China has expelled its leading rocket scientist Wang Xiaojun from its top political advisory body, signalling the communist state's widening purge from among the Chinese military's missile force and aerospace contractors.
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Asian markets fall amid SVB fallout fears
Asian stocks fell broadly on Tuesday, dragged down by banking shares, as fears over the fallout of Silicon Valley Bank's collapse gripped the market despite US government efforts to stabilize the financial system, media reports said.
This is why China can't build a ChatGPT AI rival
As the world goes gaga over an AI chatbot called ChatGPT, experts believe that developing its Chinese competitor will surely face censorship, cost and data challenges, as in the case of big Internet companies like Alibaba and Tencent, the media reported on Monday.
China's high-profile investment banker goes missing
The major bank has served as an advisor for the initial public offerings of JD.com and Kuashou, as well as Didi's listing at the New York Stock Exchange in 2021, BBC reported.
China could see nearly a million deaths after abrupt exit from zero-Covid policy
For nearly three years, the Chinese government has used strict lockdowns, centralised quarantines, mass testing and rigorous contact tracing to curb the spread of the virus, CNN reported.
Apple can have a try in India but it can't find another China: People's Daily
Apple is rich and powerful so it can have a try in India to manufacture more high-end products but it can't find another China as the firm will consume the energy of its development gradually in attempting such a transfer, Chinese state-run publication People's Daily has said.
More than 70 Chinese cities under Covid lockdown impacting over 300 mn people
More than 70 Chinese cities have been placed under full or partial Covid lockdowns since late August, impacting more than 300 million people, as local authorities rush to stamp out infections at all cost in the final countdown to leader Xi Jinpings expected third term, media reports said.
HK to temporarily ban flights from India, Pak, Philippines
The announcement on Sunday came hours after city officials confirmed a second local Covid-19 case involving a mutated strain of the virus, reports the South China Morning Post newspaper.
Law on safeguarding national security in Hong Kong takes effect
The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) took effect at 11 p.m. local time on Tuesday.
Triple antiviral drug combo shows promise for treating COVID-19
A two-week course of antiviral therapy that combines the power of three drugs has shown promise in treating hospitalised patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 in a carefully undertaken phase 2 clinical trial.
Dozens evacuated after 2 NCoV cases found in same HK building
Dozens of people were evacuated after two cases of the novel coronavirus infection were found in the same residential building in Hong Kong, the city's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Tuesday.