58 h. ago US charges 20 people with rigging university, Chinese basketball games, NBC reports

US authorities have charged 20 people with rigging college basketball and Chinese Basketball Association games, according to a federal indictment released on Thursday, including some individuals previously charged in an NBA-related gambling investigation. The charges were unsealed by federal prosecutors in Philadelphia following a grand jury and accuse the defendants of conspiring on games from September 2022 until February 2025. During the 2022-2023 CBA season, the individuals sought to...

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4 d. ago US Clears Path for Nvidia to Sell H200s to China Via New Rule

US Clears Path for Nvidia to Sell H200s to China Via New Rule  Bloomberg.com

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4 d. ago Profound Changes Unseen in a Century: Global media examines China's foreign policy path

Profound Changes Unseen in a Century: Global media examines China's foreign policy path  news.cgtn.com

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5 d. ago China And EU Outline Path To Defuse Standoff Over Electric Vehicle Imports

China And EU Outline Path To Defuse Standoff Over Electric Vehicle Imports  RTTNews

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1 week ago China’s top lithography bet shifts gears: SMEE sells subsidiary in strategic pivot

China’s state-backed lithography champion Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (SMEE) has reshuffled its business, divesting a manufacturing arm as it sharpens its focus on research in Beijing’s push for chip self-sufficiency. SMEE – widely seen as China’s best chance of closing the gap with Dutch lithography giant ASML – had transferred 100 per cent of its subsidiary Shanghai Weiyao Industrial to AMIES Technology, according to updates on corporate database Qichacha. The deal was priced at 228.5...

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1 week ago Business, balance and the future: ROK's sustainable path with China

Business, balance and the future: ROK's sustainable path with China  news.cgtn.com

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2 w. ago Investing in the individual: The strategic pivot in China's path to modernization

Investing in the individual: The strategic pivot in China's path to modernization  news.cgtn.com

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2 w. ago Xi Talks Up China’s AI And Chip Path In New Year Speech As Demand Surges Despite Global Curbs: Report

Xi Talks Up China’s AI And Chip Path In New Year Speech As Demand Surges Despite Global Curbs: Report  Stocktwits

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3 w. ago Malaysia arrests 2 over video of man in headscarf drinking alcohol

A local man and a woman have been detained in connection with a video showing an individual wearing a headscarf while consuming alcohol in Malaysia. Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director Commissioner M Kumar said the duo, aged 22 and 24, were arrested at about 4.30pm on Wednesday in Subang Jaya, Selangor state, to assist in investigations. “Initial investigations found that the individual seen wearing a headscarf and consuming alcohol in the video was a man,” he said in a...

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3 w. ago How China's initiatives are paving a new path to a better world

How China's initiatives are paving a new path to a better world  China Daily

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3 w. ago Xinhua Headlines: How China's initiatives are paving a new path to a better world

Xinhua Headlines: How China's initiatives are paving a new path to a better world  Xinhua

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3 w. ago China’s cabinet clears path for VAT law to take effect next month

The State Council has approved draft regulations for implementing China’s new value-added tax (VAT) law, which is aimed at governing the country’s largest source of tax revenue and set to come into effect early next year. The regulations, released for public consultation in August and approved on Friday, give detailed rules for enforcing the VAT law. Approval by the cabinet signals the regulations are moving closer to finalisation ahead of the law’s expected implementation. The VAT law was...

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