Huawei’s new Pura 70 smartphones receive green light to be sold in Malaysia

Huawei Technologies’ latest flagship smartphone, the Pura 70, has received certification in Malaysia for two models, paving the way for their sale in the country even though they do not support popular apps such as Google. Two models in Huawei’s new Pura 70 series – the base model and the Pura 70 Pro – have … Read more

China highlights data and ‘digital silk road’ in new plan to drive innovation as US tech rivalry intensifies

The plan was released by the National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Data Administration (NDA), and excerpts were made public on the NDA’s WeChat account on Monday. China’s new data agency plans fast track to powerful national computing network The NDA is supervised by the NDRC, China’s top economic planner, and was inaugurated … Read more

Grandma, mother, daughter: how 3 generations of Chinese women’s emotional story is told in graphic novel

Three years later Hulls threw herself into researching Chinese history, interviewing family members, learning Mandarin and travelling to Hong Kong and Shanghai to retrace her grandmother and mother’s steps. The cover of Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls. Photo: Macmillan Hulls’ first graphic memoir, Feeding Ghosts, the fruit of seven years’ work, was published by Macmillan … Read more

How accurate is 2024 film Civil War in its depiction of photojournalists? Pulitzer Prize winner Carolyn Cole breaks it down

The principal focus of Civil War is war-weary photographer Lee (Kirsten Dunst) and her writer colleague Joel (Wagner Moura), who pick up an aspiring young photographer named Jessie (Cailee Spaeny) and a veteran journalist named Sammy (Stephen McKinley Henderson) as they set off on a dangerous journey to the White House, where the US president … Read more

Exclusive | ‘Reform and opening up are not dead’, but today’s China ‘looks risky’: veteran observer David Lampton

Deng Xiaoping reflected his personal experience in the Cultural Revolution and earlier experience in Europe, and all this was reflected in the manner in which he promoted his policies. Then, president Jiang Zemin came along and not only reflected his experience in the Soviet Union but also his exposure to Western-style thinking in his youth … Read more

UN Security Council of 70 years ago does not reflect the realities of today: US

Washington, Backing India’s stand that the United Nations Security Council of 70 years ago does not reflect the realities of today, a top US diplomat has said that the Biden administration supports G-4 members becoming permanent members of the UN’s top organ. US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, at a speech in Tokyo, … Read more

US vetoes resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine

By Edith M. Lederer | Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution on Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for the state of Palestine. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions. … Read more

Flying To The US & Europe From India? Flight Tickets Might Get Costlier, Here’s Why

Last Updated: April 17, 2024, 09:18 IST Here’s Why Indian Airlines Are Taking Longer Routes To The US And Europe. (Representative Image) Indian flights to US & Europe take detours, adding 15-45 mins due to avoiding Iranian airspace amidst tensions; passengers face delays. Indian airlines flying to the United … Read more

TSMC’s sales surge most since 2022 after riding AI chip boom

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s quarterly revenue grew at its fastest pace in more than a year, shoring up expectations that a global boom in artificial intelligence (AI) development is fuelling demand for high-end chips and servers. The main chip maker to Nvidia and Apple reported a better-than-expected 16 per cent rise in March-quarter sales to … Read more

China’s Suzhou city plans supercharged cross-border e-commerce business after Shein and Temu success

The hi-tech manufacturing hub of Suzhou has unveiled a plan to double the city’s cross-border e-commerce annually for the next three years, as it looks to tap into the growing influence of Chinese platforms such as Shein and PPD Holdings’ Temu. The municipal government of the city in eastern Jiangsu province has issued a policy … Read more