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Jan 28, 2025 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Lakeisha Leo
SINGAPORE: While Chinese AI firm DeepSeek drums up excitement as well as competition fears in Silicon Valley with the launch of its breakthrough R1 AI assistant, global attention has turned to founder Liang Wenfeng, a 40-year-old former hedge fund manager with a degree in artificial intelligence (AI).
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Lakeisha Leo
SINGAPORE: The clock is ticking as a growing number of young “TikTok refugees” in the United States flock to Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, also called RedNote, in search of an alternative ahead of the dreaded TikTok ban on Sunday (Jan 19). TikTok said on Friday, after the US Supreme Court upheld the ban, that it would go dark on Sunday, unless there is assurance from the outgoing President Joe Biden administration.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Lakeisha Leo
SINGAPORE: China is seeing a surge in respiratory infections, including cases of the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) amid an annual winter spike across northern provinces, particularly among children aged 14 and below. Without releasing figures, China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Jan 2 reported an upward trend in overall respiratory diseases recorded between Dec 23 to Dec 29.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Lakeisha Leo
SINGAPORE: Hundreds of millions of years ago, long before sprawling Chinese megacities and towering skyscrapers were built, dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes roamed China – dominating the land, seas and skies before going extinct.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Lakeisha Leo
SINGAPORE: As China mourns its deadliest mass killing in years, Chinese internet censors have been kept busy scrubbing social media sites and search engines, as netizens asked why it took almost 24 hours to release information about the Zhuhai car ramming. On Monday (Nov 11), a driver rammed his car into a sports centre in Zhuhai, mowing down people, killing 35 while injuring dozens.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Lakeisha Leo
SINGAPORE: “Any ‘pei liao’ services out there? I’m willing to fork out any amount of money,” goes a post on the Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu. “I really need someone to talk to, a mental pillar of support. To think I’m so starved of love that I have to resort to ‘pei liao’,” the user laments. “Pei liao”, a colloquial term in Chinese meaning “accompany (you to) talk”, is one of many activities that come under the youth-driven “companionship economy” or “peiban jingji” in China.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Lakeisha Leo
SINGAPORE: It took six years but the highly anticipated Black Myth: Wukong has set the video game industry alight. Inspired by Journey to the West - one of the four great classical novels in Chinese literature - the game was launched on Tuesday (Aug 20) for PC and PlayStation 5, by Hangzhou-based studio Game Science. What's the game about? Black Myth: Wukong follows the Journey to the West character known as the Monkey King or Sun Wukong, as he goes on a quest to reclaim six magical relics.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Lakeisha Leo
SINGAPORE: An information counter for drivers in Singapore to enquire about Malaysia’s Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) began operations on Monday (Aug 19) without much fanfare, as the sole driver CNA met there by noon only heard about its location from a friend. No public announcement on the exact location of the office in Woodlands was made by TCSens - the vendor appointed by Malaysia's Road Transport Department (JPJ) to handle queries from Singapore drivers - nor by the authorities there.
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Jun 8, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Lakeisha Leo
East Asia Since April, at least eight cities in China have issued notices on ride-hailing. They have also warned of fake impressions given by local ride-hailing platforms and car rental companies. New: You can now listen to articles. Sorry, the audio is unavailable right now. Please try again later.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Lakeisha Leo
East Asia The management of Yuntai Mountain scenic area, where the waterfall is located, told members of the public that water flow is dependent on the different seasons. New: You can now listen to articles. Sorry, the audio is unavailable right now. Please try again later.
