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Will Mentougou District Secure Its Place as Beijing’s AI Hub?

Cryptopolitan 22 Sep 2023
In a bold move to solidify its standing in Beijing’s tech domain, Mentougou district is carving out a path to become the city’s primary hub for artificial intelligence (AI) development ... Mentougou is setting its sights on becoming the epicenter of Beijing’s thriving AI industry.
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Opinion: It doesn’t take an Agatha Christie detective to work out something’s up in Xi’s China

CNN 22 Sep 2023
When the defense minister pulled out of a scheduled trip to Vietnam earlier this month, Beijing told the hosts that Li had a “health condition.” Also experiencing “health” issues when he faded from sight over the summer was China’s then-foreign minister, Qin Gang ... in Beijing.
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Opinion: In Xi’s China, all the major characters keep disappearing

Auburnpub dot com 22 Sep 2023
When the defense minister pulled out of a scheduled trip to Vietnam earlier this month, Beijing told the hosts that Li had a “health condition.”. Also experiencing “health” issues when he faded from sight over the summer was China’s then-foreign minister, Qin Gang ... It’s a time of tension in Beijing.
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Chinese defense minister under inquiry

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 17 Sep 2023
officials said this week, in what would be the latest in a series of top-tier purges of Beijing's security ranks ... When Qin abruptly disappeared from sight in June, Beijing's foreign ministry steadfastly refused to comment, instead scrubbing his existence from its Chinese-language website.
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TikTok ruling raises more questions about Chinese company’s safety standards

The Irish Times 15 Sep 2023
Irish watchdog’s €345m fine of TikTok - the fourth-largest penalty against Big Tech - shows Beijing-owned video-sharing app is firmly in sights of data regulators ... Ireland's data regulator has fined the social media giant €345million. Photograph ... But TikTok, owned by ByteDance of Beijing, is now firmly in the sights of data regulators ... .
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Another one bites dust, Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu under investigation for corruption

Beijing News 15 Sep 2023
Beijing , September 15 (ANI) ... Li was last seen on August 29, when he gave a keynote address at the China-Africa Peace and Security Forum in Beijing ... When Qin abruptly disappeared from sight in June, Beijing's foreign ministry steadfastly refused to comment, instead scrubbing his existence from its Chinese-language website.
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China's defense minister under investigation for corruption

The Day 15 Sep 2023
officials said this week, in what would be the latest in a series of top-tier purges of Beijing's security ranks ... When Qin abruptly disappeared from sight in June, Beijing's foreign ministry steadfastly refused to comment, instead scrubbing his existence from its Chinese-language website ... Beijing in May declined a U.S.
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New York faces a 'fiscal tsunami' as immigrants arrive in droves

China Daily 14 Sep 2023
Authorities in New York City are overwhelmed as an estimated 10,000 immigrants are arriving there every month. So much so that Mayor Eric Adams said on Sunday that the influx might inflict a "fiscal tsunami" on the city ... It remains a complex problem with no easy resolution in sight. BEIJING NEWS. .
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China says it wants to be better friends with Russia

Cryptopolitan 13 Sep 2023
In a world fraught with geopolitical shifts, China makes a resounding statement, setting its sights on fortifying its bond with Russia. While most nations follow the herd, Beijing marches to the beat of its own drum, willing to intertwine its fate with Moscow even further. The repercussions of such a move on the global stage are immeasurable ... ....
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China’s C919 passenger jet to come in different sizes, and AI will help optimise the design

South China Morning Post 11 Sep 2023
A new addition to the home-grown C919 narrow-body airliner series will add nearly 50 seats to the maximum capacity as Beijing keeps Boeing and Airbus in its long-term sights ... .
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Morning Bid: Tightest financial conditions this year bite

Reuters 11 Sep 2023
Beijing often concentrates the ... The state of China's economy will be much clearer by the end of the week, as will the scale of the task facing authorities to provide the necessary monetary and fiscal stimulus to keep Beijing's goal of 5% GDP growth this year in sight.
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EDWARD LUCAS: We want to use AI for the good of humanity. China just wants ...

The Daily Mail 10 Sep 2023
This cowardly and short-sighted attempt to ingratiate ourselves with Beijing is a mis-step worthy of the so-called ‘Golden Age’ pioneered by David Cameron and George Osborne, a decade ago, in which this country disastrously kowtowed before the Communist Party dictatorship ... We can talk to Beijing.
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Biden's Vietnam trip aimed at reining in China

Raw Story 08 Sep 2023
- 'Actually matters' - ... And it is China that Biden has in his sights on the trip, as Beijing keeps up intense efforts to expand its influence in Asia ... - 'Egregious' -. However, Vietnam won't be keen to play a role in balancing Washington and Beijing, said Nguyen Quoc Cuong, the Vietnamese ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2014 ... .
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Biden’s Vietnam trip aimed at reining in China

Manila Standard 08 Sep 2023
POIGNANT MEMORY ... AFP ... AFP ... And it is China that Biden has in his sights on the trip, as Beijing keeps up intense efforts to expand its influence in Asia ... However, Vietnam won’t be keen to play a role in balancing Washington and Beijing, said Nguyen Quoc Cuong, the Vietnamese ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2014 ... ....
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Texas Residents Aren’t Happy About the Influx of New Crypto Miners

LB News 07 Sep 2023
The state opened its borders to several miners from China about two years ago after their home country announced in the summer of 2021 that crypto mining would no longer be permitted per new rules from Beijing ... With nowhere to turn, many reverted their sights to the Lone Star State, admiring its many open lands and its cheap electricity prices ... .

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