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Xi-Trump summit live: China and US agree that Strait of Hormuz remain open, report says
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Xi-Trump summit live: China and US agree that Strait of Hormuz remain open, report says

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Xi-Trump summit live: US Secretary of State Rubio hails talks as ‘very constructive’
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Xi-Trump summit live: US Secretary of State Rubio hails talks as ‘very constructive’

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Xi-Trump summit live: US clears 10 Chinese firms to purchase Nvidia chip, report says
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Xi-Trump summit live: US clears 10 Chinese firms to purchase Nvidia chip, report says

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US clears 10 Chinese firms to purchase Nvidia chip as Trump visits Beijing: report
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US clears 10 Chinese firms to purchase Nvidia chip as Trump visits Beijing: report

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Xi and Trump: diplomatic and military communication, business cooperation encouraged

Xi and Trump: diplomatic and military communication, business cooperation encouraged

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Xi & Trump: diplomatic and military communication, business cooperation encouraged

Xi & Trump: diplomatic and military communication, business cooperation encouraged

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Xi urges ‘extreme caution’ from Washington in handling the Taiwan issue

Xi urges ‘extreme caution’ from Washington in handling the Taiwan issue

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Xi calls for ‘constructive strategic stability’ in China-US ties

Xi calls for ‘constructive strategic stability’ in China-US ties

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US President Trump tours the Temple of Heaven with President Xi

US President Trump tours the Temple of Heaven with President Xi

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Xi tells Trump peace and stability across Taiwan Strait serves common interests

Xi tells Trump peace and stability across Taiwan Strait serves common interests

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‘There is no winner in a trade war,’ Xi tells Trump during summit

‘There is no winner in a trade war,’ Xi tells Trump during summit

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‘There is no winner of a trade war,’ Xi tells Trump during summit

‘There is no winner of a trade war,’ Xi tells Trump during summit

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Xi cites Thucydides trap to Trump, says US and China responsible for managing ties

Xi cites Thucydides trap to Trump, says US and China responsible for managing ties

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Xi-Trump summit: presidents enter Great Hall of the People to start talks

Xi-Trump summit: presidents enter Great Hall of the People to start talks

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Chinese President Xi shakes hands with US President Trump ahead of key summit

Chinese President Xi shakes hands with US President Trump ahead of key summit

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US President Trump arrives at Tiananmen Square for talks with President Xi

US President Trump arrives at Tiananmen Square for talks with President Xi

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Xi and Trump to sit down for far-reaching talks on China-US ties and global shocks

Xi and Trump to sit down for far-reaching talks on China-US ties and global shocks

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A year after USAID cuts, Philippine development groups struggle as anger lingers

A year after USAID cuts, Philippine development groups struggle as anger lingers

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A year after Washington froze and then slashed foreign aid, development workers in the Philippines and across the region say the damage is still being felt, with job losses and abandoned projects continuing to threaten some of Asia’s most vulnerable groups. “On a personal level, it was the loss of income. But we lost a lot of critical projects in the country,” Sharon*, a former country representat...

Centuries ahead of Wall Street: how China’s Song dynasty pioneered global fiat currency

Centuries ahead of Wall Street: how China’s Song dynasty pioneered global fiat currency

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At least gold glitters. Long before the first paper banknotes fluttered through the financial houses of Europe, the bustling markets of 11th century China birthed an unprecedented financial “innovation”: the use of paper currency. In the 1020s, burdened by the shortage of bronze coins and a rapidly expanding economy, merchants in the southwestern province of Sichuan began issuing paper promissory ...

Jimmy Lai case shows press freedom is not a get-out-of-jail-free ticket

Jimmy Lai case shows press freedom is not a get-out-of-jail-free ticket

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The death of Ted Turner, who founded CNN in 1980 as the world’s first 24-hour television news channel, is a poignant reminder of the glory days of the fourth estate. CNN made day-and-night news coverage, including at the front line of battlefields, an everyday experience for many people. The rise of the internet and ever more channels of news delivery has enabled a global audience of news consumer...

Who is Ronald dela Rosa, the ICC-wanted lawmaker holed up in the Philippine Senate?

