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Seven stolen dogs escape moving truck in China, travel 17 km together to return to their owners

The video of seven dogs from different breeds traveling together, uncertain about where to go, stopping to see curious passersby, has been doing the rounds. As social media users ask Grok whether the video is real, the South China Morning Post reported that the seven dogs walking along a busy…

The Times of India

Bigger than the Super Bowl — futuristic humanoid robots dominate China’s most-watched TV show and leap ahead of the Tesla Optimus

Humanoid robots were the star of the show at China's Spring Festival Gala performance –and interest has never been higher, according to retailers.

TechRadar

Hong Kong’s once-vibrant press stays silent or celebrates Jimmy Lai’s 20-year jail sentence

Lack of response shows security law and harassment by authorities have muzzled ‘critical voices’, say experts

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China has developed the largest drone carrier in the world — and it's getting ready for takeoff

The world’s largest drone "mothership" is getting ready for deployment in June. It’s designed to carry and launch up to 100 drones in a swarm, including kamikaze drones.

LiveScience

'Rabbits sometimes make mistakes or grow lazy. That's when the tortoise seizes its chance': Chinese scientists make nuclear power breakthrough using abandoned US research

Scientists in China have refuelled a thorium reactor on the fly for the first time. The breakthrough is paving the way for working reactors that are significantly safer than conventional alternatives.

LiveScience

Richard Vines, celebrated restaurant critic, dies aged 71

Unusually for a critic, a role that naturally inspires enemies, Vines maintained friendly relationships with chefs and writers across the globe

Evening Standard

Mark Clifford: A Political Prisoner Fights for Free Speech in China

The former editor in chief of the South China Morning Post discusses his book on Jimmy Lai, who is currently on trial in Hong Kong for having the audacity to stand up to the government.

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Why is China angry about a plan to sell two ports on the Panama Canal?

Beijing’s displeasure over conglomerate’s plans highlights tightening business environment in Hong Kong.

Al Jazeera

China creates powerful spy satellite capable of seeing facial details from low orbit

New laser-based imaging technology is reportedly capable of capturing millimeter resolution from over 60 miles away.

LiveScience

Nvidia out? DeepSeek pairs with banned Chinese tech giant to deliver unbelievably low pricing on AI inference which could cause Nvidia's house of cards to come crashing

DeepSeek goes 100% Chinese for AI inference as it uses controversial Huawei's Ascend 910x accelerators.

TechRadar

How a Chinese AI startup with a ‘joke of a budget’ won over experts—and spooked investors, the tech sector and the U.S. government

Hangzhou-based DeepSeek has released several open-source AI models that match OpenAI’s performance—with more efficiency and at lower cost.

Fortune

The science of AFL mullets, what counts as rich and why Australian homes are so cold: 2024’s very best charts

Here’s Guardian Australia’s favourite data pieces from 2024, from us and from elsewhere on the internet

The Guardian - AU

Geely, one of China’s biggest carmakers, resists the push to go all-electric

“You will lose a profit growth engine if you do not make petrol cars,” Geely Automobile Holdings’ CEO said in a recent interview.

Fortune

Couple arrested after woman found dead near waterfall in Hong Kong

Southeast Asian domestic worker, 25, was found dead near waterfall

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Kept Japanese Man With Four Wives, Two Girlfriends, and 10 Kids Wants Way More of All Three: 'I Just Love Women'

A Japanese man with six partners and 10 kids wants to father a total of 54 children to become the "god of marriage."

TechRadar

One of the world's largest mobile networks will train its trillion-parameter strong LLM on Huawei's AI chips as Nvidia, AMD are sidelined

China Telecom has trained two new powerful LLMs on Huawei's Ascend AI chips

The Independent UK

Flight attendant held up broken bathroom door for entire 16-hour trip from Hong Kong to New York

The door came off its hinges three minutes after the plane left Hong Kong International Airport

TechRadar

Microsoft closes all physical shops in mainland China

Microsoft will sell its products online and through partners in China, closing all of its physical franchise stores.

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PC Gamer

A year and a half after its bitter breakup with NetEase, Blizzard has made a new deal to bring its games back to China—with NetEase

Blizzard's games are set to return to China this summer.

Tom’s Hardware

US chip toolmakers skip Semicon China conference they sponsored amid ongoing trade war

Several of Semicon China's U.S.-based sponsors skipped the conference, as did companies like Micron and ASML.

Fortune

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific is slashing the amount of time it takes to become a captain as it tries to battle a manpower crunch

Cathay Pacific is premptively cancelling flights so to ensure smooth operations during the busy Lunar New Year travel period.

Fortune

China’s fears over the economy and its Gen Z 'lying flat' have it worried about social media posts with a bad attitude

Its internet censorship agency issued new rules to ban content that promotes “pessimism” about the country’s economy.

The Guardian - UK

Fears raised after Hong Kong journalist fails to return from China trip

Minnie Chan has reportedly been out of contact since travelling to Xiangshan Forum a month ago

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong journalist reported missing after trip to China

Kyodo News says South China Morning Post reporter Minnie Chan became unreachable after attending forum in late October.

Newslaundry

‘Only the latest action against journalists in India’: What global press said on NewsClick raids

In the wake of this week’s unprecedented police action against journalists linked to NewsClick, several international news organisations have turned their attention to the searches, seizures and arrests.

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