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Consumers complained the homeware and electronics company was not supporting its national roots
A Chinese retail company has apologised for styling itself as a Japanese store, saying it made “serious mistakes”.
Miniso, which sells homeware and electronics, used a logo and branding that appeared similar to that of the Japanese clothing firm Uniqlo. It has been under criticism from Chinese consumers who believed it was not supporting its Chinese roots.

Nationwide alert issued with south-west especially badly hit, as major companies forced to suspend work
A record-breaking drought has caused some rivers in China – including parts of the Yangtze – to dry up, affecting hydropower, halting shipping, and forcing major companies to suspend operations.
A nationwide drought alert was issued on Friday as in China’s heavily populated south-west was forecast to continue well into September.

A Maryland professor created software that can read people’s personalities and “predict their behavior” for tech giant Alibaba, documents obtained by The Daily Beast show.

A star University of Maryland (UMD) professor built a machine-learning software “useful for surveillance” as part of a six-figure research grant from Chinese tech giant Alibaba, raising concerns that ...

The country would run out within two months of a major disruption. Here are five ways to reduce vulnerability
China’s sabre-rattling about Taiwan underlines the need for Australia to be prepared for conflict in the .
With its growing navy and air force, and the bases it has built throughout the area, China is increasingly capable of disrupting shipping lanes crucial to Australia’s exports and imports.

A star University of Maryland (UMD) professor built a machine-learning software “useful for surveillance” as part of a six-figure research grant from Chinese tech giant Alibaba, raising concerns that ...

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyA star University of Maryland (UMD) professor built a machine-learning software “useful for surveillance” as part of a six-figure research ...

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyA star University of Maryland (UMD) professor built a machine-learning software “useful for surveillance” as part of a six-figure research ...

Between March 2020 and March 2022, there were 11,400 self-reported hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the country. Almost half of Asian Americans who reported hate ...

In the web browser used within the TikTok app, supplementary code lets the company track every character typed by users. The company said the capability was for troubleshooting.

Almost two and a half years after the COVID-19 pandemic started in the United States and despite all their efforts to stop anti-Asian hate incidents, people of Chinese and Asian descent in San ...