Chinese tech giant Huawei on Thursday unveiled the Huawei Pura X, the first smartphone that runs on its self-developed HarmonyOS 5 operating system.
The HarmonyOS 5 driven Pura X features a 1:1 smart interactive outer screen, allowing high-frequency operations to be performed without unfolding the device, the company announced at the launch event in Shenzhen City in south China's Guangdong Province.
The launch of the new wide-screen foldable smartphone marks the arrival of the HarmonyOS operating system as a contender in the current market dominated by iOS and Android.
Some smartphone users have expressed mixed opinions on the new operating system.
"I would consider it definitely. I think Apple is controlling much of that, but I would rather have a new option," Claudius Davis, a Shenzhen resident.
"Currently, I still find iOS more user-friendly due to its mature ecosystem. In terms of software compatibility, iOS also has an advantage over HarmonyOS. After all, HarmonyOS is still new," said Song Da, another Shenzhen resident.
Cao Zhongxiong, assistant president of the China Development Institute, recognized the technical breakthrough behind HarmonyOS 5.
"This system represents an addition to Huawei's truly independent ecosystem featuring collaboration between hardware and software, and an upgrade to both its software and hardware," Cao said.
However, he also highlighted significant challenges.
"Huawei faces an even bigger challenge, particularly in hardware and software. It needs to resolve issues concerning not only the layout of the HarmonyOS ecosystem, but also software development and compatibility, as well as the compatibility with domestic chips, hardware and smart terminals," Cao said.
Huawei unveils first phone run on self-developed HarmonyOS 5 operating system
Huawei unveils first phone run on self-developed HarmonyOS 5 operating system
Huawei unveils first phone run on self-developed HarmonyOS 5 operating system
China's Central Archives on Saturday released a batch of newly declassified Soviet documents related to Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in World War II, adding new and compelling evidence to the historical record of Japan's notorious germ warfare crimes.
The archive copies, which China received from Russia, include trial records of Unit 731 members, investigation reports on the unit's crimes, and internal official correspondence of Soviet authorities, covering the period running from May 11, 1939 to Dec. 25, 1950.
During World War II, the Japanese invading forces established a biological warfare network across multiple Asian countries, with Unit 731 located in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, serving as a top-secret base for biological weapons and human experiments.
At least 3,000 people from China, the Soviet Union and other countries and regions were used in human experiments conducted by Unit 731.
"This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. At this significant moment, the Central Archives of China has released the declassified Soviet interrogation files of Unit 731, which were transferred to China by Russia," said Zhao Cong, director of the Department of International Exchange and Cooperation of the Central Archives.
According to China's Central Archives, the archives provided by Russia reveal the Soviet investigation process during the early stage of the Khabarovsk War Crimes Trials in 1949, identifying more than 200 individuals linked to the crimes of Unit 731, and ultimately singling out 12 war criminals for public trials.
These individuals confessed to violating international conventions and to preparing and carrying out biological warfare.
According to Zhao, the newly released archives form a clear and comprehensive chain of evidence that lays out the full organizational structure of Unit 731, its capacity to research, develop, and produce biological weapons, and its horrific crimes, including human experiments.
"The archives provided by Russia, together with the preserved Unit 731 sites and existing evidence in China, reinforce and corroborate one another, further confirming the crimes committed by the Japanese militarists during their war of aggression against China. The materials include interrogations of Unit 731 personnel, interrogation notes, and personal testimonies," she noted.
Experts believe that these archives provide concrete historical evidence of Japan's biological warfare crimes in China, further confirming that Japan's biological warfare was a top-down, state-organized war crime and offering irrefutable proof for restoring historical truth.
China releases historical evidence from Russia on notorious Japanese Unit 731
