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China firm wins Solomon Islands port project as Australia watches on
The Solomon Islands has awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to a Chinese state company to upgrade an international port in Honiara in a project funded by the Asian Development Bank, an official of the island nation said on Wednesday.
China, Australia defence officials hold first formal meeting since 2019
Chinese defence officials met their Australian counterparts in Canberra on Wednesday, China's Ministry of National Defense said, in their first formal meeting since 2019.
Former Leader of Alibaba M6 Joins ByteDance AI Lab - Pandaily
Yang Hongxia, the former leader of Alibaba's M6 model, left her post at the Alibaba DAMO Academy Intelligent Computing Lab in September last year for personal and family reasons, and has now joined ByteDance's AI Lab (Artificial Intelligence Lab) to participate in the R&D of language generation model.
Tencent beats quarterly profit forecasts, helped by cost-saving efforts
The Hong Kong-listed company’s profit for the three months to end-December was up 12 per cent from the same period the previous year
Hong Kong heiress sues gallery owner Pearl Lam over Banksy painting
An heiress of the Hong Kong beverage giant Vitasoy International is suing prominent gallery owner Pearl Lam, saying she has paid 500,000 pounds ($613,000) for a Banksy painting that was never delivered, according to a court writ filed this week.
Binance Launchpad for Space ID Tokens Receives Over $2.8B in BNB Commitments
Over 8.4 million bnb tokens have been committed to the Space ID token sale, which was raising $2.5 million from exchange users.
EU Plans to Give Parts of Aviation Industry a Green Label
The European Union will put forward rules outlining how some aircraft can be considered climate-friendly under the region’s green rulebook, offering a roadmap toward a cleaner future for an industry that’s traditionally had a huge carbon footprint.
Alibaba VP resigns to start new AI venture · TechNode
Jia Yangqing, an Alibaba vice president, has resigned from the e-commerce giant to reportedly start a new AI infrastructure venture.
Shanghai IPO: Syngenta Says Its China Growth Continues to Be Rapid
Syngenta Group, the Swiss seed and agrichemical giant owned by ChemChina, is moving closer to its proposed $10 billion initial public offering in Shanghai, with its listing hearing expected soon.
Who needs a teacher? I’ve got ChatGPT! Hong Kong educationists worry about future
Experts are divided on merits of tech tool in education, with concerns about cheating and plagiarism.
BYD will use Nvidia chips to power automated driving · TechNode
BYD will use Nvidia’s automotive-grade computer chips to power advanced driver assistance systems and provide in-car digital services across multiple
China Approves an mRNA Covid Vaccine, Its First
The homegrown shot is a crucial tool that China has been lacking — a vaccine based on a technology considered among the most effective the world has to offer.
Binance Charging Fees for Bitcoin Trading Again
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has started charging fees on spot bitcoin trading again after cutting them to zero last summer, a company spokeswoman confirmed. The move marks a reversal of last year, when crypto exchanges including Binance and its American affiliate
Analysis: Why China’s 2023 Fiscal Policy May Be Less Expansionary Than It Seems
A higher budget deficit-to-GDP ratio belies underlying slowdown in spending growth, although analysts say the government may get more bang for its buck
China Regulator Questions Dalian Wanda on Unit’s HK IPO Plan
China’s securities regulator is scrutinizing a unit of conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group Co. about $4.4 billion in payments it might have to make if a mainland mall business doesn’t go public in Hong Kong this year.
Sri Lanka’s president calls on China and other creditors to compromise
Ranil Wickremesinghe urges lenders to set aside differences in crisis closely watched by emerging-market borrowers
Xi and Putin Bind China and Russia’s Economies Further, Despite War in Ukraine
On the second day of the Chinese leader’s state visit in Moscow, Xi Jinping and Vladimir V. Putin declared an enduring economic partnership, in an effort to insulate their countries from punitive Western measures.
BeiGene completes top-out phase of construction at new NJ facility
Biotechnology company BeiGene said it has laid the last piece of structural steel at its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Hopewell, New Jersey.
China's aging population threatens a Japan-style lost decade
Beijing's brutal one-child policy tackled overpopulation but did it go too far?
Xi Jinping backs Vladimir Putin on Ukraine but holds out on Russian gas pipeline
Leaders of China and Russia hold centrepiece talks in Moscow
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