BEIJING: Beijing said on Tuesday (Feb 25) that its defence spending was “entirely necessary” after Russian President Vladimir Putin backed a suggestion by United States counterpart Donald Trump that Russia, the US and China cut their defence budgets in half. Russia has massively ram Source
BEIJING: Chinese search engine giant Baidu said on Friday (Feb 14) it would make its next-generation artificial intelligence model Ernie open-source from Jun 30, a major shift in strategy as competition heats up. Baidu CEO Robin Li had long advocated for closed-source models as the only viable path for AI Source
Wang, known as Xing Xing, said he was lured to Thailand on the promise of an audition, only to be whisked off and smuggled across the border. Source
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping thanked Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Thursday (Feb 6) for the “strong measures” her country has taken against scam centres targeting Chinese people. Scam compounds have mushroomed along the Thai-Myanmar borderlands, staffed by trafficked foreigner Source
Investing in the national grid operator, partly owned by China’s State Grid Corp, boosts government control over critical power infrastructure amid geopolitical tensions. Source
BEIJING: China on Friday (Feb 7) said it “regrets” Panama’s decision to withdraw from Beijing’s Belt and Road infrastructure programme after the Latin American nation ended its participati Source
Experts warn DeepSeek’s success could lead to a shift in AI development, potentially reducing demand for expensive data centres and affecting investments in the region. Source
TOKYO: Japanese tech stocks fell on Tuesday (Jan 28) following a plunge in US tech stocks driven by the emergence of a Source
At the national level, there has been a concerted effort to promote China’s ice and snow economy and develop it into a new growth sector. Source
‘Chinese wine consumption is much lower than it was before the import tariffs were imposed’, said a researcher for Wine Australia. Source
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