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☆ A clip that's seemingly of the CEO behind Devin, the 'first AI software engineer,' at a math event is wowing viewers
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewOn Tuesday, Scott Wu's startup Cognition launched what it claims to be the world's "first AI software engineer," Devin, creating quite the buzz — and a little discomfort — in the tech community. The autonomous AI developer, Cognition claims, is the first of its kind to write code, fix bugs, and train AI models, among other tasks, all on its own. Today we're excited to introduce Devin, the first AI software engineer. Devin is… pic.twitter.com/ladBicxEat — Cognition (@cognition_labs) March 12, 2024Cognition claims that Devin can radically change how software engineers do their jobs. And reactions to the capabilities of Devin — which Cognition claims can resolve 13.86% of coding issues found in open-source projects on GitHub — seem mixed.

Persons: —, Scott Wu's, Devin, Wu, Reddit, He's, Wu didn't, Peter Thiel's, Scott, Neal, …, Kyle Shevlin, Athagist, Devin —, Aravind Srinivas, Evan You, they'd, I'd, Bro, isn't Organizations: Service, Twitter, Raytheon, Business, Cognition, Harvard University, LinkedIn, Fund, Bloomberg Locations: Singapore

☆ China appoints 'Broker Butcher' Wu Qing as new chairman of securities regulator
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

BEIJNG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 13: Illuminated skyscrapers stand at the central business district at sunset on November 13, 2023 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Gao Zehong/VCG via Getty Images)China's cabinet on Wednesday appointed markets veteran Wu Qing as chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, state media Xinhua said, replacing Yi Huiman to navigate Beijing through the turbulent waters of a market downturn. Nicknamed the "Broker Butcher" for his crackdown on traders, Wu was previously the acting vice mayor of China's major financial hub Shanghai and served nearly two years as chairman of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. His predecessor Yi took the mantle of the CRSC in 2019, tasked to undertake a spate of sweeping capital markets reforms. Wu's appointment comes on the footsteps of the CSRC over the past two weeks announcing new supportive policies to stabilize and revitalize China's stricken stock market, which has become a casualty of volatility in the property sector and widespread investor pessimism over the outlook for the world's second-largest economy.

Persons: Gao Zehong, Wu Qing, Yi Huiman, Wu, Yi Organizations: Getty, China Securities Regulatory Commission, Xinhua, Shanghai Stock Exchange Locations: BEIJNG, CHINA, Beijing, China, Shanghai

☆ China's defense ministry rips NATO and says it's 'like a walking war machine'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

China's defense ministry called NATO "a walking war machine." AdvertisementChina's defense ministry has accused NATO of being a warmonger. "It's fair to say NATO is like a walking war machine, wherever it goes, there will be instability," defense ministry spokesperson Wu Qian said of the military alliance during a press conference in Beijing on Thursday. Wu's comments came in response to journalists' questions about NATO's ongoing military exercise, Steadfast Defender 2024. "NATO is a military organization, the issue of our relationship with China isn't just a military issue," Macron said after a NATO meeting in 2021.

Persons: Wu Qian didn't, —, Wu Qian, Wu's, Wu, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, China isn't Organizations: NATO, Service, Asia, China, Business Insider Locations: Japan, South Korea, Beijing, China, Asia, Atlantic

☆ A Michigan computer science major says he sent out 456 internship applications and only got 3 offers
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewComputer science major Oliver Wu says he pulled out all the stops in his quest for a summer internship. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. "I started applying in July, and soon I hit 200 applications," Wu said, adding that he was making 15 to 20 applications a day before the school term began. AdvertisementLast week, Google CEO Sundar Pichai told staff to brace for more job cuts this year. Wu did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: —, Oliver Wu, Wu, Wu isn't, Sundar Pichai, Pichai Organizations: Service, University of Michigan, Business, Newsweek, Ford, Tech, Business Insider

Brad Falchuk remembers earning his first real writer's credit on the sci-fi series “Earth: Final Conflict” in 2001. This month, Falchuk debuted his first Murphy-less project, a dark comedy he co-created with newcomer Byron Wu, called “The Brothers Sun.” It's under his Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision banner. Falchuk also served as co-showrunner with Wu in an otherwise all-Asian writers room. Wu credits Falchuk for pushing him — and the other writers — to authenticate their writing. Falchuk and Wu landed Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh for the pivotal role of the mother, Eileen.

