On the eve of China’s week-long National Day holiday, three people were killed and 15 others were hurt in a knife attack at a suburban supermarket in Shanghai on Monday ( Sep 30 ), the latest of a string of stabbing incidents in major Chinese cities this year. The aggressor,Continue Reading
Japan: Shigeru , Ishiba , was confirmed as , Japan’s next prime minister by congress on Tuesday ( Oct 1 ), paving the way for him to officially announce his Cabinet as he seeks to heal party groups and prepare for an Oct 27 snap election. The 67-year-old former defense minister led theContinue Reading
As part of his efforts to unify his Cabinet and address party divisions ahead of an Oct. 27 snap election, Shigeru Ishiba was scheduled to be chosen by parliament on Tuesday ( October 1 ) to be elected as Japan’s next prime minister. The 67-year-old former defence minister, who wonContinue Reading
He added that China has the world’s largest share of AI professionals.  ,
Every month, there are about 3.7 million STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics ) graduates in China, said Fang. The United States, in contrast, produces 800, 000.  ,
” Annually, China publishes the highest amount of AI scientific papers in the world, more than the US”, he added. ” But, in terms of highly-cited documents, the US takes the top position, and China is minute”.
However, China is losing to the US at the top end of the AI skills pool.
A 2022 review found that among the leading 2 per cent of AI skills widespread, only 12 per cent operate in China, whereas 57 per cent function in the US.
It is still a step up from 2018, when China was not one of the major economies.
While China trails the US in high-end AI research, it is making great strides in applying Artificial in real-world cases.
China has a number of benefits, including its enormous client base and huge data sources, which” can be fed into the algorithm to make it more precise and accurate,” according to Patrick Liu, a scientist at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.  ,
” The more information you have, the more precise and accurate your product may be, which means it may obtain better business performance”, he told CNA’s East Asia Now.
“( Then, ) you would attract more consumers to use your product, which in turn generates more data to feed into your algorithm, ( making ) it a positive cycle”.
SINGAPORE:” Primary 1 kids feel it the most. After every National Day vacation, you’ll discover some kids whining and in weeping”, said Chinese professor Ou Yang Hui Er, who teaches at , Liwan Overseas Chinese Elementary School in Guangzhou, China.
Post-holiday music are not uncommon, but they are frequently felt more keenly in China as a result of the country’s historic exercise of “tiaoxiu” or adjusted sleep, where work and school days are adjusted to cut out long, unbroken blocks of time off.
After the week-long” Golden Week” National Day holidays that started on Tuesday ( October 1 ), workers and students are subject to a make-up day of work and school, respectively. As per this policy, workers and students are subject to a make-up day of work and school. They were required to record a day like that straight before the break.  ,
According to Ms. Ou Yang, it’s not uncommon to see many kids become ill after the break. While her 20-plus years of teaching encounter means she’s properly prepared for the common rise, the 47-year-old feels the condition may be improved.
” What we can do is slow down the pace”, she said. ” Anyone needs a day or two to recuperate- not only physically, but to recover our spirits to”.
Although there is occasional criticism of tiaoxiu, the training has come under particular scrutiny this year as a result of the adjustments made to the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, which have had an impact on five right workweeks.
Some Chinese analysts have also made public criticism of the plan, adding to the chorus of virtual complaints as users express their frustration.
Watchers told CNA that China must measure the effectiveness of tiaoxiu in rousing consumption, a trend that has been increasing in response to economic woes, and whether such loud appeals accurately reflect the opinions of the general public.
But what exactly is tiaoxiu?  ,
Just put, it is a technique used in China to change public holidays. Running days are shifted to produce more breaks when public holidays occur in the middle of the month, typically by having employees work on weekends before or after the holiday period.
SHENZHEN: China’s Greater Bay Area ( GBA ) is lucrative, with its combined gross domestic product ( GDP ) of 14 trillion yuan ( US$ 2 trillion ) last year- larger than that of the whole of South Korea’s.
But some places have not yet realised their possible, said spectators. Among them is Qianhai, a city within the southern city of Shenzhen.
The Greater Bay Area consists of Shenzhen and eight other communities in Guangdong state, along with the two particular administrative areas of Hong Kong and Macao.
The GBA was established by China in 2019 as part of the country’s national financial growth strategy.  ,
The megacity, with a population of over 86 million individuals, generated about 11 per cent of China’s GDP last year.
On paper, Qianhai is interesting because it is connected via a bridge to Hong Kong and close to an airport. It was once actually hailed as the next Hong Kong, but ideas for realizing such an ambition fell through as plans for available data entry failed.
The state’s appeal quickly waned against the rise of northern Shenzhen, where numerous foreign businesses are nowadays concentrated.
Taiwan issued a land warning on Monday ( Sep 30 ) ahead of Typhoon Krathon’s arrival, which is expected to pass through the island’s densely populated west coast, bringing torrential rain and strong winds. Typhoons frequently strike Taiwan, but they typically land along its rocky and sparsely populated south coastlineContinue Reading
Tokyo: According to media reports, Japan’s approaching new prime minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to hold a late-October public election. Ishiba, 67, was set to take the oath of office as prime minister on Tuesday after winning the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) leadership election on Friday. Without citing resources,Continue Reading
Tencent’s Global Digital Ecosystem Summit took place earlier this month in Shenzhen, where I had the opportunity to see their Digital Human display at the Shenzhen World Exhibition &, Convention Center.
We were given a modern version of Mr. Dowson Tong, CEO of Tencent Cloud, along with other foreign media, including reporters from Malaysia and Indonesia. Huge crowds gathered to watch a digital version of Mr Tong appear on a big screen and give a lecture in three languages: Chinese, English, and therefore Bahasa Indonesia.
Then it was my turn ( I was quite eager to try out the technology ).
With my phone, I scanned a QR code which directed me to Tencent’s site where I submitted a current photo, a 30-second words tracking, and 100 words of text article for my online human to claim.  ,
I also had the freedom to choose from nine various cultures for my online people: Chinese, English, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Thai, French, or German. There was even an option to switch the message to a different sex, which I found interesting.
However there were technical problems. I was unable to create my digital human on site, despite assistance from Tencent staff, so the work had to be done electronically after I arrived in Singapore.
The Google Cloud and Smart Industries Group staff assisted me. I provided a one-minute words tracking, along with a 30-second picture.  , I was told that my face and lips had to be clearly apparent throughout.  , And for enjoyment,  , I , decided to read mouth twisters , —making certain my face moved in tune with my terms.
I recited the following sentence:” I, Melody Chan, am informed that Google Cloud does use recordings of my voice to create and apply a chemical version of my voice.” Before the final step, I had to ask for permission to use my voice.
When the last solution arrived, it was strikingly vivid, almost a reflection of the movie I had submitted. The tone, while somewhat robotic, was impressive yet. Hearing myself speak fluently in languages I do n’t know, like Thai, Arabic, and French, was surreal.
But, there were a few little glitches. The word breaks felt a little strange, and if you paid close attention, you could place my hands movements repeating themselves.
In the end, creating my own hyper-realistic online ghost was certainly fun, but even a small dystopian. It resembled something straight out of Black Mirror.
How long until AI is needed for our jobs? seeing” Digital Melody” come to life made me wonder.
After a string of tense encounters in the area this year, China announced on Friday ( Sep 27 ) that it had” supervised” a Philippine ship as it delivered supplies to a grounded vessel at a disputed reef in the South China Sea. Beijing asserts almost all of the commerciallyContinue Reading