Tag: tech

Related Posts

South Korea Says DeepSeek Removed From Local App Stores Pending Privacy Review

By Kang Jin-kyu South Korean authorities said Monday that DeepSeek would not be available from local app stores pending a review of the Chinese AI startup's handling of user data. DeepSeek's R1 chatbot stunned investors ...

UAE to Launch DeepSeek-Inspired AI Models: Senior Official

By Talek Harris The United Arab Emirates is planning to launch new artificial intelligence models inspired by China's DeepSeek, a senior official told AFP, calling the system's disruptive emergence "fantastic news." Faisal Al Bannai, the ...

Chinese-Language Media Abuzz Over Rumors Huawei is Now China’s Largest Beef Importer Thanks to Argentina

Reports are circulating on mainstream media outlets in both China and Taiwan that Huawei has become China's largest importer of beef that it sells online with other agricultural products. Chinese netizens were seemingly puzzled by the reports that not only appeared on ...

China’s Big Push to Dominate the Egyptian Automotive Market

Chinese auto brands are revving up to capture an even bigger share of the Egyptian vehicle market, one of the three largest in Africa. The state-run auto major BAIC Motors opened a flagship dealership in Cairo this week to boost sales ...

Rogue Angolan Police Allegedly Extorted Money From Suspected Chinese Bitcoin Miners

Nearly two dozen Angolan police officers raided a suspected Chinese bitcoin mining operation outside of Luanda on Tuesday, violently forcing their way past security guards to enter the premises. Once inside, the police were confronted by the Chinese factory managers who ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

China-Led Study Proposes Global Energy Network

A globally connected network of solar and wind energy could provide three times the global energy demand by 2050 at a lower cost than independent national power systems. This is the finding of a study led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from the United States and Denmark.

The study focused on how areas with high solar and wind capacity (such as deserts) can be linked to ...

China Shows Off Latest Version of Its Weaponized Robot Dog in Cambodia

This year's Golden Dragon 2024 exercises between the Cambodian and Chinese militaries is wrapping up this week. And while this was the first time the two navies engaged in joint maritime drills, the lasting impression of this year's event will likely be that of a robotic dog ...

Chinese Mobile Phone Giant Transsion Delivered Outstanding Financial Results, But Investors Still Ditched the Stock. Why?

Transsion, the world's fourth largest phone company that dominates the device market across large swathes of the Global South, shed a stunning $2 billion of its market cap in a single day last month after investors dumped the company's stock en masse. What's ...

EU Chief Calls on China to Pressure Iran Over Weapons Sales

European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made a direct appeal to visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping to help curb Iranian weapons sales in the Middle East. “We believe that China can play an important role in limiting the irresponsible ...

China Still Dominates Apple’s Supply Chain in Asia

Apple CEO Tim Cook's recent visit to Southeast Asia prompted a lot of discussion about the company's drive to diversify its supply chain to reduce its reliance on China.  While Apple is definitely shifting some production capacity to other countries in Asia, ...

Chinese Satellites Track the Destruction in Gaza

Nearly 60% of all the buildings in Gaza have been destroyed since the beginning of the war between the Palestinian-militant group Hamas and Israel on October 7th, according to Chinese satellite imagery. Scholars from Wuhan University presented their findings last week ...

Philippine Government Disavows Deepfake Audio of President Marcos Directing Military to Act Against China

A video of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. purportedly ordering the Philippines Armed Forces to take action against China circulated widely on YouTube on Wednesday, prompting an immediate response from the president's communications team who denounced it as a "deepfake." The audio on ...

The Long Arm of Chinese Law Enforcement in Southeast Asia

Two China Eastern planes chartered by the Ministry of Public Security arrived in Wuhan from Cambodia on Sunday carrying the last batch of 680 telecom fraud suspects apprehended in a joint Sino-Cambodian police operation earlier this month. Soon after they disembarked, ...
Page 1 of 812…8