Tsai is now facing calls from her party to lead the inauguration of the renovated pier next month – in a symbolic reassertion of Taiwan’s claims over Taiping, also known as Itu Aba. Does Taiwan-held Taiping Island need a longer runway? Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CSA) said that the completed project cleared inspection checks on … Read more
A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the liquidation of property company China Evergrande Group, a move likely to send ripples through China’s crumbling financial markets as policy-makers scramble to contain the deepening crisis. Evergrande, the world’s most indebted developer with more than $300 billion US in total liabilities, sent a struggling property sector into a … Read more
CHINA is offering £110 rewards for “matchmakers” who hook single men up with their friends in order to battle the country’s “bachelor crisis”. Local governments across the country have promised other rewards as an incentive to help single men aged 30 and above find wives in rural villages. 1 Matchmakers will be offered financial incentives … Read more
TAIWAN’S Democratic Progressive Party could spark war with China if it refuses to resume peace talks, experts have warned. The DPP swept to victory in Taiwan in the nation’s eighth presidential election – and it means there will now be at least four more years of limited to zero dialogue with Beijing. 3 Chinese troops … Read more
Beijing has warned Washington that it will send the “wrong signals” to supporters of Taiwan independence if an unofficial delegation visits the self-ruled island following Saturday’s presidential election. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters on Thursday that Beijing had expressed “strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition” to what she called “irresponsible remarks” made by US … Read more
This comes four months after Beijing announced sweeping guidelines on an “ interconnected living” plan for Taiwan and Fujian, the southeastern mainland province geographically and culturally closest to the island. 10:34 What Taiwan’s presidential election will mean for China, the US and the world What Taiwan’s presidential election will mean for China, the US and … Read more
“The computing power gap between the east and west has narrowed in recent years, but there are still problems to be addressed,” state news agency Xinhua on Wednesday quoted an unnamed NDA official as saying. The problems centre on imbalances in the distribution of general computing, intelligent computing and supercomputing power across national computing hubs. … Read more
The annual New Year’s address by Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday evening featured a few extra details for sharp-eyed viewers – a handful of new pictures appeared in the video, including an image taken during a forum for the Belt and Road Initiative, family portraits, as well as one of Xi taking an oath … Read more
Ko Wen-je, the candidate and head of the smaller opposition Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), set off the debate during a campaign rally in Taipei on December 8, saying he strongly opposed teaching less classical Chinese literature in the island’s high schools. “I studied Tang dynasty poetry [618-907 AD],” Ko told the rally. He said there … Read more
Beijing has launched a public computing platform to support China’s artificial intelligence (AI) development at a time when the US is dialling up its export restrictions on advanced semiconductors critical to training and upscaling AI technologies. The Beijing AI Public Computing Platform, or Shangzhuang project, is operated by state-backed Beijing Energy Holding (BEH), with an … Read more
