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Jack Ma Makes Rare Appearance At Alibaba Fintech Event Stresses On AI Revolution

Jack Ma Returns to Ant Group's 20th Anniversary Celebration After Three Years Jack Ma made his first public appearance at Ant Group's 20th anniversary event, marking his return after the 2020 IPO setback. He expressed optimism about the future of Ant Group, which is pushing forward with AI innovations and…

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Policeman Acts As Couple’s Late Son For A Decade To Comfort Grieving Disabled Mother

Jiang Jingwei was comforting the grieving parents after the tragic loss of their child in 2003. The post Policeman Acts As Couple’s Late Son For A Decade To Comfort Grieving Disabled Mother first appeared on Bored Panda.

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The Best ‘BABA’ Buy Among Alibaba’s Top 11 Unusually Active Options

Alibaba had 11 unusually active options in Thursday trading with Vol/OI ratios of 10 or greater. Its total options volume was more than 4x the 30-day average as investors continued to ride the rebound.

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The Crunch: big cars and road deaths, the people’s verdict on CEO salaries and tracking baby pandas

A simple stripy chart measures worsening air quality around the world. Plus: North Korea continues its trashy balloon campaign

The Guardian - AU

Woman’s Brutal Prank On “Rude” Louis Vuitton Staff Hailed As “Revenge Of The Year” Online

Louis Vuitton employees in China made a “Big mistake. Big. Huge.” The post Woman’s Brutal Prank On “Rude” Louis Vuitton Staff Hailed As “Revenge Of The Year” Online first appeared on Bored Panda.

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IBM Shutters R&D Labs In China, Slashing 1,000-Plus Jobs in Beijing And Elsewhere

The computer giant joined other Big Tech firms, including Amazon and Tesla, in cutting Chinese payrolls as tensions with the U.S. rise.

International Business Times

Olympian Known As “Goddess Of Track And Field” Sparks Controversy With Tattoo And Make-Up

“I am confident in myself. I don’t have that tattoo for nothing.” The post Olympian Known As “Goddess Of Track And Field” Sparks Controversy With Tattoo And Make-Up first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Lawrence Wong: Singapore’s New Prime Minister Seeks to Be a ‘Servant’ of the People

Known as a consumate technocrat, Wong was sworn in on Wednesday, becoming only the fourth leader of the island nation since independence

Caixin Global

China gives local companies funding to buy homegrown GPUs — aiming for self-sufficiency by 2027

The city government in Beijing has outlined plans to subsidize companies that buy Chinese-made processors. Its draft policy has a strong emphasis on GPUs, as they have been most badly affected by US export controls

Tom’s Hardware

A year and a half after its bitter breakup with NetEase, Blizzard has made a new deal to bring its games back to China—with NetEase

Blizzard's games are set to return to China this summer.

PC Gamer

China aims to break chokehold of US chipmaking sanctions — Naura Technology to develop lithography tools for the first time

China-based Naura Technology begins research and development program for lithography tools. This is

Tom’s Hardware

iPhone sales slump in China — February shipments are down one-third from a year ago according to official state data

New official state data appears to show Apple's February iPhone shipments fell by a third in 2024 compared to last year.

iMore

“We Won’t Tolerate It”: Man Who Delayed A Flight By 3 Hours Gets Slammed By Airplane Passengers

300 people suffered from a single man's exorbitant flight demands. The post “We Won’t Tolerate It”: Man Who Delayed A Flight By 3 Hours Gets Slammed By Airplane Passengers first appeared on Bored Panda.

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China’s fears over the economy and its Gen Z 'lying flat' have it worried about social media posts with a bad attitude

Its internet censorship agency issued new rules to ban content that promotes “pessimism” about the country’s economy.

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Second SCMP reporter dropped out of contact in China last year, sources say

Minnie Chan second reporter at Hong Kong newspaper to be subject of safety concerns, people familiar with matter say.

The Week

Cleverly China visit: can UK pull off tricky diplomatic balancing act?

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly visits China on Wednesday hoping to tread a fine diplomatic line between calling out Beijing over human rights abuses and posturing over Taiwan and seeking greater cooperation on economic ties and climate change.

Zenger

China’s Q2 GDP Growth Misses Expectations, Raises Concerns Of Slow Recovery

Chinese economy expands 6.3% YoY in Q2, falling short of economists' estimates, prompting calls for stimulus measures.

iMore

Key iPhone 15 supplier splashes the cash to avoid repeating its iPhone 14 delay woes

Foxconn is spending big to make sure it has enough workers to build Apple's next big iPhone.

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Last emperor of China’s watch sells for record $6.2m at auction

The Patek Philippe Ref 96 Quantieme Lune once belonged to the last emperor of China’s Qing Dynasty Aisin-Gioro Puyi.

The Independent UK

Magazine launch hires ‘fake’ Elon Musk, enraging guests who ‘waited a month’ to meet real thing

‘All I can say is that this was [a result of] the differences between Chinese and Western cultures’

The Independent UK

Magazine launch hires Elon Musk impersonator, enraging guests who ‘waited a month’ to meet real thing

‘All I can say is that this was [a result of] the differences between Chinese and Western cultures’

ABC News

Abalone fishers in WA vow to fight no-catch zones in marine park

There are fears Western Australia's south coast abalone sector could be devastated by restrictions flagged as part of the creation of a controversial marine park.

Fortune

Scientist who gene-edited human babies is out of jail, trying to start a comeback

Hong Kong's visa scheme for top talent has attracted an infamous applicant: He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who controversially edited human embryos in 2018.

Fortune

China's chip companies face cooling demand and U.S. sanctions at the same time

China’s semiconductor companies are reportedly delaying production, pausing operations, and laying off workers.

The Independent UK

Viral image of arctic foxes with massively overgrown claws prompts backlash against China zoo

‘The foxes could not walk normally. I can tell it really is painful for them’

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