Tag: Beijing
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Biden, Putin display their alliance against the backdrop of Ukraine war
eastern edge of nato In Warsaw, Biden met with the leaders of nine Eastern European countries that were either aligned with Moscow or part of the former Soviet Union during the Cold War. Some of them are now among the strongest supporters of military aid to Ukraine. Biden said, “As the eastern flank of NATO,…
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China starts planting GMO corn, starts small
China will plant less than 1% of its corn fields with genetically modified varieties this year, two people familiar with the plans said, dashing hopes of a full market launch of the technology in the world’s second-largest corn market. . The agriculture ministry has designated about 4 million mu (267,000 hectares or 660,000 acres) to…
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TikTok plans 2 more data centers in Europe amid data security concerns
TikTok plans 2 more data centers in Europe amid data security concerns
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Taiwan finds crashed weather balloon on remote island, possibly Chinese
Taiwan’s military said on Thursday it had found the remains of a crashed weather balloon believed to be from China on a remote and strategically located island off the Chinese coast, amid a dispute between China and the US over spy balloons. Taiwan, claimed by China as its territory, has over the past three years…
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Biden says he will talk to China’s Xi on balloon incident
He said the US intelligence community was still trying to learn more about the three unidentified objects: one that fell in Alaska, one in Canada and a third that fell in Lake Huron. The administration has stated that the objects were shot down because they posed a threat to civil aviation. “We don’t yet know…
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Downed Chinese balloon was headed towards Hawaii but lost its way: US official
US officials believe a Chinese balloon that was shot down after crossing the continental United States was originally on a trajectory that would have taken it over Guam and Hawaii, but was blown away by prevailing winds , a US official said on Wednesday , speaking on condition of anonymity . The balloon, which Washington…
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What do we know about the items dropped by the US military
Where did they come from? US officials have not yet announced the origin of the equipment. On Sunday the US Air Force general overseeing North American airspace said he would not rule out aliens or any other explanation, although another US official later said there was no evidence extra-terrestrials were involved. Why are we seeing…
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US military says it recovered key sensors from Chinese spy balloon
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sought to reassure Americans on Monday about the risks posed by unidentified objects. “I want to assure the Americans that these items do not present a military threat to anyone on the ground,” Austin said, speaking to reporters after landing in Brussels for a NATO gathering. “However, they do present…
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US still stunned by latest flying objects as friction with China grows
The United States said Monday it still does not know the origin or purpose of three aerial objects that its military shot down over the weekend, as Washington and Beijing traded allegations about the high-altitude balloons. While American and Canadian officials struggled to explain the objects’ presence, a White House spokesman insisted that there was…
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Baidu to complete testing of ChatGPT-style project ‘Ernie Bot’ in March; stock rally
This has prompted many tech firms to double down on heavily promoted generative AI technology, which until recently existed more in the background as a tangible contributor to the bottom line. Google owner Alphabet Inc said on Monday it would launch a chatbot service and more AI for its search engine, while Microsoft on Tuesday…
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China has reasons to remain calm after US downs suspected spy balloon
But while bilateral tensions have risen in the past few days over the balloon incident, Beijing and Washington have been trying to mend ties. The discovery of the balloon in the upper atmosphere over North America prompted the United States to postpone a visit to Beijing this week by Secretary of State Antony Blinken. That…
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Chinese balloons over US being seen as bold but clumsy spy tactic
“It’s a way of testing how the other side reacts, not in a military sense. But politically, what do you do about it? Do you keep it quiet? If there’s really a lot of people and It’s not the first time, so it raises an interesting question. What happened to the last one? Did we…
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Pentagon says Chinese spy balloon flying over US
US Senator Marco Rubio, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the spy balloon was dangerous but not surprising. “The level of targeted espionage by Beijing into our country has become dramatically more intense and brazen over the past 5 years,” Rubio said on Twitter. CIA Director William Burns was speaking at an…
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China, Japan exchange concerns over disputed East China Sea islands
Hayashi said bilateral relations “face many challenges and concerns,” and Japan’s foreign ministry said in a statement that Japanese public opinion toward China was “extremely serious.” Hayashi also expressed “serious concern” about the East China Sea, including China’s activities around the islands, as well as “increasingly active military activities near Japan”. But the two agreed…
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US investors pour billions into China’s AI sector: report
US investors, including the investment arms of Intel Corp and Qualcomm Inc, will account for nearly a fifth of investments in Chinese artificial intelligence companies from 2015 to 2021, a report showed on Wednesday. The document released by CSET, a tech policy group at Georgetown University, comes amid growing scrutiny of US investments in AI,…