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APD | India-Japan Defense Cooperation a threat to regional peace and security

Author: Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Founding Chair GSRRA, Sinologist (ex-Diplomat), Editor, Analyst, and Non-Resident Fellow of CCG (Center for China and Globalizatio

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Benny Chan's final film aims to burn brightly in US

Chinese action film Raging Fire opened on Friday in a limited theatrical release in North America.The film is being released by Well Go USA Entertainment with English subtitles in approximately 60 sel

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Chinese action film 'Raging Fire' hits North American big screen

Chinese action film Raging Fire opened Friday in a limited theatrical release in North America.The film is being released by Well Go USA Entertainment with English subtitles in approximately 60 select

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TeamApt will use its new funding round to provide digital bank services for the unbanked

A great deal has changed since we last covered Nigerian fintech startup TeamApt two years ago. At the time, the company had just closed a $5.5 million Series A round from a single VC — Quantum Capital

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Daily Crunch: Google and Jio Platforms unveil ‘extremely optimized Android’ phone for Indian consumers

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for June 24, 2021. There’s an ocea

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G2 raises $157M for its software review service

This morning G2, a company that provides an online software review and information database, announced that it has raised a $157 million Series D. Per a release the company shared with TechCrunch in a

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China takes the lead in demand for Swiss watches

02:41 For years, China has been one of the world's largest markets for luxury watches.Last year the market took in $2.6 million worth of Swiss watches, up 20 percent fr

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Palace Museum's Ceramics Gallery reopens, 1,000 artifacts on display

Ceramic artifacts displayed at the Palace Museum in Beijing, April 30, 2021. /CFPThe Ceramics Gallery at Beijing's iconic Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden Cit

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Palace Museum to open ceramics gallery

After about two years' preparation, the Palace Museum's new ceramics gallery is to open to the public in Beijing on Saturday.The new gallery, in the Hall of Martial Valor (Wuying Dian), on the

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Japan's Fukushima dilemma: Damned if you do, damned if you don't

A woman holds a placard during a demonstration outside of Japanese prime minister's official residence on the decision to dispose radiation-contaminated water accumulated at the property of Fukus

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Kuda raises $25M more led by Valar to become the neobank for ‘every African on the planet’

Challenger banks continue to make significant advances in attracting customers away from the big incumbents by providing more modern, user-friendly tools to manage their money. Today, one of the trail

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U.S. sanctions against Chinese officials signify rank propaganda

People wave the Chinese national flag and the flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at a pier in Tsim Sha Tsui of Hong Kong, south China, August 8, 2019. /Xinhua Editor's note:Ha

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Rebuild the Old Summer Palace? Chinese relics bureau says no

A broken archway was seen in the Old Summer Palace Park, Beijing, November 13, 2020. /CFPHistorically, the construction of Old Summer Palace, circa 1707, in many ways r

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Nigeria’s Kuda raises $10M to be the mobile-first challenger bank for Africa

The African continent is currently one of the fastest-growing regions when it comes to mobile growth, and financial technology companies that are building services to meet that rapidly-expanding marke

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Proposed UK-Kenya trade deal: Not so fast

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) meets Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at his official residence 10 Downing Street in London, UK, January 21, 2020. /Getty Editor's note:Stephen Ndegwa

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Fashion-forward China: Advancing e-commerce with 'self-disruption'

Shanghai Fashion Week remains one of the most classic Chinese fashion events on the global stage. /CGTN While last year was characterized by cautious optimism in the fa

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British exhibition highlights exquisite Dehua porcelain

Porcelain has promoted exchanges between the East and the West since the Roman times, and an ongoing exhibition of white porcelain, being staged in the United Kingdom through October, tries to open up