Persons: Brad Falchuk, Falchuk, ”, “ Nip, Tuck, Ryan Murphy, Murphy, Byron Wu, It's, Brad Falchuk Teley, Wu, ” Falchuk, —, “, Charles, Justin Chien, Bruce, Sam Song Li, Oscar, Michelle Yeoh, Eileen, Said Wu “, ‘ I’m, ” Yeoh, Yeoh, He’s, we’ve, ” Yeoh relishes, Jessica Lange, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson, Billy Porter, Evan Peters, Lea Michele, Darren Criss, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, ‘, that’s Organizations: Beverly Wilshire Locations: Taipei, Los Angeles

☆ Chinese court rejects Canadian pop star Kris Wu's appeal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BEIJING, Nov 24 (Reuters) - A court in China's capital Beijing on Friday denied the appeal of Canadian pop star Kris Wu, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison for crimes including rape, it said in a statement. Wu's close relatives and officials from the Canadian embassy in China attended the verdict announcement. Reuters did not have access to his relatives or his legal representatives for comment, while the Canadian embassy did not respond immediately to a request for comment. The Canadian government said in July that its diplomats were denied access to the start of Wu's appeal trial. Beijing said it notified the embassy of the appeal trial in advance, but it was not open to the public to protect the privacy of the victims.

Persons: Kris Wu, Wu, Kris, Wu's, Xander Cage, Louis Vuitton, Ella Cao, Ryan Woo, Jamie Freed Organizations: Friday, People's, Canadian, Hollywood, Porsche, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, China's, Beijing, China, Canadian, Lancome

Alibaba Group's Hong Kong shares closed down 10%, their biggest single-day drop in more than a year. Some analysts said keeping the cloud unit could assist Alibaba's AI push. But (it) also points to the increasing importance of retaining the cloud unit given the surging demand for AI computing in China," said US Tiger Research analyst Bo Pei. Alibaba reported second-quarter revenue of 224.79 billion yuan ($31.01 billion), in line with the 224.32 billion expected by analysts, LSEG data showed. The company also said it will press ahead with a listing of Alibaba's logistics arm, Cainiao, which applied for a Hong Kong initial public offering in September.

Persons: Group's, Jon Withaar, Alibaba, Joseph Tsai, Aly, Jack Ma, Kenneth Fong, Bo Pei, Eddie Wu, Daniel Zhang, Vey, Sern Ling, Donny Kwok, Josh Ye, Casey Hall, Gu Li, Yelin, Ankur Banerjee, Anne Marie Roantree, Brenda Goh, Muralikumar Anantharaman Organizations: HK, Pictet Asset Management, Tencent Holdings, Artificial Intelligence, REUTERS, UBS, Tiger Research, Union Bancaire, Hong, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, China, Hong Kong, Asia, U.S, Singapore, Washington, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Alibaba, Union, Yelin Mo, Beijing

☆ The bosses of rival chip giants Nvidia and AMD are cousins, researcher says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su are first cousins once removed. It has recently emerged that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su are first cousins once removed, with 60-year-old Huang being the older cousin. Nvidia and AMD did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours. The genealogist — a person who traces lines of family descent — published a condensed family tree on her Facebook account in June. Wu also interviewed a close family member of the two while putting together the family tree, per CNN.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, Su's, —, Huang, Su, Huang's, Jean Wu, It's, Wu, Jensen Organizations: Nvidia, Service, AMD, CNN, Consumer Technology Association webinar, Oneida Baptist Institute, Oregon State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Devices, IBM, Freescale Semiconductor Locations: Taiwan, Taiwanese, Taipei, Thailand, Washington, Kentucky, Tainan, New York

BEIJING (AP) — Wu Zunyou, an epidemiologist who helped drive anti-COVID-19 measures in China that suspended access to cities and confined millions to their homes has died on Friday. An announcement from China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention about Wu's death gave no cause, but said that “rescue measures failed.”The news of Wu's death came just hours after the death of former Premier Li Keqiang was announced. Li was the country’s No. Wu was the chief epidemiologist of China's CDC and one of the public faces of the country's zero-COVID measures that suspended international travel, imposed draconian lockdowns and prompted protests at the end of 2022. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Persons: — Wu Zunyou, Li Keqiang, Li, Wu Organizations: BEIJING, China’s Center, Disease Control, China's CDC, Associated Press Locations: China

☆ AI sensors and WiFi networks that provide workplace insights are antidotes for some companies combating 'zombie offices'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Sabina Wex | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

"Zombie offices" have proliferated in the US as employees opt for fully remote or hybrid work. But he had no idea that "hybrid work" would become ubiquitous nearly 10 years later and make InnerSpace a helpful tool for understanding new trends in shared workspaces. Zombie offices have popped up around the country because there aren't offices filled with people five days a week anymore. Zombie offices and the shift to hybrid work have pushed companies to figure out the next best move to maximize office space using real-time data, not guesswork. VergeSense's optical sensors are attached to the ceiling in a work space.

