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How Beijing could use its military and trade to hit back at Tokyo-Manila ties

Beijing could conduct military operations, bolster its electronic warfare strength and roll out trade sanctions in response to Tokyo and Manila’s deepening defence cooperation, according to Chinese experts. Last week, Manila and Tokyo announced they would launch negotiations on the maritime boundary of their exclusive economic zones and continental shelves around Taiwan, a move that Beijing called “completely illegal and invalid”. In a report on Wednesday, the Beijing Lande Information...

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Committee validates pay trend survey result

The Pay Trend Survey Committee on Wednesday unanimously validated the findings of a pay trend survey report that suggested a pay rise of up to 4.12 percent for civil servants. It points to a salary increment of 4.12 percent for seniors, 2.64 percent for middle-ranking staff and 1.17 percent for juniors. The committee will submit the report to the government next, after which the Executive Council will make the final decision once it considers five other factors on top of the findings to decide the final pay rises for the more than 170,000 civil servants in the city. Other factors under consideration are the state of the economy, cost-of-living changes, staff pay claims, civil service morale and the government's fiscal position. Edited by Tony Sabine

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How a decade-long bet on photonics handed this Chinese venture capital firm an AI windfall

As artificial intelligence strains the physical limits of existing data centres, scientists and investors are turning to the ultimate speed limit of the universe for the next computing frontier: light. For Mi Lei, founder of CAS Star, a venture capital firm born out of the state-run Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the sudden global fascination with photonics is less a surprise than a delayed validation. It is a thesis he has spent more than a decade trying to support with funding. “New...

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China adds AI chips to secure technology assessment list amid US curbs

For the first time, China has included artificial intelligence chips in its official “secure and reliable” technology assessments, expanding the scope of a state-backed drive to adopt domestic alternatives to Western products. The China Information Technology Security Evaluation Centre and the National Secrecy Science and Technology Evaluation Centre released the latest batch of assessments on Tuesday, creating a new category for “AI training and inference chips”. The certifications were valid...

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How Beijing could use its military and trade to hit back at Tokyo-Manila ties

Committee validates pay trend survey result

How a decade-long bet on photonics handed this Chinese venture capital firm an AI windfall

China adds AI chips to secure technology assessment list amid US curbs