Who is Ronald dela Rosa, the ICC-wanted lawmaker holed up in the Philippine Senate?

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Philippine Senator Ronald dela Rosa called on the public to step in to prevent law enforcement agents ⁠from handing him over to the ⁠International Criminal Court as the sound of gunfire rattled through ⁠the Senate building on Wednesday evening. Dela Rosa stands accused by the ICC of crimes against humanity related to the war on drugs he oversaw while serving as police chief under then-president Ro...

‘Basically a Chinese racket’: how China streaked ahead at a global AI conference

‘Basically a Chinese racket’: how China streaked ahead at a global AI conference

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Chinese universities have significantly overtaken their American rivals in research output at one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) conferences, according to an analysis of more than 5,000 accepted papers that went viral on social media. Among the top 50 institutions contributing to the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), held in Rio de Janeiro last month...

China parent brings son, 12, to work, where he plays with fire, destroying entire office

China parent brings son, 12, to work, where he plays with fire, destroying entire office

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A 12-year-old boy in China who was taken to work by one of his parents literally played with fire and left an office completely destroyed. The parent, whose gender is unknown, took the boy to an office in Ningbo in the eastern province of Zhejiang on April 30 in an effort to enhance their emotional bond, the Red Star News reported. It is not clear what kind of company this parent works for. While...

Rubio calls on China to play an ‘active’ role in ending Iran war, despite Trump rhetoric

Rubio calls on China to play an ‘active’ role in ending Iran war, despite Trump rhetoric

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington hopes to convince Beijing to play a “more active role” in resolving the Iran crisis, a clear sign the issue will come into sharp focus when President Donald Trump holds his closely watched summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Speaking to Fox News aboard Air Force One, Rubio said the Iran war was a “huge source of instability” and “threatens to de...

US’ Rubio calls on China to play an ‘active’ role in ending Iran war, despite Trump rhetoric

US’ Rubio calls on China to play an ‘active’ role in ending Iran war, despite Trump rhetoric

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington hopes to convince Beijing to play a “more active role” in resolving the Iran crisis, a clear sign the issue will come into sharp focus when President Donald Trump holds his closely watched summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Speaking to Fox News aboard Air Force One, Rubio said the Iran war was a “huge source of instability” and “threatens to de...

Japan-South Korea ‘comfort women’ row stoked by statues abroad

Japan-South Korea ‘comfort women’ row stoked by statues abroad

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Statues erected by South Korean civic groups on the other side of the world honouring the tens of thousands of women forced into sexual slavery by imperial Japanese forces during World War II have once again succeeded in making Tokyo’s elites deeply uncomfortable. The decisions by local governments in Germany’s capital and New Zealand’s largest city to rescind or decline to renew permits for “comf...

Chinese memory module makers ramp up production as CXMT DDR5 breakthrough hits market

Chinese memory module makers ramp up production as CXMT DDR5 breakthrough hits market

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Chinese memory module manufacturers are accelerating the release of consumer and enterprise storage products powered by domestic DDR5 chips, as breakthroughs by ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), the nation’s leading memory chipmaker, filter through the supply chain. Powev, one of China’s major memory module vendors, recently said its Sinker-branded DDR5 server memories had entered mass producti...

Hong Kong tech crimes are dropping. So why is hacking becoming more lucrative?

Hong Kong tech crimes are dropping. So why is hacking becoming more lucrative?

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The number of reported technology-based crimes in Hong Kong dipped over the past year, but financial losses from hacking more than doubled to HK$62.6 million (US$8 million), prompting police to urge companies to bolster their cybersecurity checks. Carmen Leung Oi-lam, senior superintendent of the force’s cybersecurity and technology crime bureau, attributed the surge in money lost, despite the ove...

Hong Kong’s Central office rents set to reverse multi-year slump with gains in second half

Hong Kong’s Central office rents set to reverse multi-year slump with gains in second half

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Office rents in Hong Kong’s Central district are expected to rise faster in the second quarter of the year, according to analysts, a reversal of a multi-year slump that began in the second half of 2019. The latest forecast was made by US bank Citi, which said premium offices in the city’s main business zone had seen rents rise 1.7 per cent from a trough in October, with room for further increments...