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How Asian-Americans are changing Las Vegas’ food, sights and shopping as community grows

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How Asian-Americans are changing Las Vegas’ food, sights and shopping as community grows

Clark County’s Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) population, most of which is foreign-born, has an unusual demographic profile. Filipinos are the most numerous group, but there are also significant and growing populations of Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian and Hawaiian people. Chinatown Plaza, Las Vegas’ first large Asian strip mall, was built in 1995. Photo: Shutterstock … Read more

Xiaomi to adopt Google’s Gemini AI model on next flagship smartphone for overseas markets

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Xiaomi to adopt Google’s Gemini AI model on next flagship smartphone for overseas markets

“Thrilled to collaborate with Google on upcoming Xiaomi flagship devices for international markets,” Xiaomi founder, chairman and chief executive Lei Jun wrote in a post on X, following an announcement at the two-day Google I/O Connect China event in Beijing that concluded on Thursday. “Leveraging Google Cloud and Gemini, we’re set to offer smarter, more … Read more

History of Japanese shiatsu massage, its Chinese roots and use in modern holistic therapy

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History of Japanese shiatsu massage, its Chinese roots and use in modern holistic therapy

While shiatsu, a type of Japanese massage often performed by blind masseuses, is a relatively modern massage technique, it has roots that stretch back thousands of years to China’s tui na style. Tui na was introduced to Japan around AD700. Its impact was immediate, with the study of massage becoming part of the core curriculum … Read more

Opinion | The joyless club: why make generations of Chinese children dread piano?

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Opinion | The joyless club: why make generations of Chinese children dread piano?

When I was five, my parents bought me a piano. It was a very East Asian thing to do. East Asian parents tend to buy their children either a piano or violin and sign them up for lessons, and for me it was the piano. It was a dark mahogany Baldwin, and a novelty for … Read more

Tencent closes WeChat Pay in Malaysia as it shifts focus to Chinese tourists

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Tencent closes WeChat Pay in Malaysia as it shifts focus to Chinese tourists

Tencent Holdings is shutting down WeChat Pay Malaysia, the Chinese technology giant’s six-year old local e-wallet service, as it seeks to shift its focus in the Southeast Asian country to catering to Chinese tourists. WeChat Pay Malaysia stopped registering new e-wallet users from August 1, and will discontinue its local payment services on September 1 … Read more

‘Perfect Hong Kong girl’ Vivian Kong, China’s commercial jets, Singapore row: 7 highlights

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‘Perfect Hong Kong girl’ Vivian Kong, China’s commercial jets, Singapore row: 7 highlights

Illustration: Henry Wong China’s coastguard has found itself embroiled in a series of intense confrontations in three major hotspots – with tensions simultaneously coming to a head in a two-week period in late June. In one of the most dramatic incidents, the Philippines accused China of acting like “pirates” and carrying out “aggressive and illegal” … Read more

Chinese cybersecurity firm links US sanctions to its role in uncovering hackers targeting China

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Chinese cybersecurity firm links US sanctions to its role in uncovering hackers targeting China

Chinese cybersecurity firm 360 Security Technology has helped Beijing uncover 54 “overseas, state-level” hacking groups, including operatives from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Security Agency (NSA), according to its founder and chairman Zhou Hongyi. Speaking at the firm’s Internet Security and AI Conference on Wednesday, Zhou claimed that its discovery of CIA … Read more

Stanley Ho’s youngest son Mario leads first listed Chinese company in the esports industry

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Stanley Ho’s youngest son Mario leads first listed Chinese company in the esports industry

NIP, which achieved a milestone as the first listed Chinese company in the esports industry, raised a total of US$20.25 million from its offering of 2.25 million American depositary shares at US$9 per share. “Looking back at this journey, we started as an esports team [and] has now grown into becoming the representation of the … Read more

Xiaomi makes a comeback in India’s smartphone market, but shares top spot with Chinese rival Vivo

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Xiaomi makes a comeback in India’s smartphone market, but shares top spot with Chinese rival Vivo

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is back on top in India after losing its crown in the world’s second-largest handset market 18 months ago, but has to share the honour with domestic rival Vivo. Xiaomi took an 18 per cent market share in the second quarter with shipments of 6.7 million units, putting it back in … Read more