4 d. ago China warns US against signing trade deals designed to "hurt" Beijing

China warns US against signing trade deals designed to "hurt" Beijing  tag24.com

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5 d. ago Lafufu? Australian consumer watchdog warns of fake Labubu toys online

The soaring global popularity of Labubu has prompted Australia to sound a warning over knock-off monster toys flooding online platforms as scammers try to exploit the collectibles frenzy fuelled by social media and celebrity endorsements. The pointy-eared, sharp-toothed dolls – designed by Hong Kong artist Lung Ka-sing and sold by Beijing-based Pop Mart – have attained cult status, commanding eye-popping prices and sparking in-store chaos as fans from Sydney to Singapore and London line up for...

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1 week ago Richtech Robotics and Beijing City of Design Development Sign Agreement to Accelerate Design of Next

Richtech Robotics and Beijing City of Design Development Sign Agreement to Accelerate Design of Next-Gen AI-Powered Service Robotics | RR Stock News  GuruFocus

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1 week ago Richtech Robotics Enters Joint Venture with Beijing City of Design Development to Enhance AI

Richtech Robotics Enters Joint Venture with Beijing City of Design Development to Enhance AI-Driven Service Robotics R&D and Deployment  Quiver Quantitative

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1 week ago Hong Kong repositions venues in a bid to boost development of performing arts

Sha Tin Town Hall will be reserved for Cantonese Opera while the Hong Kong Coliseum will be positioned as a concert venue, the government said on Thursday. The reform of the hiring policy of the city’s performance venues is part of a wider effort to promote the mega-event development of the performing arts in Hong Kong, following the official opening of Kai Tak Stadium in March. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department said the latest move could provide more performance slots for use by...

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1 week ago copper planet installation and red undulating seating anchor venus lounge by asap/ in beijing

copper planet installation and red undulating seating anchor venus lounge by asap/ in beijing  Designboom

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2 w. ago Move over Labubu – Fugglers look to take crown from Hong Kong

Competition for plush toys is heating up, with British monster-like characters, Fugglers, emerging from the shadows following the recent runaway success of Labubu, a collectible doll created by a Hong Kong designer. Fugglers, which recently appeared on the popular Chinese social media platform RedNote, stretch the “ugly-cute” moniker to the extremes. They are threatening to steal the limelight from Labubu, designed by Hong Kong-born Lung Ka-sing and manufactured by Beijing-based Pop Mart. Labubu...

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2 w. ago Beijing to designate over 100 new spaces for performing arts

Beijing to designate over 100 new spaces for performing arts  China.org.cn

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2 w. ago Taiwan parents hiring pole dancers for son’s graduation leads to police action

A couple in Taiwan have sparked controversy by hiring two pole dancers to perform outside their son’s secondary school as a celebration of his graduation. The performance took place outside Taichung Municipal Wanhe Junior High School in mid-June, just after the graduation ceremony concluded and students exited the building, according to CTITV News. Many shocked students and parents gathered to watch the performance of the two female dancers, creating a buzz of disbelief in the crowd. A young...

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2 w. ago Chinese brain experiment during dance performance sparks goosebumps and aversion

Audience members at a university dance recital have sparked a viral – and visceral – reaction after a social media post with 10 million views showed them taking part in a brain-reading experiment while watching the performance. But the scientists monitoring brain response during the show have come out to explain the nature of the experiment and the purpose of the volunteers’ electrode-covered “hats” worn in the theatre that social media commenters said were unsettling and had triggered...

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2 w. ago Chinese brain experiment at dance performance generates goosebumps and aversion

Audience members at a university dance recital provoked a viral – and visceral – reaction after a social media post with 10 million views showed them taking part in a brain-reading experiment while watching the performance. But the scientists monitoring brain responses during the show have come out to explain the nature of the experiment and the purpose of the volunteers’ electrode-covered “hats” worn in the theatre that social media commenters said were unsettling and had triggered “goosebumps”...

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2 w. ago DeepSeek’s updated R1 AI model matches Google, Anthropic in coding benchmark

The latest model update from Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek has matched the coding performance of industry heavyweights Google and Anthropic, according to the latest results from WebDev Arena, a real-time AI coding competition. The updated version of DeepSeek-R1 tied for first place with Google’s Gemini-2.5 and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 on the WebDev Arena leaderboard, which evaluates large language models (LLMs) on their ability to solve coding tasks quickly and...

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last month Japanese martial arts woman posts cute online photos, shows impressive moves

A young Japanese woman has wowed social media with photos of herself dressed in cute girlie styles while performing intimidating Chinese martial arts moves. The woman known as Inami is in her 30s and lives in Yokohama, a Japanese city south of Tokyo. She has amassed 140,000 followers on a social media platform and runs a martial arts school. Inami often poses in classic Chinese martial arts stances while dressing in cute clothing. Sometimes she performs with weapons like crescent blades or...

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