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Opinion | China’s visa-free initiative shows it is choosing openness over isolation

China’s visa-free policy for visitors, introduced last year, is quickly becoming its largest visa liberalisation since the founding of the…

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Opinion | Post-pandemic global supply chain turmoil might still ruin Christmas

The disruption compounds supply chain challenges worldwide that have, since Covid-19, dramatically raised freight rates, forced changes in supply routes,…

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No ‘feminist propaganda’? Censorship row hits Chinese game Black Myth: Wukong

But in the run up to the game’s release, video streamers reported receiving a document from co-publishers Hero Games warning…

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China’s supply chain under scrutiny amid report HP shifting more PC production overseas

United States-based personal computer giant HP said it remains committed to its operations in China after denying a report that…

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CanSino gets Russia’s approval to start Covid-19 vaccine trials on humans after snubbing Canada

“The company is currently driving the international multi-centre phase three clinical trial for Ad5-nCoV and plans to conduct the clinical…

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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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Mainland-listed Hybribio involved in Hong Kong’s Covid-19 mass testing scheme eyes expansion

Hybribio, one of the three mainland Chinese biotechnology groups involved in the Hong Kong government’s Covid-19 mass testing scheme, plans…

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Global PC shipments see double-digit growth in third quarter as Covid-19 keep workers, students at home

The global PC market has posted back-to-back quarterly double digit growth rates as corporations and schools continue to invest in…

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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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China’s fine dining scene darkens as economic clouds blot out Michelin stars

Even with an average price of 600 yuan (US$83) per person, the dining room was always bustling. And Rive Gauche,…

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