of users and public. Chinese Internet companies are investing into this industry with positive thoughts and predict that 2017 will also be year of Live streaming. According to some reviews on these apps, new celebrities will be more likely to join such apps. These apps will not only provide space to celebrities but also have power to bring forward new people who will become celebrity soon.

From last two days its scorching heat and too hard to walk under sun while i see Chinese people specially girls using umbrella. I thought this summer will be my best in relief as in my home town its usually too hot in summer. But my bad luck, i heard that its the top ranked hot summer since 50's. Being Muslim i have to fast and this time fasting is in summer so i am thinking to change my plan of staying in Beijing. But still have to wait and see if the temperature remains same or change.This is my first summer in China and i was very excited but it seems i still need to fight with environment. In winter it was too cold, smog, later in spring pollen allergy visited me and now summer heat. Interesting thing this summer was hands free umbrella and i decided to purchase this best summer invention. Some of P-caps i saw were with fans and people are trying to use best of resources to avoid summer. If you guys have any suggestion about summer or prediction about heat share your comments.

Today i am sharing some of apps installed in my smartphone and i am sure i will get lots of good suggestions from my readers. Interestingly some of apps installed in my smartphone are completely unknown to me and i never used them and the reason is very obvious that they were factory installed. I will mention some of apps that i use often and are good enough to stay in my phone. PickataleThis is the best app i have in my Android phone and i also have this app on my Ipad. I love this because it reminds me of my childhood. They have lots of story books for bed time . They are for kids but still i read them at bedtime its fun. Their Chinese stories are really help full as i am learning Chinese learning. I suggest this app to Kids, Parents and language learners to have fun learning.Dropbox:This is most convenient and i use it very often to store my data such as pictures etc. This is easy to transfer and share small multimedia items to friends.Gmail:I use gmail for email service so gmail app is most frequent used. Good thing is that i can add multiple accounts and receive and sent emails. Maps: Maps made my life much easier in China, i can locate my self on map and move to target using GPS. Trip Advisor:This app tells me about flight information and ticketing rates etc.Facebook:Though Facebook is banned in China but using VPN i can access facebook but i dont use often.We Chat:That is app i came to know about after arriving in China and is the best one and most frequently used by me.WhatsAppI have lots of friends in this app from Pakistan as they dont use wechat so i need to use whatsapp to talk to them.SkypeSkype provides good audio and video calling so i use to talk to friends and family back home.ViberViber i use less but some times i get messages or call from my friends.Explorer BeijingSubway map i use often while travelling by subway it provides best way solution by pointing root map.Easy VPNI can access Facebook using this VPNPodioPodio for my official documents and conversation i use, its convenient.PlecoI use this app for translation and it helps alot.Thermometer LiteThis app tells you about the indoor and out door temperature.Photo Editor ProTo make my photos cool, i use this app.CNNFor news updates i follow CNN news app.PickataleThis is the best app i have in my phone and i also have this app on my Ipad. I love this because it reminds me of my childhood. They have lots of story books for bed time . They are for kids but still i read them at bedtime its fun.

