China’s Social Credit System

Fudan's MOSS chatbot is able to perform a variety of natural language tasks based on user instructions. Credit: 123 MOSS, a ChatGPT-style chatbot platform developed by Fudan University’s Natural Language Processing Lab, crashed a day after its launch on Monday due to high demand, forcing the lab to set up…

After terminating his contract with TVB in 2013, Michael Tse’s (謝天華) move to China has been very successful. During Lunar New Year, Michael was seen praying for good health and fortune for his family. Receiving endless lucrative jobs, Michael built a fortune and bought a large home in 2015. The…

The meeting is part of a push for multiparty Ukraine peace talks and will allow Beijing to reiterate its calls that nuclear arms not be used, insiders say The timing of the trip has not been finalised, but it could be in April or early May, when Russia celebrates its…

People stroll along the Bund, in Shanghai, China, on January 27. In recent decades, China’s ability to coordinate large-scale economic activity has steadily increased. Photo: EPA-EFE The ability to experiment, learn and adapt, and to embrace seemingly opposing concepts simultaneously, lies behind China’s rapid economic transformation Xi Jinping’s resolve to…

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UNITED NATIONS — The United States proposed on Monday that the U.N. Security Council condemn North Korea’s ballistic missile launches and encourage Pyongyang to engage in diplomacy, warning that the 15-member body’s failure to respond had become dangerous. China and Russia oppose any further action by the Security Council, arguing…

By Julie Zhu and Xie YuFebruary 21, 2023 — 8.06am The disappearance of a star Chinese dealmaker has left his bank struggling to reassure clients and staff, people with knowledge of the matter said, and has heightened concerns about “key man risk” for investors. Shares of China Renaissance Holdings fell…

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) (L), and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R).— AFP/file MUNICH: Japanese and Chinese officials will hold senior-level security discussions next week for the first time since February 2019, Tokyo’s top diplomat said Saturday. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa…

The US believes China may be providing non-lethal military assistance to Russia for use in Ukraine, according to four US officials familiar with the matter, and the administration is concerned they are considering sending lethal aid. While China has provided some help to Russia, including parroting Russian disinformation campaigns about the…

Taiwan on Saturday hosted its first official delegation from mainland China since the imposition of COVID-19 controls in 2020. File Photo by Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA-EFE Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A group of Chinese delegates visited Taiwan on Saturday, marking the first official group from China to visit the country since…