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Chinese AI tool uncovers new viruses at the speed of a species per second: paper

Hai Rong — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 09:53:00 +0000

From masses of data previously uploaded to databases, scientists have identified nearly 162,000 new species of RNA virus An artificial intelligence tool has helped scientists discover unknown virus species at an unprecedented speed from data previously uploaded to databases, according to a joint study by researchers in mainland China, Hong Kong and Australia. The team said the […]

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In global game of influence, China turns to a cheap and effective tool: fake news

Mei Bo — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 04:30:24 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — When veteran U.S. diplomat Kurt Campbell traveled to the Solomon Islands to counter Beijing’s influence in the South Pacific country, he quickly saw just how far China would go to spread its message. The Biden administration’s Asia czar woke up one morning in 2022 to a long article in the local press […]

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New Chinese nuclear attack submarine sank during construction, US defense official says

Mei Hui — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 10:03:00 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Satellite imagery showed that China’s newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank alongside a pier while under construction, a senior U.S. defense official said Thursday. The sinking of China’s first Zhou-class submarine represents a setback for Beijing as it continues to build out the world’s largest navy. Beijing has become increasingly assertive in pursuing its […]

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China announces joint naval, air drills with Russia

Lei Mei — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 03:36:57 +0000

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Defense Ministry on Monday announced joint naval and air drills with Russia starting this month, underscoring the closeness between their militaries as Russia presses its grinding invasion of Ukraine. The ministry said the “Northern United-2024” exercises would take place in the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk farther north, but […]

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Did Xi Send Hidden Message to Oppressed Pamiri People?

Dong Feng — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:30:41 +0000

On the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, President Xi Jinping awarded Bayika Kalidibek, a 72-year-old veteran border guard, the national honorary title of “People’s Guard.” Bayika, an ethnic Tajik from the Pamir Plateau in Xinjiang, has spent 37 years patrolling China’s remote borders with Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region and Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor. […]

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China will ‘crush’ foreign encroachment on South China Sea: Military official

Li Wen — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 07:04:00 +0000

Washington and Beijing have verbally sparred over China’s increasingly assertive approach in disputed maritime regions, including the South China Sea. In recent months, Chinese vessels have engaged in a series of high-profile confrontations with Philippine ships in the waters, which Beijing claims almost in their entirety despite an international court ruling that its assertion has no legal basis. On […]

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China’s Xi urges efforts to achieve annual economic target

Meilin Ai — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 09:33:00 +0000

BEIJING – China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday urged authorities to strive to achieve the country’s annual economic and social development goals, state media reported, amid expectations more steps are needed to bolster a flagging economic recovery. Speaking at a symposium in northwestern city of Lanzhou, Xi emphasized the need for all regions to “do […]

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Hong Kong Gold Medalist Retires After Pro-China Thesis Uproar

Chia Hao — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 02:55:35 +0000

Hong Kong Olympic gold medalist Vivian Kong said she would quit her fencing career days after controversy erupted over her apparent support for Beijing’s crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement, underscoring political tensions in the Asian finance hub. An academic paper purported to be her master’s thesis showed that Kong, one of two athletes from […]

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China’s Politburo meeting sends positive vibes to investors after Third Plenum disappoints

Meilin Ai — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 05:27:11 +0000

A Politburo meeting this week, chaired by President Xi Jinping, concluded that economic headwinds in China were reining in growth, an admission that drew loud cheers from investors who are now confident authorities will roll out forceful supportive measures in the world’s second-largest economy. Xi and his 23 colleagues in the Chinese Communist Party’s highest […]

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From A Secret Base in Tajikistan, China’s War On Terror Adjusts To A New Reality

Zhen Yu — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 07:41:00 +0000

Near SHAYMAK, Tajikistan — In a remote stretch of land near the Wakhan Corridor not far from Tajikistan’s mountainous border with northeastern Afghanistan, China’s regional ambitions are adjusting to a new reality on the ground. Next to an old Soviet outpost and believed to have existed for at least five years, a collection of strategically […]

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