Chinese President Xi Jinping

China’s Xi pitches a ‘shared future in cyberspace’ at internet forum amid decoupling fears

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China’s Xi pitches a ‘shared future in cyberspace’ at internet forum amid decoupling fears

Chinese President Xi Jinping is promoting the idea of a “shared future in cyberspace” at the country’s annual internet conference this year amid an intensifying US-China rivalry that has raised concerns about technological decoupling, particularly in artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors. The advance of AI technologies has improved humans’ ability to change the world, but … Read more

35 dead after car attack in Chinese city of Zhuhai, suspect arrested, police say

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35 dead after car attack in Chinese city of Zhuhai, suspect arrested, police say

Nearly three dozen people were killed in a car attack on a crowd in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai on Monday, police said, releasing the death toll a full day after the incident. In an attack authorities described as a “major malicious case”, Zhuhai police said on Tuesday night that 35 people were killed … Read more

How many foreigners work in the Chinese capital? Fewer and fewer

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How many foreigners work in the Chinese capital? Fewer and fewer

With just a year to go until Beijing’s self-imposed deadline to become an international hub of innovation, just 22,000 foreigners are living and working long term in the Chinese capital. The estimate, from a report compiled by the Beijing International Talent Exchange Association and released at a forum late last month, is well down on … Read more

Chinese publisher who gave world The Three-Body Problem under corruption cloud

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Chinese publisher who gave world The Three-Body Problem under corruption cloud

A Chinese publisher best known for discovering The Three-Body Problem, the award-winning sci-fi novel recently adapted into a hit Netflix series, is under investigation for corruption. Yao Haijun, deputy editor-in-chief of the influential magazine Science Fiction World, is accused of “severe violations of Communist Party discipline and law”, authorities in Sichuan province said, using the … Read more

Joe Biden ‘sent Xi Jinping congratulatory message’ to mark China’s 75th National Day

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Joe Biden ‘sent Xi Jinping congratulatory message’ to mark China’s 75th National Day

Chinese President Xi Jinping received a congratulatory message from US President Joe Biden to mark the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China this week, marking the latest top-level exchange as tensions persist in China-US relations. The news was made public by the Chinese foreign ministry in a statement published on its website on … Read more

China’s Xi Jinping puts culture and ecology front and centre in visit to historic Gansu

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China’s Xi Jinping puts culture and ecology front and centre in visit to historic Gansu

Chinese President Xi Jinping put the national focus on cultural and environmental protection as part of a four-day trip to a historic heartland in the northwest. During his inspection tour of Gansu province from Tuesday to Friday, Xi called for improved conservation and management of the region’s landscape, from mountain and forest areas, to farmland … Read more

Xi Jinping speech was call to action against foreign forces ‘Westernising’ Chinese youth

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Xi Jinping speech was call to action against foreign forces ‘Westernising’ Chinese youth

The Communist Party’s top theoretical journal has highlighted the threat from “subversive” “foreign forces” trying to influence China’s youth, by releasing excerpts of a speech Chinese President Xi Jinping made six years ago. In the speech to the National Education Conference in 2018, Xi accused those forces of trying to “Westernise” China’s youth and plot … Read more

12 dead, dozens missing after bridge collapses amid floods in China’s Shaanxi province

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12 dead, dozens missing after bridge collapses amid floods in China’s Shaanxi province

Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out rescue efforts, state news agency Xinhua reported. “The top priority is to fully engage in emergency rescue efforts, make every possible effort to search for the missing persons, minimise casualties to the greatest extent possible, and properly manage the aftermath, including comforting the families of those affected,” Xi … Read more

Ousted Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang loses seat in Communist Party inner circle

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Ousted Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang loses seat in Communist Party inner circle

The former defence minister Li Shangfu, who is facing corruption charges, and two other senior commanders have also been removed from the committee. There continues to be much speculation about the fate of Qin, China’s shortest-serving foreign minister, whose disappearance the foreign ministry attributed to “health reasons”. Once seen as a trusted aide to the … Read more

China rolls out large language model based on Xi Jinping Thought

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China rolls out large language model based on Xi Jinping Thought

China’s top internet regulator has rolled out a large language model (LLM) based on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s political philosophy, a closed AI system that it says is “secure and reliable”. The machine learning language model was launched by the China Cyberspace Research Institute, which operates under the Cyberspace Administration of China, the national regulator. … Read more