3 h. ago Tesla targets China’s humanoid robot market with new Weibo account

Tesla has launched a new social media account on Weibo, China’s answer to X, to promote its artificial intelligence technology, a move that analysts view as a preliminary step towards introducing its humanoid robots in the country. The first two posts on the TeslaAI account, unveiled on Sunday, featured images and video of the Optimus robots in action. According to its introduction, the account will also showcase Tesla’s advances in autonomous driving, driverless ride-hailing and its Cortex...

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5 h. ago What the US should take away from China’s Victory Day parade

Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words, and must include your full name and address, plus a phone number for verification Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, once suggested that childhood experiences cast long shadows over adult life. Nations, too, carry memories of their “childhoods”. For Beijing, two such...

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12 h. ago Beijing's National Center for the Performing Arts Promotes New Orchestral Executive Director

Beijing's National Center for the Performing Arts Promotes New Orchestral Executive Director  The Violin Channel

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22 h. ago Concertmaster named executive director of Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra

Concertmaster named executive director of Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra  The Strad

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4 d. ago China’s Xi and North Korea’s Kim pledge deeper ties between nations at meeting in Beijing

China’s Xi and North Korea’s Kim pledge deeper ties between nations at meeting in Beijing  PBS

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6 d. ago Hong Kong needs coordinated efforts to promote tourism: industry leaders

Hong Kong needs a more comprehensive and coordinated approach to boost tourism, such as by promoting the National Games alongside other concurrent events, industry representatives have said, highlighting challenges facing the sector. Despite a post-pandemic surge in the number of arrivals, the representatives also noted emerging trends required more promotion and that visitors were now skipping traditional tourist attractions. “We are still observing whether the National Games will bring a lot...

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7 d. ago National Assembly speaker to depart for Beijing to attend military parade

National Assembly speaker to depart for Beijing to attend military parade  Korea JoongAng Daily

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9 d. ago Beijing hosts meeting of SCO Council of National Coordinators ahead of Tianjin summit

Beijing hosts meeting of SCO Council of National Coordinators ahead of Tianjin summit  qazinform.com

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9 d. ago A new model for peace? China takes its Global Security Initiative to Africa

When more than two dozen officers from the Somali National Armed Forces were awarded Chinese training scholarships this month, Beijing’s ambassador to Somalia Wang Yu assured them and the rest of the country that “China will not be absent” in helping the East African country achieve peace. Since the 1991 overthrow of president Siad Barre, Somalia has been plagued by civil war and conflict with extremist groups such as al-Shabab. The training aims to help Somalia build a self-reliant defence...

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1 week ago What is ‘Hong Kong Parliament’ and why are authorities cracking down on it?

An overseas political organisation called “Hong Kong Parliament” has come under the spotlight since authorities took action against its members last month, accusing the group of subversion and of violating the Beijing-imposed national security law. Fifteen activists linked to the group were slapped with HK$200,000 (US$25,640) bounties in July, while authorities earlier imposed bounties of HK$1 million each on four of its founding members. The Post outlines the enforcement actions taken against...

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1 week ago Key takeaways from Jimmy Lai’s national security trial and what comes next

After more than 1,700 days in custody and a trial that spanned more than 1½ years, former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying is now waiting for a verdict to be delivered in his marathon national security trial. The 77-year-old businessman turned opposition activist, who founded the now-defunct Apple Daily tabloid, is the most prominent figure yet to be prosecuted under the Beijing-decreed national security law. Western politicians have repeatedly condemned his prosecution as an attack on press...

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1 week ago Beijing Sets Ambitious Targets for Nationwide AI Integration Over 10 Years

Beijing Sets Ambitious Targets for Nationwide AI Integration Over 10 Years  Yahoo Finance

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1 week ago Hong Kong show on Chinese war effort ‘a highlight’ of 80th anniversary events

An exhibition featuring more than 180 artefacts that illustrate Chinese war efforts against the Japanese in the 1930s and 1940s will open in Hong Kong on Wednesday, with a military sabre used in battle among the pieces. Featuring items loaned from the National Museum of China in Beijing, “The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: United in Arms, Standing for Peace – 80th Anniversary of Chinese Victory in the War of Resistance Exhibition” will run at the Hong Kong Museum of History in Tsim Sha Tsui as...

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2 w. ago China bets on AI to pump trillions into economy amid national computing push

China is banking on artificial intelligence (AI) to become a new growth engine, and there are projections that it could add several trillion yuan to the economy by 2035 amid a national push for computing power and a unified data market. Beijing is knitting together a national computing network. At the China Computing Power Conference held in Datong, Shanxi province, over the weekend, officials announced that 10 provinces and municipalities – from Shanghai and Zhejiang in the east to Qinghai and...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong unveils 15 state key laboratories, as liaison chief touts research

Hong Kong unveiled 15 state key laboratories on Monday in a move to align with national development, as Beijing’s top man in the city called for a greater push in scientific research and industrial upgrading. The laboratories – three of which are newly established – were earlier approved by the central government’s Ministry of Science and Technology and began operating in July, according to the city’s innovation and technology minister. The twelve others are bolstered versions of pre-existing...

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2 w. ago Beijing hails Pakistan Army as 'pillar of national stability', 'guardian' of Pak

Beijing hails Pakistan Army as 'pillar of national stability', 'guardian' of Pak-China friendship  Geo.tv

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2 w. ago Liaison office chief in Hong Kong urges city to recount war of resistance ‘well’

Beijing’s liaison office chief in Hong Kong has called on the city to tell the stories of the war of resistance against Japanese aggression “well” to strengthen young residents’ sense of national identity. Zhou Ji, director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong, also said on Friday that Hongkongers should carry forward the “great spirit” of the war to unite “positive forces” for the development of the city under the banner of patriotism. Zhou made the remarks as he officiated the opening...

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2 w. ago Huawei opens Douyin account to promote HiSilicon as it expands chip design work

Huawei Technologies has opened an account on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, to promote the custom design services of its HiSilicon chip unit, even as the company continues to maintain a cloak of secrecy around its Kirin smartphone and Ascend AI chips. The Douyin account, set up by HiSilicon (Shanghai), said the company aimed to “enable smart devices for a fully connected world.” As of Thursday, it had three posts and nearly 50,000 followers. The first post, published on Wednesday, was a...

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2 w. ago Bottled water brands seize on Hong Kong procurement scandal to promote products

Some bottled water brands in Hong Kong are taking advantage of a growing government procurement scandal to promote their products. Watsons Water posted on social media on Wednesday that its products were “safety and quality assured”, highlighting its strictly controlled production processes, which included multiple filtration and high-temperature distillation. The post received almost 380 reactions. Another local drinking water manufacturer, Swire Coca-Cola, posted on Facebook on Tuesday night...

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2 w. ago China’s Android phone brands promote new privacy permission platform

China’s five leading Android-system smartphone brands – Honor, Lenovo, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi – have formed a platform to promote a new privacy permission system, marking a key step towards standardising privacy protection among Android users in the artificial intelligence era. As Chinese smartphone makers rush to equip AI features, the issue of user data collection has become the focus of debate. The initiative by the five brands aims to strike a balance between privacy protection and user data...

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