Chinese cities offer subsidies to boost access to the computing power needed for AI
[South China Morning Post] - 12/27/2024
Voucher programmes help reduce computing power rental costs for companies and researchers.
In Chinese newspapers
Public whipping in Malaysia sparks outrage, raising questions about sharia courts
The construction worker was caned for being in “close proximity” to a woman who was not his wife, igniting outrage (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
China makes room for younger faces on middle rungs of Communist Party promotions ladder
A number of ‘post-70s’ officials born between 1970 and 1979 have achieved full ministerial rank this year.
[South China Morning Post] - 28/12/2024
China’s C919 airliner could spread wings to parts of Asia next year
Landing in Hong Kong on first day of new year will mark start of daily return service from Shanghai.
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
With South Korea in crisis, what black swans lurk for East Asia in 2025?
Signs of upheaval and uncertainty in Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines will be compounded as the US recalibrates its (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
Tech war in 2024: China catches up fast in AI race, but US chip curbs cast shadow
Abundant investment and an open-source approach have pushed China to the AI forefront, but a lack of advanced chips (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 28/12/2024
‘Sundatang revolution’: a Malaysian artist’s quest to revive the lost sound of Sabah
Mcfeddy Simon, better known as Gindung, is on a mission to restore the two-stringed lute’s place in the state’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 28/12/2024
Number of Hongkongers leaving city over Christmas holiday rose by 50%
Immigration data shows 905,035 local residents left Hong Kong on Christmas Day and Boxing Day of this year, compared (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 28/12/2024
It was East Asia: Chinese scientist challenges ‘out of Africa’ theory of human evolution
Evolutionary biologist Huang Shi argues that lack of genetic diversity among East Asians suggests they are real (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 28/12/2024
No stereotypes please, overseas Chinese students are a wonderful mix
By no stretch of any imagination can one reduce Chinese students in the UK to a uniform, faceless tribe, as my (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 28/12/2024
Chinese lawyer says she was pepper-sprayed by court officials when trying to observe case
Inner Mongolia incident shocks criminal defence lawyers in China who have faced hostility from police and courts (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
US imposes sanctions on Georgian billionaire ex-prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili
US said Ivanishvili had implemented ‘actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024