China warns Philippines to resolve South China Sea tensions via dialogue

China warns Philippines to resolve South China Sea tensions via dialogue

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned the Philippines to address through dialogue what China sees as “serious difficulties” in their relations over the South China Sea, where incidents between vessels from the two sides have escalated. Beijing and Manila have traded sharp accusations in recent months over run-ins involving fishing boats, coastguard ships and … Read more

Rising with the machine: AI and the future of work

Rising with the machine: AI and the future of work

Rising with the machine: AI and the future of work Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the … Read more

Once a backpacker hot spot, how China’s Yangshuo has succumbed to mass-market domestic tourism – though some holdouts from its ‘cooler’ past remain

Once a backpacker hot spot, how China’s Yangshuo has succumbed to mass-market domestic tourism – though some holdouts from its ‘cooler’ past remain

“I’d guess that over 50 per cent of establishments along West Street were foreign-run when I first showed up,” says Scott Spencer, who visited in 2002 but settled in 2003, during the 2002-04 Sars outbreak, a precursor to the Covid-19 pandemic. Karst mountains rise above the town of Yangshuo on the Li River. Photo: Shutterstock … Read more

Weakened polar vortex seen as likely culprit behind China’s big chill

Weakened polar vortex seen as likely culprit behind China’s big chill

BEIJING: The cause of a wave of bitingly cold air that swept into China and rewrote seasonal records for low temperatures may lie further north – a potential weakening in the wall of fast-moving air currents that normally hold back blasts from the Arctic. With winds that triggered the highest warnings for gales from Chinese … Read more

China’s premier among top officials to pay tribute to late AI visionary Tang Xiao’ou

China’s premier among top officials to pay tribute to late AI visionary Tang Xiao’ou

The ceremony was held at Shanghai’s Longhua Funeral Home on Tuesday morning, according to a video from Shanghai-based Dragon TV. Tributes were also paid by retired policymakers, including China’s former vice-premier Liu He, who was Chinese President Xi Jinping’s top economic aide until he retired in March, as well as Li Lanqing, who served from … Read more

Louis Vuitton Picks Shanghai to Debut ‘Voyager Show’ Concept – WWD

Louis Vuitton Picks Shanghai to Debut ‘Voyager Show’ Concept – WWD

Nicolas Ghesquière, who staged his first destination show for Louis Vuitton‘s pre-fall collection earlier this year in Seoul, will head to Shanghai next spring, WWD has learned. The event is scheduled for April 18 at the Long Museum West Bund, whose imposing, futuristic architecture is of the ilk Ghesquière treasures for his fashion spectacles. It … Read more

Bay Area author pioneered travel that went outside ‘mainstream appeal’

Bay Area author pioneered travel that went outside ‘mainstream appeal’

Bay Area author Elaine Lee traveled to 69 countries and curated a forum of ideas in her anthologies. Courtesy of Elaine Lee There has been a recent explosion of travel stories from hosts who push borders — ranging from “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” to “Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi” or Stephen Satterfield’s recent series … Read more

Philippines rebukes China over South China Sea claims

Philippines rebukes China over South China Sea claims

MANILA: The Philippine defence minister rebuked China on Wednesday (Dec 20) for accusing his country of provoking tension and stirring trouble in the South China Sea, saying only Beijing believed what it was saying. “Truth and in fact, no country in the world, none, supports unequivocally their claim to the whole of South China Sea,” … Read more

How Macau’s award-winning vegetarian restaurant Vega Vega helps people embrace meat-free, love-animals lifestyle

How Macau’s award-winning vegetarian restaurant Vega Vega helps people embrace meat-free, love-animals lifestyle

Macau is not well-known for its vegetarianism – few residents follow a strict plant-based diet – but the creative, meat-free dishes served at one of the Chinese city’s restaurants in Hac Sa Van, an unassuming residential district just a short walk from the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal, attract locals and visitors alike. “We are not … Read more

At least 126 killed in China’s deadliest quake in nearly a decade

At least 126 killed in China’s deadliest quake in nearly a decade

A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, destroying homes, leaving residents out in a below-freezing winter night and killing 126 people in the nation’s deadliest quake in nine years. The magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck just before midnight on Monday, injuring more than 700 people, damaging roads and knocking … Read more