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Cross-strait ties under Tsai Ing-wen's second term: thaw or freeze?

01:43 Taiwan is at a crossroads. With the U.S. upgrading practical support of Taipei as leverage against Beijing, and the inauguration of pro-secession leader Tsai Ing-wen next week, d

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Coronavirus test touted by Trump produces many false negatives: study

A rapid coronavirus test touted by President Donald Trump and used to test White House officials produces false negatives in almost half of all cases, according to new study by researchers at New

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Facebook’s social Zoom competitor Messenger Rooms goes live globally

Zoom was never meant to be a social network, but the enterprise video chat app has become essential software for those looking to stay in touch with friends and family during the pandemic.Today, Faceb

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Extra Crunch Live: Join Revolution’s Steve Case and Clara Sieg on May 21 at 3pm ET/12pm PT

On May 21 at 3pm ET/12pm PT, we’re hosting an Extra Crunch Live session with Steve Case and Clara Sieg of Revolution.This chat is the latest in our growing series featuring notable investors, en

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Curri rolls out nationwide delivery service for construction materials industry

A little over a year after its graduation from Y Combinator’s demo day, the on-demand construction materials delivery service Curri is beginning to offer its services in all 50 states.Co-founde

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Australia jobless rate at 5-year high, economy is reopening

A nurse checks a patient who came in for testing at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) clinic at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, Australia, May 12, 2020. /Reuters Australian jobs plunged by the mos

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China's post-COVID-19 economy 'faces private/public rebalancing'

China's economy is reopening, but it could look very different after the pandemic / China News Service / People's Vision In a wide-ranging discussion on the future of China's economy in a post

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Volvo CEO: 'In cities the private car is not a very practical concept'

Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson expects the pandemic to accelerate change in the car industry. /Volvo Cars Global Newsroom The CEO of Volvo has detailed how he expects the coronavirus pandemic to a

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Pompeo's blame game fallacy

First, there was SARS, then MERS and Ebola … Now, there is COVID-19, the latest and most deadly in a succession of viruses to hit the world in the 21st century. But what sets this virus apart from it

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What is your risk of dying from coronavirus? New calculator claims to tell you

Using the calculator, UCL researchers have estimated that the outbreak could cause up to 73,000 excess deaths.

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The wind of change

Asheng from Liaoning province, like Lin, is among a group of musicians who contributed to the growing popularity of the ancient instrument.[Photo provided to China Daily] Traditional Chinese mu

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Xiaomi spinoff POCO’s F2 Pro undercuts Android rivals with low price and flagship features

POCO, a brand that spun out of Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi earlier this year, today launched the POCO F2 Pro smartphone as it kickstarts its new journey as an independent firm.The POCO F2 Pro, li

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Nanit raises $21 million for its baby monitor, app, and new line of wearables for infants

The developer of a machine learning enhanced baby monitor, Nanit, has managed to nab $21 million in financing even amid the teeth of an epidemic that has slowed venture financing across the board.The

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Ancient tomb found in north China province

An ancient tomb believed to date back to the Liao and Jin dynasties (907-1234) has been discovered in the city of Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province, local auth

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China's new yuan loans rise in April

China's new yuan-denominated loans continued to climb in April as the country stepped up credit support to inject liquidity into the real economy, official data showed

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Amazon releases Kendra to solve enterprise search with AI and machine learning

Enterprise search has always been a tough nut to crack. The holy grail has always been to operate like Google, but in-house. You enter a few keywords and you get back that nearly perfect response at t

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Australian PM urged to "reshape" economy following COVID-19 pandemic

Australia's opposition Leader has called for an overhaul of the nation's economy in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Anthony Albanese, the leader of the Labor Party, on Monday delivered a wide-rangi