Persons: —, James Wu, Wu couldn't, Jessica Blaine Smith, Wu, Sharad Rastogi, isn't, Rastogi, it's, JLL, Zombie, that's, they've, VergeSense, They're, Jack Weber, Gresham Smith, Weber, Gresham Smith Weber, Ragosti, InnerSpace's Organizations: Service, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Met, Work Dynamics Technology, San, Aldi, Rapid Transit, Boston Consulting Group, Companies Locations: JLL

☆ China's EV slowdown drags down Nvidia's 'next billion-dollar business'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Nvidia automotive segment primarily sells chip systems for assisted driving. Colette Kress Nvidia's Chief Financial OfficerThe $253 million segment revenue was also well below the $309.3 million forecast by a FactSet analyst poll. Although still a fraction of the chipmaker's business, automotive revenue has grown rapidly from just over $100 million a quarter two years ago. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCounterpoint's Wang pointed out that Nvidia's products are concentrated in the high-end automotive segment. Analog Devices on Wednesday reported automotive revenue of $747.6 million for the three months ended July 29, down by 5% from the prior quarter.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Alex Wong, Huang didn't, Colette Kress, Brady Wang, Xpeng, Xpeng's, Xinzhou Wu, Xiaopeng, Huang, Counterpoint's Wang, David Wong Organizations: Nvidia, Getty, Local, Counterpoint Research, Nvidia Nio, Bloomberg, NVIDIA, Robotics, Nomura, Qualcomm, China Passenger Car Association Locations: BEIJING, China, Xpeng, Santa Clara , California

☆ Xpeng's former autonomous driving head joins Nvidia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A smartphone with a displayed NVIDIA logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. Wu did not disclose what role he was taking up at Nvidia but Chinese media outlet Jiemian News said he would become its head of automotive products. Nvidia also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Wu, who resigned from Xpeng this month, said on his Weibo account that he had joined Nvidia, posting a photo of himself alongside Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Xpeng's chairman He Xiaopeng. Wu had led Xpeng's autonomous driving development efforts from 2018 with more than 1,000 engineers in China and the United States.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Wu Xinhou, Wu, Jensen Huang, Xiaopeng, Tesla, Brenda Goh, Zhang Yan, Robert Birsel Organizations: NVIDIA, REUTERS, Rights, HK, U.S, Nvidia, Jiemian, Thomson Locations: Xpeng, China, United States

☆ Chibuike Ifedilichukwu: Nigerian upcycling artist creates portraits from waste
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Aneta Felix | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But where others see trash, 37-year-old Nigerian artist Chibuike Ifedilichukwu sees opportunity. He creates portraits of celebrities from discarded aluminum cans, making a bold statement about waste management in the country. One day in 2021, while accompanying his wife to an antenatal clinic, Ifedilichukwu says he stumbled upon a pile of dumped plastic strips. I found that nobody does this pattern of art,” Ifedilichukwu told CNN. Although he wears gloves when he works, he says he’s been cut many times by sharp-edged cans, craft knives, scissors, needles and steel wire.

Persons: Chibuike Ifedilichukwu, Ifedilichukwu, “, ” Ifedilichukwu, Chibuike, ”, Cardi, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Don Jazzy, Greta Thunberg, Leonardo di Caprio, Davido, Ifedilichukwu Ifedilichukwu, he’s, “ It’s Organizations: CNN —, CNN, Ifedilichukwu Locations: Nigeria, Anambra, Awka

☆ Shares of Chinese Tesla rival Xpeng fall 5% after head of autonomous driving resigns
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Xinzhou Wu, vice president of autonomous driving at Xpeng, tendered his resignation "for personal and family reasons," Xpeng said in a statement. Liyun Li, senior director of Xpeng's autonomous driving team, will takeover Wu's role. He Xiaopeng, CEO of Xpeng, praised Wu's contribution to getting Xpeng into a "leading position in autonomous driving technology." The Guangzhou-headquartered firm has tried to position itself as more advanced on autonomous driving and other technologies than its competitors. "I will continue to personally lead our autonomous driving team and strengthen our leadership in Smart EV technologies," the CEO added.