Writing for China Daily Blog is an amazing experience, while sharing and reading people’s experiences. I was new in China when I started and I found the blog post as guiding, informative and full of interesting facts about China and Chinese people. I decided to write for China Daily blog after knowing about the contest and started sharing my personal experience in China as a student. I believe, I will keep writing for China Daily not only while in China but also after returning home. I requested few of Bloggers to share their opinion about writing for China Daily blog and they replied to me with very interesting answers. I selected these bloggers from my friend list randomly. Their replies are mentioned below with their names.If you are not in the list, please share your opinion in the comment section. 1. Klyer:Your question is interesting in that, everyone will have a personal and different reason for writing on CD, but there will also be so many similarities. One common feature will be that we all want to be heard, say our piece, say it without interruption, say it on a forum that provides the freedom and tolerance to take in an opinion, no matter how disagreeable it is. Another common feature will be our human need to communicate with each other, debate and argue with others from different nations. We enjoy this even if we don't come to an agreement. This is real human fun and a getting together of people from everywhere. This is what I expect will happen. Of course, there will be so many who just visit the blog, read, take it all in and not respond with even a word. They too are part of the group and just as welcome! I enjoy this forum and it a window to the world from my home, my busy life raising kids and a personal hobby. I will follow your blog closely and wish you all the best. 2. 财神: Actually, i write blog in china daily for sharing WARM between us. it is being a house for foreigners to sharing our knowings, knowledge, creativity and self satisfaction as well. i learn something new and develop something new myself. the response from Blog family makes me to create something for all though i am not perfect in writings. my guardian, brothers, sisters, and blog relatives encourage me, that is the something which i get in response. 3. ColinSpeakman: In my case I am in Chins teaching foreigners about aspects of China, especially Chinese Economy, Business Culture and comparisons with the West. So it I may be of interest for other foreigners, especially recently arrived to share and for Chinese readers to share their views. I also have a lot of experience with English for Asian nationalities. To me a good post is one that engages other readers in conversation through comments. I am inspired by Chinese readers who are English improves who have the courage to post and to ask for advice. I hope to have the time to respond to such posts!4. 小小徐:To be honest, i don't know Chinadaily has a forum until i see a notice about blogging contest. There are two main reasons for why i write here, first one is that i don't want to lose my ability of English.After i graduated from university, the people around me never speak Ennglish. i am afraid that one day English is far away from me. the second one is that i want to make more friends, especially those native-english speaker. i can absorb some new thoughts which can be totally different from chinese mode of thinking. i think different culture has different shining points. i am glad to know more culture, show my world to all the people from every corner and being friends with them.5. Snowipine:I think that is the China Daily Forum provided me a pleasant platform for me to play with blogging and make friends with others.In China, this is the best location---to my understanding---for English bloggers, not only keep writing can challenge a blogger's personal limits, but also make a writing-lover's thought and view-point exposing to a bigger "world", to me, this a process of learn more from others and correct my wrong or narrow minded conception in observing work and life.In comparison with other mainstream English websites, I found that this Forum has much more openness and full of energy, at the same time I think the potential has not been tapped fully up to now. China Daily is a window for the world to know more about China, and let the Chinese people know more about the world more closely, right?Not everyone people has the oppotunity or time or energy to journey to visit his/her long dreamed land, but how about language exchange? Language can function as the "Ambassadors" to narrow the gap, to bridge the sounth and north.6. seanboyce88:Why do I write? I write because I love reading the other stories here, and I love contributing to those who contribute to my life. I just hope I give people as interesting a read as they give me.7. serenitywnj: As a matter of fact, I knew the china daily blog for the first time because of the blog contest. Although I am a college student majoring in English, I seldom write English blog. But I do read china daily newspaper. After registering an account of myself, I tried to write some blog in this website. It turned out to be very useful. So I carry out it on not only just for the contest, but for the improvement of myself. Besides, it is a good way to make new friends in this website with people from different countries. It is really amazing for me.8. josee1016: I am an English major student. It is beneficial to express my opinions in English on Chinadaily which is the official newspaper in our country. For example, I can make some new friends both from China and the other countries. Their opinions inspire me and enlight me a lot. Besides, my expressions or the writting skills can be improved by writing English passages. What's more, my viewpoints on some events or life attitude may have influence on some people who are pessimistic. And this is a win-win policy. Last , I like communicating with others especially in English and Chinadaily provides such a good platform. 9. tanxihua:China daily is a wonderful platform where I can express my views in any aspects of my life,such as my study, my daily things, my family, my college, my happiness and unhappiness and so on. Although my English is not the best, sometimes I just want to give a vent to my emotions and feelings in English.10. seaandson:i write here just by chance,but when i applied the account,i told myself that i should insist on it,in this way i can improve my abilities,and learn more,learn from others at the big platform,sometimes when i looked back on the feed,it was a beautiful memory on my life,so,the main reason is that it can help me reserve happy things.11. claudeckenni:Honestly, at first I write for iPad Mini...hahaha...come on, who are you kidding? Most of us are here because of that. But after a while, I started to forget about the contest and simply enjoy the companion. China Daily is a great community for us, expats in China. We have a lot of people who were in the same boat (stuck in China, to be exact, LOL) and that's why it feels so great to be able to share our personal experiences in China and learn about China from others.Do Not Forget to Vote For Me: Click here to vote (nosherwanabbasi)

Beijing is among most visited places in the world, people from around the world visit to see the convergence of China from old to new. A short trip of few days would not be enough to explorer Beijing but at least enough to see the most visited or most favourite places of all time. Here I am going to draw a plan for visiting Beijing for few days trip based on important places priority.One Day Trip:In one day trip only one or two places can be visited. Tienanmen Square, Forbidden City and Great Wall should be priority. Both the places are most visited and people from around the world come to see these place.Two Days Trip:In two day trip you will have enough time to visit more than three places.Day 1: Forbidden City, Tienanmen Square, Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven.Day 2: Great Wall of China and Ming TombThree Days trip:Day 1: Forbidden City, Tienanmen Square, Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven.Day 2: Great Wall of China and Ming TombDay 3: Hutong TourFour Days Trip:Day 1: Forbidden City, Tienanmen Square, Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven.Day 2: Great Wall of China and Ming TombDay 3: Hutong TourDay 4: Beijing Capital Museum, Lama Temple, Beihai ParkIf you have any better suggestion please mention in comment section

The 2014 International Conference & Forum held in Communication University of China (CUC) on Saturday, 26 April. Focus topic was Communication Research and Education in a Globalization Academic Community. Scholars presented their papers from various majors of communication research. One of scholar "Wu Minsu", faculty member of Journalism and Communication in CUC presented a case study of China Daily. She talked about the use of new media strategies used by China Daily. Below is the abstract presented by her in the conference.Topic: Strategies of English-language Print Media in the Era of Media ConvergenceAbstract: In the new media age, China's English-language print media witnessed enormous change in the way they generate news and audience consume their "products". As technology develops, the integration of many media forms like mobile phones, newspapers, networks and video is also growing rapidly. Thus, China Daily, one of the leading English-language news organisations in China, has created a wide range of digital platforms to rise up to the challenges posed by the trends of media convergence. the key objectives of this essay are to provide a brief introduction to the status quo of China Daily's new media development, to elaborate its approached for addressing the issues emerging from the new media development, to elaborate its approaches for addressing the issue emerging from the new media development process and to discuss their inspiration to the English-language print media in China.Keywords: China Daily, Media Convergence, New media development, Print MediaWhat do you think about the China Daily use of New media?

Malala Yousafzai portrait by Jonathan Yeo will be released for auction next month in United States. Malala is Pakistani teenager victim of terrorist attack by Taliban for raising voice for education for girls. She was shot and got head injury but survived and became role model for the world while she was also nominated for the Nobel Piece Prize. Jonathan Yeo made oil painting of Malala Yusafzai as she is doing her homework. This painting is donated by Jonathan Yeo to benefit Malala Fund for the girls’ education campaign. Painting is expected to bring $64,200 to $84,000 by charities’ New York. President Obama titled Malala as the “bravest girl in the world” and her painting was created after months of attack on her. She is currently living in England and continues her studies there along with the education campaigns.malala yousafzai