HONG KONG: An unmanned, oval-shaped craft from flying taxi maker EHanghovers, whirring noisily like a mini-helicopter over a riverside innovation zone on the outskirts of the southern Chinesebusiness hub of Guangzhou, part of a trial of a mini-flying taxi that once might have been found only in sci-fi films.
In nearby Shenzhen, food-delivery drones already are part of daily life and a novelty attraction for tourists, even if such services cost more. In the waterfront park surrounded by high-rises, Polish tourist Karolina Trzciańska and her friends ordered bubble tea and lemon tea by phone, just to give it a try. Their drinks arrived via a drone buzzing through the drizzle about 30 minutes later.
