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Mandarin’s popularity sags, hits plateau in US as enthusiasm wanes for American youth

“I did consider it, but I thought Spanish would benefit me more, though I realise there are a lot of…

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Baidu, investors said to be in talks to raise US$2 billion for biotech start-up using AI technology

Chinese tech giant Baidu is in talks with investors to raise up to US$2 billion over three years for a…

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New Foxconn deal shows how Chinese provinces are stepping up to entice overseas firms

In the latest bid by local governments across China to retain overseas businesses, authorities in Henan province have humbly appealed…

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Robots will destroy 85 million jobs over next five years as pandemic speeds up workplace changes, WEF says

Robots will destroy 85 million jobs at mid-sized to large businesses over the next five years as the Covid-19 pandemic…

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US shelves bid to blacklist China’s Ant Group after phone call by Alibaba president, sources say

But the Commerce Department, which oversees the blacklist, shelved the proposal after Alibaba president Michael Evans urged Commerce Secretary Wilbur…

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DeepMind AI breakthrough helps solve how diseases invade cells by predicting protein structures

DeepMind became a subsidiary of Google after a 2014 acquisition and is best known for its gamer AI, teaching itself…

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Coronavirus in China: 2021 outlook brightens for health care operators, pharmaceutical and device makers after price cuts

An MSCI index tracking 81 Chinese health care stocks with a combined market value of HK$1.15 trillion (US$148 billion) advanced…

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