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Fooling the public is no way out of a pandemic

Editor's note: The following article is taken from the Chinese-language opinion column "The Real Point."The New York Times on March 20 published an opinion piece, listing a series of facts about t

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Are China's news agencies protected by U.S. law?

Editor's note: Zhu Zheng is an assistant professor focusing on constitutional law and politics at China University of Political Science and Law. The article reflects the author's opinion, and not

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DPRK receives letter from U.S. president: senior official

U.S. President Donald Trump had written a "personal letter" to Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the official Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) reported S

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How China's nationwide remote working is changing communication

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Are U.S. senators profiting from a national crisis?

Editor's note:Mike Cormack is a writer, editor and reviewer mostly focusing on China, where he lived 2007-2014. He edited Agenda Beijing and is a regular book reviewer for South China Morning Post

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Why Biden?

Editor's note: Elizabeth Drew is a Washington-based journalist and the author, most recently, of Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall. The article reflects the auth

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Stuart Russell on how to make AI ‘human-compatible’

In a career spanning several decades, artificial intelligence researcher and professor Stuart Russell has contributed extensive knowledge on the subject, including foundational textbooks. He joined us

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France's Polanski problem: Can you separate the artist from the man?

French actress Adele Haenel arrives at the Cesar award ceremony in Paris, France, February 28, 2020. /AP When actress Adele Haenel last month walked out of the Cesars ceremony, France's equiva

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Selfish U.S. politicians destructive to international cooperation

Editor's note: The following article is taken from the Chinese-language opinion column "The Real Point."As the COVID-19 virus spreads across the world, dozens of countries have declared a state of

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China's countermeasures on U.S. media are a step toward reciprocity

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Microsoft Teams jets to 44M DAUs, announces new features as remote work booms

Update: The information that TechCrunch received ahead of this particular embargo wound up being dated. We’ve updated the post to reflect the latest. We previously noted a 32 million DAU figure,

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Large number of cliff paintings discovered in SW China's Sichuan

A large number of carved cliff paintings have recently been found on a hill in southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to local authorities. The hill is located

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Commentary: Time for Western media to get over China-smearing virus for common good

A new and interesting, if not strange, twist is happening in some China-bashing Western media's coverage of the Asian country's COVID-19 fight: they are beginning to s

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UK to close all schools from Friday as confirmed COVID-19 cases exceed 2,600

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday that all schools in the country will close from Friday after health authorities confirmed a death toll of 104 and a total of 2,626 infected case

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China's countermeasures against U.S. provocations reasonable

National flags of China (R) and the United States. /Xinhua Editor's Note: The following article is taken from the Chinese-language opinion column "The Real Point".China announced on Wednesday

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Don’t be stupid and hold off on announcing your funding round

For those who have followed TechCrunch and/or me for a long time, you know that I like to harp on the fact that fewer and fewer startups are filing their Form Ds with the SEC, which discloses informat

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China Focus: Hospital, tech giant join hands to share anti-coronavirus experience with world

Handbook on the prevention and treatment of the COVID-19 is published online. Written under the guidelines of China's National Health Commission, the book sums up two m