19 h. ago China woman, 47, shares civil servant life in Iceland, appreciates culture that respects choices

A 47-year-old Chinese woman shares her idyllic life as a civil servant in a remote town in Iceland, igniting interest and spirited discussions on social media in mainland China. The woman, known as Megan, hails from Beijing. In 2020, at the age of 42, she decided to pursue a second master’s degree in Iceland, a few years after her divorce. She earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting and her first master’s in business computing in the UK before transferring to a new energy major at a...

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40 h. ago TSMC buys up land in Arizona as Taiwan pledges US$500 billion US tech investment

Taiwan has committed to driving hundreds of billions of dollars of extra investment into America’s chip industry as part of a US trade deal announced on Thursday, with the island’s biggest semiconductor producer already moving to buy more land in the US state of Arizona. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) – the world’s largest contract chipmaker – confirmed on Thursday that it had bought a second tract of land in Arizona. The 365-hectare (901-acre) plot nearly doubles the...

Economics

42 h. ago Canada’s Carney hails ‘strategic partnership’ in talks with China’s Xi

Canada’s Carney hails ‘strategic partnership’ in talks with China’s Xi  Al Jazeera

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45 h. ago Canada's Carney hails new 'strategic partnership' with China

Canada's Carney hails new 'strategic partnership' with China  dw.com

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45 h. ago Canada PM Mark Carney hails strategic China partnership in Beijing meeting with Xi Jinping

Canada PM Mark Carney hails strategic China partnership in Beijing meeting with Xi Jinping  Euronews.com

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49 h. ago Canada's PM Mark Carney to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing

Canada's PM Mark Carney to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing  BBCCanada's Carney hails warmer ties with China and signs energy pact  ReutersMark Carney Heads to Beijing to Discuss Canada-China Relations as U.S. Outlook Darkens  The New York Times

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58 h. ago Canada's Carney hails warmer ties with China and signs energy pact

Canada's Carney hails warmer ties with China and signs energy pact  Reuters

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59 h. ago Canadian prime minister hails renewed relations with China during his Beijing visit

Canadian prime minister hails renewed relations with China during his Beijing visit  WRAL

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64 h. ago Canada's Carney hails warmer ties with China, Xi's leadership

Canada's Carney hails warmer ties with China, Xi's leadership  Reuters

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66 h. ago Canada's Carney hails improving China ties during landmark visit

Canada's Carney hails improving China ties during landmark visit  Reuters

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2 d. ago Chinese military says it is developing over 10 quantum warfare weapons

China’s military says it is using quantum technology to gather high-value military intelligence from public cyberspace. The People’s Liberation Army said more than 10 experimental quantum cyber warfare tools were “under development”, many of which were being “tested in front-line missions”, according to the official newspaper Science and Technology Daily. The project is being led by a supercomputing laboratory at the National University of Defence Technology, according to the report, with a...

Events

1 week ago Maduro’s capture is a blow to China. But on Chinese social media it’s being hailed as a blueprint for Taiwan

Maduro’s capture is a blow to China. But on Chinese social media it’s being hailed as a blueprint for Taiwan  CNN

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1 week ago China Social Media Hails US Maduro Move as a Taiwan Template

China Social Media Hails US Maduro Move as a Taiwan Template  Bloomberg.com

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1 week ago China Social Media Hails Trump’s Maduro Move as Taiwan Template

China Social Media Hails Trump’s Maduro Move as Taiwan Template  Bloomberg.com

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2 w. ago Beijing pledges with ‘utmost sincerity’ to continue push to reunite peacefully with Taiwan

Beijing will continue to push for peaceful reunification with Taiwan with the “utmost sincerity”, according to a new year’s message from a senior official delivered days after the People’s Liberation Army concluded large-scale drills around the island. Mainland China had strengthened its capacity to safeguard peace and security over the past year and would take more forceful action to oppose separatism and external interference this year, Song Tao, the head of Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office,...

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2 w. ago China’s Xi hails nation’s technological progress and renews pledge to take back Taiwan

China’s Xi hails nation’s technological progress and renews pledge to take back Taiwan  AP News

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2 w. ago Taiwan president pledges to defend island’s sovereignty after China’s military drills

Taiwan president pledges to defend island’s sovereignty after China’s military drills  Washington Times

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2 w. ago Taiwan’s president pledges to defend island’s sovereignty after China’s military drills

Taiwan’s president pledges to defend island’s sovereignty after China’s military drills  WKYC

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3 w. ago China warns foreign forces deploy AI deepfakes to stir panic and steal data

Foreign forces have used deepfakes and other artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to create public panic and obtain sensitive information, posing a threat to China’s national security, the country’s top intelligence agency has warned. Deepfake technology, which uses AI’s deep learning algorithms to simulate and forge images, audio and video, can be abused or used maliciously to endanger individual legal rights, social stability and national security, the Ministry of State Security (MSS)...

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3 w. ago China warns of foreign forces using AI deepfakes to stir panic and steal data

Foreign forces have used deepfakes and other artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to create public panic and obtain sensitive information, posing a threat to China’s national security, the country’s top intelligence agency has warned. Deepfake technology, which uses AI’s deep learning algorithms to simulate and forge images, audio and video, could be abused or used maliciously to endanger individual legal rights, social stability and national security, the Ministry of State Security (MSS)...

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