Persons: Xpeng, Xinzhou Wu, Liyun Li, Li, Xpeng's, Xpeng's Xiaopeng, Xiaopeng Organizations: Inc, Shanghai Auto Show, Xpeng, Nio, Li Auto, Volkswagen Group, Smart Locations: Shanghai, China, Tesla, Guangzhou

☆ Canadian diplomats denied access to Kris Wu's appeal trial in China
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BEIJING, July 27 (Reuters) - Canadian diplomats were denied access to the start of Canadian pop star Kris Wu's appeal trial in Beijing, the Canadian government said, following his sentencing in 2022 to more than a decade in prison for crimes including rape. The Canadian embassy in Beijing had been notified of the appeal trial in advance, which was not open to the public to protect the privacy of the victims, state-run Xinhua reported at the time when the trial began on Tuesday. "Consular officials in Beijing were notified of the hearing and requested to attend, but the request was denied by Chinese authorities," said Jeremie Berube, spokesperson at Global Affairs Canada, which manages the government's diplomatic and consular relations. Consular officials have been actively engaged on Wu's case and are providing consular assistance to him and his family, Berube said in a statement to Reuters on Thursday. Reporting by Ryan Woo; Editing by Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Kris Wu's, Jeremie Berube, Berube, Wu, Xander Cage, Ryan Woo, Michael Perry Organizations: Canadian, Xinhua, Global Affairs Canada, Reuters, Hollywood, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, Beijing, China

☆ Chien-Shiung Wu, a nuclear physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project, spent her career fighting for gender equality in science
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Yoonji Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese physicist who was instrumental to the Manhattan Project. Chien-Shiung Wu is a physicist who broke through both gender and racial barriers in 1940s America, wowing the science community with her significant contributions to the Manhattan Project. Like many other scientists involved in the project, Wu later distanced herself from the Manhattan Project due to its destructive outcome. Robert W. Kelley/Contributor/Getty ImagesWu's legacyAfter the Manhattan Project, Wu continued to advance the science community's understanding of nuclear physics. Wu was later awarded the first Wolf Prize, considered the second most prestigious award after the Nobel Prize, in 1978.

Persons: Wu, Wolf, Christopher Nolan's, Oppenheimer, Wu's, Madame Curie, Ernest Lawrence, J, Robert Oppenheimer, weren't, Lawrence, Wu —, Emilio Segrè, Marie Curie, Luke Yuan, East Coast . Wu, Brode, Wallace Brode, Enrico Fermi, Robert W, Kelley, —, Y.K, Lee, Bettmann Organizations: Manhattan, Physics, Service, University of Michigan, University of California, Princeton University, Science, Smithsonian Institution, Manhattan Project, Columbia University, Los Alamos, Columbia Locations: Chinese, Wall, Silicon, America, Jiangsu, China, Republic of China, United States, Michigan, Berkeley, Italian, East Coast ., Los, Manhattan

The CEO role will be handed over to Eddie Yongming Wu, chairman of Alibaba's Taobao and Tmall Group, while Executive Vice Chairman Joseph Tsai will take over Zhang as chairman. "The idea or expectation that one person could manage the business' crown jewel Cloud and at the same time manage the entire Alibaba Group is an unreasonable expectation." "It would be inappropriate for me to continue serving as chairman and CEO of both companies at the same time during the spin-off process." Alibaba thanked Zhang for his "extraordinary leadership in navigating unprecedented uncertainties affecting the company's business over the past few years." Wu, who co-founded Alibaba alongside Ma and Tsai over two decades ago, will continue to concurrently serve as chairman of Taobao and Tmall Group, Alibaba said.

