By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) – A team from China’s Fudan University apologised on Tuesday after a ChatGPT-like chatbot platform they developed crashed hours after it launched to the public, due to a sudden surge of traffic. The team’s announcement on Monday of the platform they called MOSS instantly went viral on Chinese social media, …
MOSCOW (Reuters) -China’s top diplomat told one of President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies on Tuesday that Beijing’s relationship with Moscow was “rock solid” and would withstand any test in a changing international situation. China’s “no limits” partnership with Russia has come under scrutiny in the West after the United States said it was concerned that …
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(Reuters) – Chinese leader Xi Jinping is preparing to visit Moscow for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the coming months, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the plan. Xi’s meeting with Putin will be part of a push for multi-party talks on peace in Ukraine and allow …
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By Ananda Teresia and Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo will nominate central bank governor Perry Warjiyo for a second five-year term and will put forward no other candidates for the post, three sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Jokowi, as the president is popularly known, earlier said he would …
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Some Chinese provinces are giving young newlyweds 30 days of paid leave in the hope of encouraging marriage and boosting a flagging birth rate, the Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily Health said on Tuesday. China’s minimum paid marriage leave is three days, but provinces have been able to set their own more …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and China will work towards launching a direct communication line for security from this spring, Japan’s defence ministry said on Tuesday in a statement after talks between senior defence officials from both countries. Japan told China that violations of its airspace by unmanned surveillance balloons were unacceptable, Kyodo news agency reported, …
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By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – Nearly a year has passed since Russia invaded Ukraine, which came just weeks after Beijing and Moscow had declared a “no limits” partnership that sparked anxiety in the West. Here are the implications for China as the war approaches its one-year anniversary on Feb. 24. HOW HAS CHINA SHOWN …
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By Anshuman Daga and Lawrence White SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) -HSBC dampened investors’ expectations of a sustained income bonanza from rising global interest rates, even after Europe’s biggest bank reported a 92% surge in quarterly profit and pledging more regular dividends and share buybacks. The London-headquartered bank said on Tuesday it would pay a special dividend of …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s capital Beijing signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Feb. 16 to import some drugs from Merck starting this year, the company said on Tuesday. Merck is also known as MSD outside the United States and Canada. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom)
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of North Koreans and people in South Korea, Japan and China could be exposed to radioactive materials spread through groundwater from an underground nuclear test site, a Seoul-based human rights group said in a report on Tuesday. North Korea secretly conducted six tests of nuclear weapons at …
