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Germany’s Scholz urges caution on China’s relationship with Russia China's Social Credit System

Germany’s Scholz urges caution on China’s relationship with Russia

BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday there should be “no illusions” over China, which has been seeking to position itself as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine, almost a year after Moscow’s invasion. “We should have no illusions about China. They have up until now not taken…
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February 23, 2023
One year into Ukraine war, China says sending weapons will not bring peace China's Social Credit System

One year into Ukraine war, China says sending weapons will not bring peace

UNITED NATIONS - China’s deputy UN Ambassador Dai Bing told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday that one year into the Ukraine war “brutal facts offer an ample proof that sending weapons will not bring peace.” “Adding fuel to the fire will only exacerbate tensions. Prolonging and expanding the…
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February 23, 2023
PLA to resolutely smash any “Taiwan independence” secessionist moves and foreign interference: Defense Spokesperson China's Social Credit System

PLA to resolutely smash any “Taiwan independence” secessionist moves and foreign interference: Defense Spokesperson

BEIJING, Feb. 23 -- Taiwan is part of China, and the Taiwan question is an internal affair that the Chinese people will resolve on their own at their own discretion, without brooking any foreign interference, stressed Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, at a regular…
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February 23, 2023
Fudan University’s ChatGPT-like platform MOSS crashes due to high demand China's Social Credit System

Fudan University’s ChatGPT-like platform MOSS crashes due to high demand

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…
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February 22, 2023
China’s Xi Jinping preparing for summit with Vladimir Putin in Russia to push for Ukraine war talks, US report says China's Social Credit System

China’s Xi Jinping preparing for summit with Vladimir Putin in Russia to push for Ukraine war talks, US report says

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…
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February 21, 2023
Chinese modernisation may baffle the West, but it works China's Social Credit System

Chinese modernisation may baffle the West, but it works

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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February 21, 2023
US says UN Security Council silence on North Korea is dangerous China's Social Credit System

US says UN Security Council silence on North Korea is dangerous

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…
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February 20, 2023