Beijing , June 17: Tech firm Ultra has created an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that it says helps analysts to identify products coming from China through Temu, a digital marketplace platform, which were built using forced labour, possibly from the Uyghur population.   Ram Ben Tzion, Founder and CEO of Ultra...
Last August, as China captured the world's attention with its large-scale military exercises off Taiwan, another offensive was taking place more subtly in the digital realm.   Across social media, fabricated stories claimed that China was evacuating its citizens from Taiwan and missiles were targeting a local airport, just days after...
June 18: Drugmaker AstraZeneca (AZN.L) is drafting a plan to spin off its China business, and listing a separate unit in Hong Kong is being viewed as an option, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.   A separation might not ultimately take place, the report said, citing people familiar with the...
Seoul , June 18: South Korean authorities started a probe to look after unofficially set up Chinese 'police stations' across the country. The alleged presence of such entities was found after an investigation in Seoul in 2023.   The National Intelligence Service and the police officials are looking into the suspected activities...
Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) slashed its economic growth forecasts for China on Sunday, stating that current levels of stimulus from the government will provide less support for the economy than previously thought.   The investment bank cut its forecast for 2023 gross domestic product (GDP) to 5.4% from 6%, joining a growing...
Cash-strapped Pakistan has received $1 billion from its close ally China to support its critically low foreign reserves amidst the uncertainty to revive a stalled International Monetary Fund loan.   The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday night confirmed having received the amount from China without sharing any other details...
Islamabad , June 19: Former additional director of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Sajjad Bajwa has revealed that some 'black sheep' are there in the agency that is backing the agent mafia in Pakistan. In a statement, FIA's ex-additional director revealed, "Some black sheep in FIA are backing the agent mafia. There are thousands of agents in Pakistan and the authorities...
China’s aircraft carriers are not specifically targeting Taiwan but pose a threat to the United States-led global security order, a former chief of Taiwan’s general staff said Friday (June 16).   Lee Hsi-ming (李喜明) was speaking at the presentation of a report about Taiwan’s defense situation by the Taipei School of...
Islamabad , June 18: Pakistan's textile sector has faced a decline in textile exports for an eighth consecutive month on a year-on-year basis, demonstrating persistent challenges for the industry, Pakistan-based The Express Tribune reported. Textile exports witnessed a month-on-month rise of 7 per cent in textile exports in May 2023,...
China's efforts to whitewash the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre are not new. Every year, the Communist regime unleashes its full might to enforce censorship especially on the internet to block any mention of the gruesome killings on June 4 that year. This year, the censorship ‘firewall’ is slightly more stringent than...