National Data Resources Survey Report 2023 released at digital economy summit finds 22 per cent of Chinese firms surveyed have no data management system.
Washington seeks peaceful resolution of disputes, ‘not coercion’, says US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin at Singapore security forum.
‘There are necessary opportunities for collaboration,’ Elizabeth Allen, the department’s undersecretary for public diplomacy, says, while conceding the prospect for disruption remains huge.
Vietnam swore in a new president on May 22 – its third in under 18 months. Yet amid all the political upheaval, analysts expect Hanoi’s China ties to endure.
The price of AI services in China plummeted in May after ByteDance kicked off a price war by pricing access to its LLMs at 99.8 per cent below GPT-4.
Beijing’s tightened export restrictions on items from bulletproof vests to plane parts is intended to counter growing US tech curbs.
Hong Kong Taxi Council says initiative to hold kick-off ceremony next Wednesday before drive starts on June 11.
Company’s move coincides with government’s plan to make city a biomed centre, with policies including a ‘1+’ mechanism to speed up approval of new drugs for life-threatening or rare diseases.
Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike is widely expected to contest the election against Renho Saito from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
Visitors who cannot pre-book through Chinese apps – requiring a WeChat account and ability to read Chinese – are locked out of many attractions. These obstacles may affect China’s soft power abroad as well as tourism, say analysts.
Hydrogen power sector has been regarded as a source of new economic growth following China’s success with electric vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells, but a recent setback reflects how nascent the industry is.
The musician, Got7 member, clothing designer and Cartier ambassador shares his journey from sport to music to entrepreneurship, emphasising the importance of authenticity and personal style.
Food culture academic says dining restrictions amid Covid-19 pandemic helped to normalise shops offering affordable choice of Cantonese favourites as an option for everyone.
The top 1 per cent own more than 40 per cent of India’s wealth, while the bottom 50 per cent own just above 6 per cent, a World Inequality Lab study found.
Spurred by the pandemic, ultra cycling is booming in Beijing, with enthusiasts heading out of the city to ride day and night on ‘probably the most beautiful roads in the world for cycling’.
US State Department announces restrictions on officials following ruling in Hong Kong 47 case, but city government says it is not ‘intimidated by such despicable behaviour’.
A team of researchers reexamined the age of the important “Liujiang Man” skeleton in China and discovered it was tens of thousands of years younger than initially believed.
The budget shopping platform’s new ‘automated price-tracking system’ will enable merchants to swiftly adjust the cost of goods online during the 618 shopping festival.
Lawyers said Noor Alam’s is now wheelchair bound and unable to walk following the operation by James Tan Siah Heng.
Finance chief confident that candid exchanges with US businesses during four-day visit helped improve mutual understanding
Unifications always won with ‘carrot and stick, and the carrot must be sweet’, policy adviser Zheng Yongnian tells seminar on cross-strait exchanges and warns of ‘dangerous cognitive war’ by US.
Ambassador to Washington delivers video speech as slew of agreements announced on Wednesday in Berkeley at the China-US High-level Event on Subnational Climate Action.
City government stresses importance of collaboration with Greater Bay Area, after minister’s call for integrated waste handling prompts concerns of rubbish importing
Wanda Group founder Wang Jianlin turned to a ‘light-asset’ model in 2017, helping him avoid the same fate as Hui Ka Yan, the embattled founder of indebted real estate developer Evergrande Group.
Shen Zhihua warns about the economic decoupling that sent US-Soviet relations spiralling into confrontation.
A landmark national security trial of Hong Kong’s opposition figures will conclude this week with the judges handing down a verdict on whether 16 of them had committed subversion by taking part in an unofficial election they called a primary. The aim of the election was to maximise the opposition’s chances of gaining control of the Legislative Council and bringing down the government.
Negative media coverage abroad, harsh pandemic restrictions have combined to deter visitors, experts say.