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Will Chinese Advanced AI Chatbots Survive China’s Online Censorship?

China’s first chatbot was suspended service shortly after its launch. Users mocked that the service could not pass the censorship test.

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'Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' Release Date, Trailers, and Story Details

The sequel to 'Breath of the Wild' is within reach and we have lots of gameplay and screenshots to be excited about, here is everything you need to know.

Inverse

Deadly octopus is served to a diner at a hot pot restaurant

When a basket of raw octopuses was brought to the table of a hot pot restaurant, a diner turned to social media for help.

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Dubious COVID-19 treatments explode on social media in China

Chinese are turning to social media influencers and celebrities for tips about treating COVID, after the country’s whipsaw reversal in virus strategy undermined trust in government advice and health officials.

Tribune News Service

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’

The Independent UK

Coronavirus: China masses take Covid fight into own hands as Xi Jinping sits back

BEIJING: Left to fend for herself after China abruptly ended the world’s strictest Covid restrictions, 31-year-old Share Xue and her daughter found themselves with 40C (104F) fevers and an expired bottle of Motrin.

The Times of India

Marvel movies return to China after 4-year break

BEIJING: Chinese film fans on Wednesday celebrated the return of Marvel movies to the country’s cinemas after an absence of nearly four years.

Bangkok Post

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Chinese travellers outraged after being identified with yellow badges at South Korean airport

Images showing Chinese tourists wearing yellow badges around their necks as they arrive in South Korea have elicited outrage online, among widespread accusations of discrimination related to Covid-19 travel restrictions. The yellow badges, however, are not a new protocol at Incheon Airport.

France 24

Chinese flock to Hong Kong to get private Covid booster shots

Travel packages also advertised in Macau as interest grows in mRNA vaccines unavailable on mainland

The Guardian - UK

China’s ‘wolf warrior’ foreign affairs spokesperson moved to new role

Zhao Lijian's shift to low-profile department seen by some as a sign of Beijing softening its diplomatic strategy

The Guardian - UK

Tesla price cut sees customers storm stores to demand compensation

A mob of angry Tesla customers demanded some form of compensation for buying a new car at the older, higher prices.

Fortune

Oxford graduate slams critics who question her success because of her beauty

Oxford University PhD student, Kate Wenqi Zhu, 28, hit back at cruel trolls who questioned her academic achievements because of her good looks. Defending her success, she slammed such harmful 'stereotypes'

Daily Mirror

Chinese public shows mixed emotions about 'COVID-zero' ending

China’s public has mixed emotions about "COVID-zero" coming to a sudden end, with some people expressing relief and planning their first trips abroad in three years while others worry about the spread of infections.

Tribune News Service

China to stop publishing daily COVID figures of cases, deaths

The decision by the NHC to scrap the daily virus count comes as COVID cases surge across multiple Chinese cities.

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The Guardian - AU

China rushes to boost intensive care beds, doctors and stocks of medicine as Covid surges

State media reports on increased efforts to boost health infrastructure, staffing and supplies

The New Daily

As China eases COVID rules shoppers look for canned peaches to help

Chinese shoppers are scrambling to get their hands on canned peaches, as the government scales back a number of its COVID-19 restrictions.

Reuters

Medical staff in China's hospitals say COVID-19 ripping through their ranks

A growing number of China's doctors and nurses are catching COVID-19 and some have been asked to keep working, as people showing mostly moderate symptoms throng hospitals and clinics, according to medical staff and dozens of posts on social media.

The Guardian - UK

Excitement and apprehension as China loosens zero-Covid measures

Some people are keen to enjoy their new freedoms, but others are fearful of a major wave of infections

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Tribune News Service

China pushes triumphant storyline on COVID zero pivot

Chinese state media struck a triumphant chord over the country’s efforts to contain COVID-19, reflecting the government’s efforts to dilute perceptions that its shift away from the stringent approach was forced by public discontent.

Bangkok Post

China pushes story of triumph over Covid

Chinese state media have struck a triumphant tone over the country’s efforts to contain Covid-19, reflecting the government’s efforts to dilute perceptions that its shift away from the stringent approach was forced by public discontent.

Reuters

COVID spread fears grow as China unwinds zero-tolerance curbs

As many Chinese embraced new freedoms on Thursday after the country dropped key parts of its tough zero-COVID regime, there was mounting concern that a virus that had largely been kept in check could soon run wild.

Reuters

'Daylight is here': China travel searches surge as public cheers COVID easing

Searches on Chinese travel sites surged and social media platforms were flooded with delight and relief on Wednesday as the public cheered the biggest loosening of some of the world's strictest COVID policies.

The Guardian - AU

Hu Jintao reappears as China comes to standstill for late leader Jiang Zemin

Former leader who was removed from a key meeting in October attended the memorial where Xi Jinping urged country to ‘turn grief into strength’

The Guardian - AU

Covid is weakening, China state media claims, as major cities lift lockdowns

Unnamed expert tells state media outlet Yicai that Covid could be downgraded from a category A disease to category C

Inverse

Huawei's weird new smartwatch ensures you’ll never lose your earbuds again

The Huawei Watch Buds look like Huawei Watch 3 but has a lid that can pop up to store and charge your wireless earbuds.

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