Persons: Zhang, Joseph Tsai, Alibaba, Daniel Zhang, Eddie Yongming Wu, Alibaba's, Daniel, Brian Wong, Jack Ma, Joe, Eddie, Eric Chen, Wu, Ma, Tsai, Alipay, Jacob Cooke, Cooke, China's, J, Michael Evans, Abinaya, Brenda Goh, Scott Murdoch, Anne Marie Roantree, Josh Ye, Muralikumar Anantharaman, Christopher Cushing Organizations: Alibaba, HK, Tmall, Reuters, Cloud Intelligence Group, Analysts, Alibaba Health, Technologies, Thomson Locations: SHANGHAI, China, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Japan, Spain, Australia, Thailand, Tokyo, Taobao, Bengaluru, Sydney

☆ Who is Alibaba's new CEO Eddie Wu and chairman Joe Tsai?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Eddie Yongming Wu will step in as CEO, while Joe Tsai will take over as chairman on Sept. 10. Eddie Wu, incoming CEOEddie Wu is one of the co-founders of Alibaba, who first served it as a technology director back in 1999. Joe Tsai, incoming chairmanAnother co-founder of Alibaba, Joe Tsai was appointed as the company chief financial officer until 2013 and currently serves as executive vice chairman. He is also the chairman of Alibaba's logistics unit Cainiao, as well as a member of the Taobao and Tmall division. Joe Tsai will take up the role of chairman at Alibaba after current chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang steps down.

Persons: BABA BABA, Daniel Zhang, Eddie Yongming Wu, Joe Tsai, Jack Ma, Eddie Wu, Alibaba, Wu, Eddie Wu's, shouldn't, Jacob Cooke, Cooke, Jp Yim, Tsai, Lazada, Michael Evans Organizations: Alibaba, Ant Group, CNBC, Getty, Brooklyn Nets Locations: China, U.S, Lazada, Europe, Singapore, Asia

☆ Taiwan seeks closer EU ties in return for chip investment
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Philip Blenkinsop | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Overseas investments by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, need government approval, including for a potential factory in Germany. Wu said Taiwan would not block investment in Europe, but there was a "philosophical issue" that a country wanting Taiwanese help needed to consider a broader picture of relations with Taiwan. "If they can think along that positive line, the relations between Taiwan and European countries, major European countries, are going to be so much better than before," said Wu. Taiwan has no formal diplomatic ties with any European country except the Vatican and China warned Europe against official ties ahead of Wu's visit. The EU included Taiwan on its list of potential BIA partners in 2015, but it has not held talks with Taiwan on the issue since.

Persons: Ann Wang, Joseph Wu, Wu, Philip Blenkinsop, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp, NATO, EU, Thomson Locations: Tainan, Taiwan, Europe, Germany, China, Vatican, Czech Republic, Brussels, Taiwan Strait

☆ Taiwan minister meets Czech Senate speaker on trip that has angered China
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PRAGUE, June 13 (Reuters) - Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu met the head of the upper house of the Czech parliament on Tuesday as part of a European trip that has angered China. China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring it under its control. Taiwan strongly objects to China’s sovereignty claims and says only the island’s people can decide their future. Taiwan has no formal diplomatic ties with any European country except the Vatican. China's Foreign Ministry urged Europe on Friday not to have any official exchanges with Taiwan or support "independence forces" ahead of the trip.

Persons: Joseph Wu, Wu, Milos Vystrcil, Petr Pavel, Marketa, Pavel, Jan Lopatka, Nick Macfie Organizations: Taiwan Foreign, NATO, European Union, China's Foreign Ministry, Thomson Locations: PRAGUE, Czech, China, Taiwan, Central, Eastern, Ukraine, Prague, Brussels, Czech Republic, Beijing, Taipei

The "slow and go" pace of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union workforce at West Coast ports has slowed ground port productivity to a crawl. "Our data shows that vessels will continue arriving at West Coast ports in the coming days with significant amounts of cargo to unload," said Kyle Henderson, CEO of Vizion. Truck and container backupsThe average truck turns to go in and out of the West Coast ports are up. West Coast ports, which had lost significant volume to East Coast ports over the past year due to volatility in the labor contract talks, had in recent months begun to gain back volume. Recent Panama Canal low water levels limited cargo throughput, and soon after that, large parts of U.S. West Coast ports stopped handling inbound and outbound container trade.

