17 h. ago Foreign producer comments on China's hit dramas going global

Foreign producer comments on China's hit dramas going global  China Daily

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3 d. ago Commentary: America doesn’t have to depend on China to build chips, batteries

Commentary: America doesn’t have to depend on China to build chips, batteries  Daily Republic

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4 d. ago COMMENT: Putin’s pivot to China cements Russia’s vassalage to Beijing

COMMENT: Putin’s pivot to China cements Russia’s vassalage to Beijing  IntelliNews

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5 d. ago Remembering the Chinese war pain deemed unworthy in the West

On September 3, I watched the live broadcast of China’s military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in World War II. The perfectly aligned formations, the roaring fighter jets, the cutting-edge unmanned combat systems – the spectacle spoke for itself. Scanning international media, I found commentary interpreting the parade as a show of force by China and Russia against the United States, or warning about the Taiwan Strait and wider region. On Weibo, Chinese sentiment was...

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5 d. ago COMMENTARY: Why China's national carbon market is unlikely to include aviation in the near term

COMMENTARY: Why China's national carbon market is unlikely to include aviation in the near term  GreenAir News

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5 d. ago Beijing Sanctions Japanese Lawmaker in First Over China Comments

Beijing Sanctions Japanese Lawmaker in First Over China Comments  Bloomberg

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6 d. ago China sanctions Japanese lawmaker Seki Hei, accusing him of spreading falsehoods

Beijing has sanctioned a conservative, opposition Japanese lawmaker, saying that he spread falsehoods on issues involving Taiwan, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, undermining Chinese sovereignty. In a rare move, the Chinese foreign ministry announced the sanctions on Monday morning against Seki Hei – known in China as Shi Ping – a 63-year-old China-born political commentator who was elected to the House of Councillors this year on the Japan Innovation Party’s ticket. According to the ministry’s...

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6 d. ago China sanctions Japanese lawmaker Seki Hei, accusing him of spreading fallacies

Beijing has sanctioned a conservative, opposition Japanese lawmaker, saying that he spread falsehoods on issues involving Taiwan, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, undermining Chinese sovereignty. In a rare move, the Chinese foreign ministry announced the sanctions on Monday morning against Seki Hei – known in China as Shi Ping – a 63-year-old China-born political commentator who was elected to the House of Councillors this year on the Japan Innovation Party’s ticket. According to the ministry’s...

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6 d. ago China sanctions Japanese lawmaker Seki Hei over ‘spreading fallacies’

Beijing has sanctioned a conservative, opposition Japanese lawmaker in a rare move, saying that he spread falsehoods on issues involving Taiwan, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, undermining Chinese sovereignty. The Chinese foreign ministry announced the sanctions on Monday morning against Seki Hei – known in China as Shi Ping – a 63-year-old China-born political commentator who was elected to the upper house of the Japanese legislature two months ago. According to a statement from the ministry, Seki has...

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8 d. ago Chinese man detained for ‘inappropriate comments’ about Victory Day parade

A man in the central province of Hubei was detained for allegedly making “inappropriate comments” about China’s Victory Day military parade and spreading rumours. According to cyber police in the city of Xiangyang, the 47-year-old man, surnamed Meng, made slanderous and derogatory remarks on Wednesday while commenting on a social media post about the parade held in Beijing to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. When others expressed patriotic sentiment, Meng “insulted them and...

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3 w. ago Jimmy Lai trial: Hong Kong judge dismisses freedom of expression defence

A Hong Kong judge hearing Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s national security trial has dismissed the defence’s contention that the former media boss was just exercising his right to freedom of expression with his anti-China comments, citing crackdowns on pro-Palestinian protests in the West. A protracted debate at West Kowloon Court on the proper reading of Lai’s allegedly offensive statements took a turn on Friday when one of three presiding High Court judges hit out at lawyers’ “la-di-da” defence...

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3 w. ago Malaysian employers warn cutting number of foreign workers may backfire

Malaysia aims to reduce its dependence on cheap migrant workers by reducing their proportion of the overall workforce from next year, a move that the government believes will raise the wages of citizens and productivity, but employers warn could jack up their costs. Foreign workers from Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Nepal have helped power Malaysia’s industrialisation since the 1980s. But critics say their influx has also stirred resentment among Malaysians, fuelled a black market for illegal work...

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3 w. ago China’s Empyrean announces breakthroughs in chip design software

China’s top semiconductor design software developer Empyrean Technology said it has made breakthroughs in design tools for memory chips and panel displays, as part of its long-term goal to “fully replace foreign products” amid the ongoing US-China tech war. For memory chip design, Empyrean added a “clone group” function to the layout editor, which helps “quickly and accurately complete the layout design of identical units” as memory devices contain arrays of storage modules, according to a...

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3 w. ago China mandates domestic firms source 50% of chips from Chinese producers — Beijing continues to squeeze companies over reliance on foreign semiconductors

China mandates domestic firms source 50% of chips from Chinese producers — Beijing continues to squeeze companies over reliance on foreign semiconductors  Tom's Hardware

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4 w. ago Beijing slams Philippine ships in first comment on South China Sea collision

Beijing on Friday issued its first direct comment on a reported collision in the South China Sea earlier this week, with its Ministry of Defence strongly condemning the Philippine coastguard for “dangerous manoeuvring”. The Philippine vessels “severely jeopardised the safety of Chinese ship personnel”, ministry spokesperson Jiang Bin said, referring to the confrontation near the disputed Scarborough Shoal on Monday. Several Philippine coastguard vessels and government ships had “illegally...

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last month Commentary: China's chip equipment underdog stands up to Applied Materials as local substitution wave rises

Commentary: China's chip equipment underdog stands up to Applied Materials as local substitution wave rises  digitimes

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