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China’s Overwhelming Debt Burden Points To Still Deeper Problems

Source: Forbes Beijing has at last begun to acknowledge its deep financial problems. A few weeks ago, after dithering for more than a year, it took steps to reliquefy its troubled property sector....

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Chinese anti-virus lockdowns add to concerns over economy

Source: NPR   BEIJING (AP) — China's lockdowns of big cities to fight coronavirus outbreaks are prompting concern about more disruptions to global industries after two makers of processor chips said...

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Fatal lab explosion in China highlights wider safety fears

Source: Nature   The deaths of two people following a laboratory explosion at a Chinese university in October have raised alarm among researchers. The full circumstances that led to the deaths at the...

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‘No one is allowed to go out’: your stories from the coronavirus outbreak

Source: NatureThe outbreak of a new coronavirus is wreaking havoc worldwide. In China, the epicentre of the epidemic, the virus has infected tens of thousands of people and killed more than 2,100....

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China again changes the method of counting COVID-19 patients

Source: MercoPress It is the second time in eight days that the country has revised its criteria - a move that could muddle statistics and complicate efforts to track the spread of the illness.It is...

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Scientists question China’s decision not to report symptom-free coronavirus cases

Source: NatureResearchers are concerned that China’s official reports on the number of coronavirus infections have not been including people who have tested positive for the virus but who have no...

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Huawei rolls out 5G tests in Peru

Source: ContxtoIn SummaryWhile other major tech brands like Microsoft, Google, Qualcomm, Panasonic and Intel have already cut ties with Huawei due to alleged security reasons, the Asian company is...

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Huawei announces first regional data center in Chile

Source: Invest ChileThe general manager of Huawei in Chile, Dou Yong, considers that Chile has great potential to become the region’s technological hub. For this reason, the company plans to make its...

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Chinese Technology’s Growing Influence in Latin America

Source: Pan DailyChinese technology companies have grown in scale and confidence and are increasingly looking to influence internet revolutions in other regions across the world. Much has been said...

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Science publishers review ethics of research on Chinese minority groups

Source: NatureTwo science publishers are reviewing the ethics of research papers in which scientists backed by China’s government used DNA or facial-recognition technology to study minority groups in...

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Chinese infiltration of US labs caught science agencies off guard

Source: NatureUS science agencies’ slow response to the threat posed by China’s talent-recruitment programmes has allowed China to divert US government funds and private-sector technology to further...

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China: How science made a superpower

Source: NatureThe opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing featured ancient China’s four great inventions: the compass, printing press, paper and gunpowder. The lesson on display, as...

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South America is embracing Beijing’s science silk road

Source: NatureEven before Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled the monumental trade plan now known as the Belt and Road Initiative to the rest of the world, he was already selling elements of it to...

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Controversial CRISPR baby experiment may have resulted in brain enhancements

Source: Digital TrendsChina’s CRISPR baby saga continues to rage on. After the birth of gene-edited twins in China last year, and the reported pregnancy of a second woman, the world’s scientific...

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‘Gene-edited babies’ is one of the most censored topics on Chinese social media

Source: NatureThe controversial topic of the first babies born from gene-edited embryos was one of the most censored on Chinese social media last year, according to researchers at the University of...

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Argentina/China companies link up to launch satellites for an Earth-observation constellation

Source: MercoSurAn international space venture called Satellogic says it will have 90 satellites launched by a Chinese company to create an Earth-observing constellation. The first launch by the China...

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CRISPR-baby scientist fails to satisfy critics

Source: NatureHe Jiankui, a Chinese scientist who claims he helped to produce the first people born with edited genomes — twin baby girls — appeared today at a gene-editing summit in Hong Kong to...

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Genome-edited baby claim provokes international outcry

Source: NatureA Chinese scientist claims that he has helped make the world's first genome-edited babies — twin girls named Lulu and Nana, who were born this month. The announcement has provoked shock,...

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El déficit comercial de EE.UU.

Fuente: ENDI/Juan LaraEn una columna publicada ayer, lunes, el colega y amigo José Alameda hizo una excelente exposición de los riesgos de la política arancelaria del presidente Trump, que va...

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El navegador 100% chino es en realidad una copia de Chrome de Google

Fuente: El PaisChina está obsesionada con el desarrollo íntegramente local de diferentes tecnologías. Da igual que sean trenes de alta velocidad, aviones de pasajeros, procesadores, o navegadores de...

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US–Chinese trade war puts scientists in the cross hairs

Source: NatureScientific research in the United States could become collateral damage in the country’s escalating trade dispute with China. Both countries went head-to-head in mid-June over tariffs on...

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Chinese space station remains dumps into the South Pacific

Source: MercoPressChina's Tiangong-1 space station re-entered the earth’s atmosphere and burnt up over the middle of the South Pacific on Monday, the Chinese space authority said. The craft re-entered...

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Chinese Citizens With Bad 'Social Credit' to Be Blocked From Taking Planes and Trains

Source: GizmodoChina’s terrifying “social credit” system isn’t planned to be fully implemented until 2020, but we’re already seeing facets of it being put in place. In May, people who have committed...

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Apple Moves iCloud Data and Encryption Keys for Chinese Users to China

Source: Hacker NewsApple has finally agreed to open a new Chinese data center next month to comply with the country's latest controversial data protection law.Apple will now move the cryptographic...

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A Study Showing the Dangers of Hot Tea Reveals How Complex Cancer Risks Can Be

Source: GizmodoThere are few better things on a blustery cold day than a spot of hot tea. But a new study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that some people’s tea habits—in...

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