Persons: Kyle Henderson, lashers, Xeneta, Peter Sand, Hapag Lloyd, Paul Brashier, Jerome Powell, Jonathan Ostry Organizations: Fenix Marine Services, Warehouse, Port, CNBC, Vizion, Logistics, Pacific Maritime Association, Long, PMA, Marine Services, East Coasts, Fenix Marine, U.S ., East Coast Ports, CMA, ITS Logistics, Los Angeles, Federal, Georgetown Locations: West Coast, Port of Oakland, Port of Los Angeles, Long Beach , California, Oakland, Los Angeles, Long, Port of Long, Long Beach, Seattle, Tacoma, West, U.S, East, Coast, East Coast, Panama, U.S . West Coast, Gulf, Asia, South America, Los, Houston, Savannah

☆ China warns Europe against official ties with Taiwan ahead of minister's visit
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationBEIJING/PRAGUE, June 9 (Reuters) - China urged Europe on Friday not to have any official exchanges with Taiwan or support "independence forces" ahead of a planned trip to the continent next week by Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky confirmed Wu was due to visit Prague next week, saying on Friday state officials were not expected to shift from their existing policy towards Taiwan. Taiwan, which is claimed by China, has no formal diplomatic ties with any European country except the Vatican. Asked about the visit on Friday, Czech Minister Lipavsky said he had "been informed" about Wu coming to Prague. In January, then-Czech President-elect Pavel and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen spoke by telephone shortly after his election, in a diplomatic coup for Taiwan that infuriated China.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Joseph Wu, Jan Lipavsky, Wu, Petr Pavel, Lipavsky, Wang Wenbin, Wang, Pavel, Tsai Ing, Marketa Pekarova Adamova, Liz Lee, Robert Muller, Ben Blanchard, Simon Cameron, Moore, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Taiwan Foreign, Reuters, Foreign Ministry, Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, PRAGUE, China, Europe, Taiwan, Joseph Wu . Czech, Prague, Vatican, Beijing, Czech, Czech Republic, Brussels, Slovakia

TAIPEI/PRAGUE, June 8 (Reuters) - Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu will make a previously unannounced visit to Europe next week, four sources briefed on the matter said, and is expected to appear with the Czech president at one event in a diplomatic breakthrough. Taiwan, which is claimed by China, has no formal diplomatic ties with any European country except the Vatican. Taiwan's foreign ministry declined to comment on Wu's Europe travel plans. In January, then-Czech President-elect Pavel and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen spoke by telephone shortly after his election, in a diplomatic coup for Taiwan that infuriated China. Beijing views Taiwan as being part of "one China" and demands other countries recognise its sovereignty claims, which Taiwan's democratically-elected government rejects.

Persons: Joseph Wu, Wu, Petr Pavel, Zdenek Hrib, Pavel, Tsai Ing, Ben Blanchard, Robert Muller, Ryan Woo, Andrew Gray, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Taiwan Foreign, European Union, Service, Prague, Copenhagen Democracy Summit, Thomson Locations: TAIPEI, PRAGUE, Europe, Czech, Taiwan, China, Vatican, Beijing, Central, Eastern, Ukraine, Brussels, Prague, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bratislava, Copenhagen, Denmark, Vilnius, Lithuania

☆ IBA wants boxing in Olympics but will not be run by third parties - Kremlev
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Karolos Grohmann | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

PARIS, June 6 (Reuters) - Boxing must stay in the Olympic Games and the International Boxing Association (IBA) will do everything for it to happen but the sport also wants respect and will not be run by third parties, IBA President Umar Kremlev said. "The current crisis situation and the past scandals were all situations created by the member of the IOC, Mr CK Wu." The IOC has not sanctioned CK Wu, who in 2020 resigned from the Olympic body citing medical reasons. According to the IBA report, repeated efforts by IBA officials to meet with IOC officials were ignored. We would like the IOC to also achieve this principle of becoming the home of the Olympic movement," Kremlev said.

Persons: Umar Kremlev, Kremlev, Thomas Bach, CK Wu, Wu, Taiwan's Wu, Karolos Grohmann, Ken Ferris Organizations: Olympic Games, International Boxing Association, Reuters, IBA, IOC, AIBA, CK, Gazprom, Thomson Locations: Los, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Russian

☆ China is using AI to raise the dead, and give people one last chance to say goodbye
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

I would have liked to watch a few more episodes," the grandfather bot replied. Yu told Tang his grandmother needed the chatbot to process her emotions and mourn. As for himself, he declined to share his intimate conversations with his grandfather bot. Like Yu's grandfather bot, Wu's bot produced limited responses. "These emotions might have overwhelmed me too much to work and live my life," he told Tang.

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