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China blocks Meta’s Manus deal after months-long probe, thwarting purchase
Economic planner asks both parties to withdraw from deal for AI firm, in move with wider implications for other start-ups operating overseas.
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China delivers record LNG carrier – is South Korea losing its shipbuilding edge?
The vessel’s completion follows China dominating global shipbuilding orders last year, with South Korea leading in high-value segments.
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From scepticism to concern: Mythos panic is slowly starting to reach China
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said on its influential social media account that Mythos showed ‘unprecedented cyberattack capabilities’.
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Will China’s mathematicians join a global effort to boycott the United States?
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Prognosis positive: how AI could help China bridge the medical resources gap
Hospitals, medical professionals and patients stand to benefit as country pushes to integrate AI into healthcare sector.
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How fire safety failures worsened Hong Kong’s deadly inferno
The second round of hearings from April 8 to April 17 exposed a series of failures that allowed the fire equipment and alarm system in Wang Fuk Court to be deactivated for months, and eventually contributed to the heavy death toll.
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