China’s Dragon Boat Festival coincides with second holiday, fuelling boom in family tourism

China’s Dragon Boat Festival coincides with second holiday, fuelling boom in family tourism

An unusual convergence of the Dragon Boat Festival and Children’s Day in China over the weekend led to a surge in domestic tourism bookings to campsites, amusement parks and other attractions, according to travel platforms. Short-haul domestic travel bookings had grown 23 per cent year on year, according to travel platform Trip.com’s latest figures. The…

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Alibaba’s Qwen3 AI model family helps narrow tech gap between China and US: analysts

Alibaba’s Qwen3 AI model family helps narrow tech gap between China and US: analysts

Hangzhou-based Alibaba’s cloud computing unit on Tuesday unveiled its much-anticipated Qwen3 family, consisting of eight enhanced models that range from 600 million to 235 billion parameters. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. In machine learning, parameters are the variables present in an AI system during training, which helps establish how data prompts yield the…

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Alibaba’s Qwen3 AI model family helps narrow tech gap between China and US: analysts

Alibaba’s Qwen3 AI model family helps narrow tech gap between China and US: analysts

Hangzhou-based Alibaba’s cloud computing unit on Tuesday unveiled its much-anticipated Qwen3 family, consisting of eight enhanced models that range from 600 million to 235 billion parameters. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. In machine learning, parameters are the variables present in an AI system during training, which helps establish how data prompts yield the…

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China’s DeepSeek that created havoc in the US tech industry is hiring for an ‘urgent’ job

China’s DeepSeek that created havoc in the US tech industry is hiring for an ‘urgent’ job

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has posted an urgent job listing for product management and design roles, signaling a strategic pivot from pure research toward commercialization of its advanced language models. The company is seeking candidates in Beijing and Hangzhou to create the “next generation of intelligent product experience” centered on large language models.According to Business…

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Hong Kong urged to act fast for Zhejiang tech firms amid US-China trade war

Hong Kong urged to act fast for Zhejiang tech firms amid US-China trade war

Hong Kong must act “fast and be agile” in providing tailored financial and professional service solutions to Zhejiang-based technology companies as ongoing US-China tensions continue to disrupt their supply chains, industry representatives and experts have said after the city leader’s trip to the province. During Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s four-day trip to Zhejiang province,…

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Editorial | Zhejiang mission by John Lee another feather in integration cap for Hong Kong

Editorial | Zhejiang mission by John Lee another feather in integration cap for Hong Kong

Accelerating cross-border integration has opened up new horizons for Hong Kong to work closer with the mainland. Having forged good ties with various authorities over the past few years, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has further reinforced mainland foundations with a fruitful visit to Zhejiang. A closer relationship with those over the border under the…

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