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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Ted Hui has arrived in Australia where his family will settle after the Australian government provided an exemption to its closed border policy and assistance with flights, he said on Tuesday. A former Democratic Party lawmaker, Hui left Hong Kong late last year after facing criminal…

“There are individual films that have played at the theater that… made more than all of the virtual films have made combined,” Coolidge Corner Theater’s Wesley Emblidge says “It’s not even a fraction of the revenue that we’d be making if the theater was open. It really doesn’t compare,” Wesley…

Businesses and government agencies in the United States that use a Microsoft email service have been compromised in an aggressive hacking campaign that was probably sponsored by the Chinese government, Microsoft said. The number of victims is estimated to be in the tens of thousands and could rise, some security…

No results matched your search Economy15 hours ago (Mar 05, 2021 07:21PM ET) © Reuters. National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - China's 2021 defence spending will rise 6.8% from 2020, up slightly from last year's increase and broadly tracking the government's modest growth…

An American pet food company that touts their products as being made from all-natural ingredients with “nothing from China” has come under fire for branding that many are calling racist. “No soy, fillers, artificial colors or flavors, preservatives and nothing from China,” reads the packaging of Sojos’ “Mix-a-Meal” and “Complete”…

HONG KONG — No one invited Bu Yunhao to be in their group for the annual class trip. The other fifth graders at Shanghai Shangde Experimental School made fun of the 11-year-old, calling him "too girly." "I wanted to run away, right out of the classroom," said Yunhao, now 13…

Our livecasts are recorded live, and we welcome everyone to join our discussions! The below transcript is compiled and edited by Yalan Wu. FULL TRANSCRIPT Rui Ma: Everyone, welcome to the room. My name is Rui. I do want to let everyone know that the first half of this conversation…

(Source: Royal Never Give-Up) As the traditional Chinese New Year celebration comes to an end, we are officially welcoming in the Year of the Ox. This week, the Chinese esports industry witnessed several partnerships and key developments in leagues and tournaments. Among the top stories: Jian “Uzi” Zihao announced he…

President Biden plans to meet this month with the leaders of Japan, Australia and India in a virtual summit of the so-called Quad, according to people familiar with the matter. Why it matters: By putting a Quad meeting on the president’s schedule, the White House is signaling the importance of…

(Image credit: TechNode/Shi Jiayi) Chang’an Chain, an enterprise blockchain developed by a state-backed Beijing consortium, will integrate China’s digital yuan, as the capital city readies the e-CNY for testing during the 2022 Winter Olympics. Why it matters: This is the first known domestic application of blockchain technology using the digital…