China speeds to take the lead in drone-delivery race

China speeds to take the lead in drone-delivery race

A drone takes off with a package. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

The day after Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc.’s mid-year sale, a company drone took off from a playground in the city of Xi’an to deliver one of the orders in a football-sized box to a village in the mountains to the south.

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