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China’s Xi Jinping calls for greater state control of AI to counter ‘dangerous storms’ | China
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and top officials have called for greater state oversight of artificial intelligence as part of work to counter “dangerous storms” facing the country, state media reported. The president and other ruling Communist party officials agreed at a meeting of the National Security Commission to “improve security governance of network data and …
Chinese President Xi Jinping warns it could take decades to repair economic damage caused by Ukraine crisis
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the EU not to “tie the whole world” to the crisis in Ukraine and warned it could take decades to repair the economic damage. In a virtual summit with European Union leaders on Friday, Xi told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel …
China’s Xi Jinping calls for global policy coordination
A medical worker takes a temperature reading as people seeking treatment wait in a queue to be screened at a fever clinic at the Huanggang Zhongxin Hospital in Huanggang, China’s central Hubei province on March 27, 2020. Noel Celis | AFP | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. Global …
Coronavirus live updates: China’s Xi Jinping warns of ‘crisis’ and impact on economy | World news
11.36pm EST 23:36 The scale of the crisis in Wuhan is plain to see with the mass effort in the city to provide hospital beds, as pointed out in the tweet below by CGTN. CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) Massive efforts in #Wuhan to contain #COVID19 epidemic:– 2 purpose-built hospitals with 2,500 beds– 16 temporary hospitals in operation– …
Did Xi Jinping know about the coronavirus outbreak earlier than first suggested?
Officials in Hubei, the province at the center of the outbreak, were blamed for downplaying — and potentially even deliberately covering up — the severity of the virus, ignoring evidence that it spread from person-to-person until it was too late. Against this tale of irresponsibility there was another story being told in China, one of …
Chinese President Xi Jinping faces Wuhan coronavirus test
But on Tuesday, that’s precisely what Chinese President Xi Jinping did, telling the visiting head of the World Health Organization he had “always been personally in command” and always “personally organizing deployments” in China’s effort to contain the deadly Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. Since the coronavirus epidemic turned into a national crisis on January 20, when …
Facebook apologises for Xi Jinping offensive name translation gaffe | Technology
Facebook said on Saturday it was working to find out how Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appeared as “Mr Shithole” in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologising for any offence caused and saying the problem had been fixed. The error came to light on the second day of a visit …
Bitcoin Price Surges as Chinese President Xi Jinping Embraces Blockchain Technology
Bitcoin surged Friday night as Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke favorably about blockchain. utah778/Getty The price of Bitcoin skyrocketed overnight, rising by nearly 40 percent from a recent low. The sharp turn came as Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke highly of the decentralized technology on which the digital currency is founded, telling members of the …
The backlash is growing against Xi Jinping in China and around the world
Some countries, like Australia and Canada, feel patronized and bullied. Neighbors worry they are being marginalized. Advanced industrial nations, especially Germany and South Korea, see China coming at them like an unstoppable, oncoming train. The US, for decades the world’s lone superpower, is confronted by a once-in-a-lifetime challenge from Beijing. All of these phenomena, previously …
