23 m. ago Portugal PM Urges China’s Xi to Mediate Ukraine War, Deepen Trade Ties

Portugal PM Urges China’s Xi to Mediate Ukraine War, Deepen Trade Ties  Modern Diplomacy

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64 m. ago Tourists, locals, flock to Attack on Titan Japanese manga exhibition on Day 1

Mainland Chinese tourists and local residents have flocked to a Japanese manga exhibition in Hong Kong featuring a 6.2-metre-tall (20.3 feet) display, with fans splashing out on souvenirs exclusive to the city. The “Attack on Titan Exhibition FINAL ver. Hong Kong” opened at The Twins shopping centre in Kai Tak on Tuesday, featuring more than 200 artwork replicas, animations, and interview clips with creator Hajime Isayama. Attack on Titan has sold more than 140 million copies since it was first...

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77 m. ago Chinese restaurant group Jiumaojiu counting on international performance as domestic slump continues

Chinese restaurant group Jiumaojiu counting on international performance as domestic slump continues  SeafoodSource

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2 h. ago Chinese warned about foreign spies posing as NGO staff to target military units

Beijing’s top anti-spy agency has warned the Chinese public about espionage being carried out in the country’s border areas under the guise of philanthropy. The Ministry of State Security announced on Tuesday that it had uncovered a case involving foreign spies operating near China’s military installations while posing as members of a charity organisation. In a case briefing posted on its social media platform, the ministry said villagers living near an unidentified restricted military zone...

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2 h. ago Baidu issues US$618 million dim sum bond amid tough competition

Chinese search engine giant Baidu will issue a 4.4 billion yuan (US$618 million) dim sum bond aimed at securing lower financing costs and operational flexibility amid an aggressive artificial intelligence expansion. The bond carries an annual coupon of 1.9 per cent and will mature in 2029. Baidu priced the bond on Tuesday, with the offering expected to close on or about September 15, 2029. It is the second dim sum bond – denominated in yuan and issued outside mainland China – that the company...

Economics

3 h. ago Dior fined in China for sending data overseas without security screening

Chinese police have fined fashion giant Dior’s Shanghai subsidiary after finding the company guilty of transmitting data overseas without security screening, according to state media. Citing the National Cybersecurity Notification Centre, state news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday that the investigation followed media reports of a data breach at the French fashion brand, while users in mainland China received alert text messages from Dior. The cyber police said their findings indicated...

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5 h. ago Israel says to act with ‘great force’ in Gaza City, urging full evacuation

Israel’s military said on Tuesday that it would act with “great force” in Gaza City and told residents to leave as it stepped up its deadly assault on the Palestinian territory’s largest urban centre. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a similar warning, as Israel intensified its bombardment in preparation for an operation to seize Gaza City despite global calls to end the war. “To all residents of Gaza City the defence forces are determined to defeat Hamas and will act with great force...

Politics

6 h. ago US mulls annual China chip supply permits for Samsung, Hynix

The US is proposing annual approvals for exports of chipmaking supplies to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix factories in China, a compromise aimed at preventing disruptions to the global electronics industry after Trump officials revoked Biden-era waivers that let the companies more easily get such shipments. Officials in the US Commerce Department last week presented to Korean counterparts a “site license” idea to supplant indefinite authorisations the chipmakers secured under the previous...

Politics

6 h. ago After 40 years in US, pioneering mathematician Zhongwei Shen returns to China

Pioneering Chinese-American mathematician Zhongwei Shen has left the United States to take up a chair professorship at Westlake University in Hangzhou. He joined Westlake’s School of Science in July to continue decades of research on partial differential equations and harmonic analysis – mathematical fields that form the backbone of modelling the natural world, according to the university website. Shen, who was admitted to Peking University as a maths major at just 14, has spent 40 years in the...

Politics

7 h. ago Pakistan: Mass surveillance and censorship machine is fueled by Chinese, European, Emirati and North American companies

Pakistan: Mass surveillance and censorship machine is fueled by Chinese, European, Emirati and North American companies  Amnesty International

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8 h. ago LeBron James pens essay in Chinese state newspaper in sign of NBA revival

LeBron James pens essay in Chinese state newspaper in sign of NBA revival  The Japan Times

Politics

8 h. 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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8 h. ago Opinion | Remembering the Chinese war pain deemed unworthy in the West

Opinion | Remembering the Chinese war pain deemed unworthy in the West  South China Morning Post

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8 h. ago Opinion | What drives Chinese anger over the Nanking massacre

Opinion | What drives Chinese anger over the Nanking massacre  South China Morning Post

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10 h. ago China’s new ‘durian express’ to bring prized fruit to northeast consumers faster

To get Southeast Asia’s coveted durians more quickly into the hands of Chinese consumers, a port operator in the relatively far-flung market of northeastern China is building a transit centre to handle seaborne imports of the pungent, spiky and often pricey fruit. Liaoning Port Group, part of which operates the major sea terminal in Dalian, kicked off construction of the Dalian Northeast Asia Fruit Transit Centre in late August, a group representative said this month. That project will...

Politics

10 h. ago Northeastern Chinese want fresher durians. A port operator is making it happen

To get Southeast Asia’s coveted durians more quickly into the hands of Chinese consumers, a port operator in the relatively far-flung market of northeastern China is building a transit centre to handle seaborne imports of the pungent, spiky and often pricey fruit. Liaoning Port Group, part of which operates the major sea terminal in Dalian, kicked off construction of the Dalian Northeast Asia Fruit Transit Centre in late August, a group representative said this month. That project will...

Politics

11 h. ago Elections watchdog admits 'painful lessons learned' after Chinese hack

Elections watchdog admits 'painful lessons learned' after Chinese hack  BBC

Politics

12 h. ago Brics virtual rally falters as members appear leery of exacerbating US trade war

Members of the Brics nations logged into a virtual summit on Monday, convened by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, intending to take a defiant stand against US President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war. Instead, the quickly assembled outing became an exercise in caution, as the bloc’s heavyweights, Brazil and India, sought to steer clear of further enraging the “America-first” leader. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a founding Brics leader, skipped the meeting, sending...

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15 h. ago Chinese Cyber Hack Targets American Congressman Amid Washington

Chinese Cyber Hack Targets American Congressman Amid Washington-Beijing Negotiations  tesaaworld.com

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15 h. ago Chinese tanker converted into mobile salmon farm offers alternative model to traditional land

Chinese tanker converted into mobile salmon farm offers alternative model to traditional land-based operations  SeafoodSource

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