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The US and China should consider how the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies and investors can be properly protected in the United States without raising unfair security concerns.
As city continues to benefit from an increasingly close relationship between China and the Middle East, start-ups need to seize opportunities.
‘New quality productive forces’, with its focus on science and technology, is seen as the answer to China’s economic woes, with the potential to transform society. However, outside the establishment, there is confusion and scepticism surrounding the puzzling catchphrase.
As Beijing tries to invigorate the economy, on-the-ground reactions suggest more government spending is needed to stabilise demand and restore shattered confidence in hard-hit industries.
South Korea’s president was addressing the third Summit for Democracy conference, an initiative of US President Joe Biden being hosted by Seoul.
Readers discuss the need to better integrate the payment systems of the two Chinese cities, and foreigners’ worries about travelling to China.
‘It would be in the financial interest of ByteDance’s investors to effectuate a forced sale,’ said congressman Mike Gallagher.
Liu Liehong lays out the case for full integration of the country’s computing power in its ‘Eastern Data and Western Computing’ mega project.
Chan says new or expanded firms, together with 30 companies that made similar moves last year, will invest more than HK$40 billion in the city and create 13,000 jobs.
Learning to think will give humans the edge, says Loh Po-shen, who celebrates maths everywhere he goes.
The global automotive industry is making a “strategic transformation” towards electrification, said Gou Ping, vice-chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.
As the chip equipment giant threatens to expand outside the Netherlands, Chinese social media users are quick to point their finger at US-led export curbs.
Technology transfers have always been officially part of China’s belt and road plan, but analysts say those types of exchanges are being increasingly prioritised as Beijing bids to boost ties.
Caught between demands from Washington and Beijing, ByteDance has chosen the route of resistance in the US.
Concerns about Beijing’s potential to threaten US national security have spurred several bills seeking more scrutiny about who is representing Chinese interests.
South Korea is set to build an aerospace hub to house some 1,000 firms to tap on the sector’s ‘limitless opportunities and a huge market’.
Italian regulators have fined TikTok nearly US$11 million for failing to protect children, while the Canadian government is reviewing TikTok’s expansion plan for national security risks.
One of DarwinAI’s core technologies is making artificial intelligence systems smaller and faster, which could help Apple run AI on devices.
Geopolitical tensions, coupled with a weakened and more uncertain business environment on the mainland, continue to take a toll on investor confidence among Taiwanese investors.
The two companies aim to churn out EV batteries that can last for as long as 15 years, nearly double the current average lifespan, which could help EV users save tens of thousands of yuan, they say.
Seeing e-vehicles as ‘iPhone on wheels’ or cargo cranes as ‘Trojan horses’ yields never-ending cycle and ‘excessive anxiety’, says Ambassador Xie Feng.
SpaceX came close to completing an hourlong test flight of its mega rocket on its third try, but the spacecraft was lost as it descended back to Earth.
It was a project that Nasa abandoned. Now China is determined to make electromagnetic hypersonic space launches a reality.
His declaration comes during an inspection tour and as the European Parliament approves a new legal framework to get ahead of worrisome risks associated with artificial intelligence.
ByteDance’s latest semiconductor-related investment shows the lengths being taken by the company to overcome the impact of tighter US tech sanctions on mainland China.
Fosun Pharma will team up with Shenzhen’s government to raise a 5-billion yuan (US$700 million) healthcare fund to invest in start-ups and innovations in cellular biology, genetics and other fields related to biomedicine.
The emergence of generative AI has left governments around the world scrambling to legislate against the risks posed by the fast-evolving technology. But India is especially vulnerable – and even Modi’s concerned.
Just over a quarter of companies in Hong Kong expect to add staff this year, while some 16 per cent expect to cut headcount, KPMG survey shows. Many candidates are eyeing the Greater Bay Area as an alternative.