28 h. ago Iran’s Protest Crackdown Followed China’s Playbook. There’s a Reason for That.

Iran’s Protest Crackdown Followed China’s Playbook. There’s a Reason for That.  Kharon

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34 h. ago China Pivots Again: How to Play Nvidia Stock Amid the Current H200 Drama?

China Pivots Again: How to Play Nvidia Stock Amid the Current H200 Drama?  Yahoo Finance

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37 h. ago Fierce Pharma Asia—AbbVie’s bispecific play, Illumina’s China import efforts and pharma execs’ JPM comments

Fierce Pharma Asia—AbbVie’s bispecific play, Illumina’s China import efforts and pharma execs’ JPM comments  Fierce Pharma

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42 h. ago China’s African Playbook: Resource Grab or Shared Growth Engine?

China’s African Playbook: Resource Grab or Shared Growth Engine?  Energy Capital & Power

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63 h. ago Nie Weiping, Chinese Go master known for dramatic victory over Japanese rival, dies at 73

Nie Weiping, a legendary Go master in China, died in Beijing at the age of 73 on Wednesday. Nie is best remembered for his dramatic victory in the first Japan-China Super Go in 1985. Few had hope that China would win because its players had long lagged behind Japanese competitors in the strategy board game. By the time it was Nie’s turn to play in Tokyo, Japan’s top player, Kobayashi Koichi, had already won six straight games against his Chinese counterparts. Nie was the only Chinese player left...

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69 h. ago Alibaba’s Qwen AI app hits 100 million users as upgrade broadens role in daily life

Alibaba Group Holding has rolled out a major update to its flagship Qwen artificial intelligence app, integrating it more deeply into the company’s expansive ecosystem, from online shopping to travel booking, as it pushes to make the service an AI-powered gateway to daily life. The upgrade came as Qwen surpassed 100 million monthly active users (MAUs) as of January, said Wu Jia, vice-president of Alibaba, at a corporate event on Thursday in Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province, where...

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3 d. ago Trump's playbook on Greenland, Venezuela, and Iran is about taking on China, analysts say

Trump's playbook on Greenland, Venezuela, and Iran is about taking on China, analysts say  CNBC

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3 d. ago China Plays “Cat and Mouse” With NVIDIA Once Again By Reportedly Restricting H200 AI Chip Orders Flowing in the Region

China Plays “Cat and Mouse” With NVIDIA Once Again By Reportedly Restricting H200 AI Chip Orders Flowing in the Region  Wccftech

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3 d. ago China entrepreneur promises football team players a car each, retracts offer after landmark win

An entrepreneur in China has come under fire for promising to gift a car to every member of a city’s football team if they won an important competition, then reneging on her promise when they did. While many people criticised the woman, the local football association said it would not push the woman to fulfil her promise, saying they understood her financial predicament. The response was viewed 22 million times on one mainland social media platform alone. It also attracted praise from the state...

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5 d. ago The US has played its hand in Latin America. Will China’s firms there cash out?

With domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints in search of new, more lucrative markets. In this series, we examine China Inc.’s next phase of “going global” and the complex, challenging international environment its companies have chosen to enter. In the days since Washington’s ousting and abduction of former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro – an event that sent shock waves through global markets – some...

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5 d. ago Novartis Makes $1.5B+ Alzheimer’s Play With China’s SciNeuro

Novartis Makes $1.5B+ Alzheimer’s Play With China’s SciNeuro  BioSpace

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6 d. ago Opinion | How Hong Kong’s AI IPO surge plays into China’s economic strategy

Opinion | How Hong Kong’s AI IPO surge plays into China’s economic strategy  South China Morning Post

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6 d. ago Can Peru keep both China and US onside in an increasingly volatile environment?

Last weekend’s US raid on Venezuela has shone a spotlight on the wider strategic concerns in play in South America, including the US-China rivalry in countries such as Peru. The country is a key hub for mineral exports to Asian markets, but it has tried to maintain a balance between Beijing and Washington. China had funded a strategically important port on Peru’s Pacific coast, but it had remained “broadly aligned” with US interests, analysts said. Washington also regards it as part of its...

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7 d. ago How the AI race could play out for the US, China and the world

The global artificial intelligence (AI) race remains one of the most hotly contested spheres of international competition. Few would bet today on an eventual winner, but current trends point to three possible scenarios that we should consider. In the first scenario, the AI world is dominated by the US and China. While the US still has the technological edge, China is closing in fast and vies with the US for leadership on many of the key dimensions of AI prowess. According to Stanford...

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7 d. ago Opinion | How the AI race could play out for the US, China and the world

Opinion | How the AI race could play out for the US, China and the world  South China Morning Post

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9 d. ago Musk says China to dominate AI compute as Beijing plays down chips, touts power advantage

Musk says China to dominate AI compute as Beijing plays down chips, touts power advantage  investingLive

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9 d. ago China played big role in reducing opioid deaths, research suggests

China played big role in reducing opioid deaths, research suggests  The Washington Post

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9 d. ago China basketball hall of fame honours pioneer who is wife of renowned infectious disease expert

Li Shaofen, one of China’s first female basketball players, has joined the country’s basketball hall of fame. Li, 89, is also known as the wife of Zhong Nanshan, the pulmonologist who became a household name as a leading adviser in managing the Covid-19 pandemic. She was born in southern China’s Guangdong province in 1936. She was a main player of China’s first national women’s basketball team in the 1950s. As a teenager, Li was selected into the national team in 1952. Li played both centre and...

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1 week ago Watch Closely How China Talks About Venezuela. It’s the Taiwan Playbook.

Watch Closely How China Talks About Venezuela. It’s the Taiwan Playbook.  Barron's

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1 week ago Opinion: These stocks are in play as Trump and China feud over Greenland

Opinion: These stocks are in play as Trump and China feud over Greenland  MarketWatch

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