Category: Feature
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Gender bias in China’s AI Bots: Reflecting real-life inequalities and bringing embarrassment to Xi’s government
The accusation of gender bias against China’s AI bots has brought huge embarrassment to China. The gender bias in China’s AI bots and systems reflects prevailing conditions for women in mainland China. According to an article in the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the prevalence of gender bias in AI bots, like China’s most popular…
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China to penalize US, EU; may hike 25 percent car tariff
China has successfully taken control of majority of EV cars and battery manufacturing market. But the US and the EU are prepping its chances of upping its game in the EV sector by manufacturing maximum cars lead by the US automaker Tesla. Lately the United States and the European Union has taken note of malicious…
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From Steaming Hot to Lukewarm: ChaPanda’s IPO Fails to Impress Hong Kong
The sectors of consumer durables, consumer non-durables, and business products in China are currently experiencing a downturn. This economic slump is not confined to mainland China but is also impacting Hong Kong, an international region under China’s jurisdiction, where the repercussions of China’s economic deceleration are distinctly visible. Sichuan Baicha Baidao, a renowned low cost…
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China Food Security: Crop looters add to the woes of local farmers
It is the harvest season in China and local farmers are looking for a better yield and profit. Suddenly one day a crowd comprising young to middle age people attack their farms and scratch the crops to scavenge whatever they can leaving behind destroyed fields. Who are these people? Why are they looting crops? These…
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Floods in China: Crops damage raises food security concerns
Facing fury of climate change, China, triggered by two back-to-back typhoons- Typhoon Doksuri and Typhoon Khanun, finds itself at the receiving end of torrential rain, leaving a trail of death and destruction in several provinces of the country. At least 20 people have been killed, and thousands have been displaced in several cities, including Beijing…
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High-speed trains trigger boom in poops at China’s railway stations
Are high speed trains resulting in a boom in poops at railway stations in China? It sounds bizarre and sheer absurd and may shock those who do not tire of singing paeans of China, particularly its technological advancement. However, according to Railway Standard Design, a prestigious journal of the China State Railway Group Corp, human…
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Sci-tech workers assist farmers in agricultural production in central China
In a vegetable greenhouse, farmer Zhang Xueyun is busy preparing for the pollination of honeydew melons, whose bumper harvest is expected in two months, as per usual. The greenhouse is located in a village of Lankao County, central China’s Henan Province, and covers an area of six mu (0.4 hectares). It was taken over by…
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Evergrande to buy property projects off its EV unit to sweeten US$19 billion debt restructuring plan
Embattled China Evergrande Group will take over residential and property projects of its new energy vehicle (NEV) unit for just 2 yuan (US$0.29) as it seeks to make the carmaker attractive to offshore creditors days before a deadline to accept a restructuring of its US$19 billion offshore debt. The group’s car making arm, China Evergrande…
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China’s NEV purchase tax exemption up 36 pct in Q1
China’s vehicle purchase tax exemption for new-energy vehicles (NEVs) went up 36 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2023, amid the country’s continuous efforts to promote automobile consumption and advance green development, official data shows. A total of 21.24 billion yuan (about 3.09 billion U.S. dollars) of tax was waived off in…
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China’s attempts to advance global growth are represented by Xi’s idea of a society with a common destiny.
A Hungarian expert has said that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s concept of a human society with a common destiny embodies China’s alluring approach to global growth. Levente Horvath, head of the Eurasia Center at the John von Neumann University in Hungary, shared with Xinhua his emotions when he first heard Xi propose the idea, saying…