A Chinese court sentenced three members of a criminal gang to death on Tuesday for operating a network of brutal scam centers in Myanmar’s Kokang region on the border with China, while jailing dozens more. China has stepped up cooperation with Southeast Asian nations to crack down on a vast industry that has flourished in […]
OnePlus released its newest flagship in China today. The OnePlus 16 centers on a 9,000mAh silicon-carbon battery, a display that can update as fast as 185 times a second, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip built on a 2nm process. The battery life has increased significantly compared to the previous model’s 7300 […]
Beijing — Coco Gauff said she received an “insane” amount of racist comments on social media following a controversial point in her China Open match against home player Sun Xinran. Gauff requested a video review, prompting some boos from the crowd, after electronic advertising boards lining the court flickered during a point late in the […]
Stephen Hendry has a concern over the rise of snooker in China (Picture: Getty Images) Stephen Hendry feels snooker’s popularity in China could start to wane, saying there is a ‘slight danger of saturation’ after the sport’s explosion in the country since 2005. The snooker boom in China began over 20 years ago thanks to […]
Giant pandas settle into Zoo Atlanta home after journey from China – CBS News Watch CBS News After a 16-hour flight from China on a custom plane and a police escort from the airport to an Atlanta zoo, America’s newest giant pandas are in their new home and are getting ready to meet the public. […]
Xiaomi opened sales of the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max in China today, pairing Qualcomm’s new 2nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips with two 200-megapixel Leica cameras, a second OLED on the back, and a hardware privacy layer on the front glass. Base 12GB plus 256GB units start at 5,999 yuan for the […]
For over 100 days, Sylvia Zin has not been allowed to see or speak with her husband Min Zin, a U.S. citizen and scholar whose work focuses on Myanmar. She says he is being held without charge in China at a detention facility that is referred to by human rights groups as a “black site.” […]
As fears grow that the race for AI supremacy could be hurtling us all toward a grim fate not unlike the apocalyptic plot line of the Terminator movies, analysts tell CBS News that mutual distrust between the U.S. and China, as much as the technology itself, could lead humanity “off a cliff.” The long-term fear […]
Shaun Murphy was not enamoured with the new ‘China swing’ (Picture: Getty Images) Shaun Murphy has criticised the move to play three events in China over a five-week period, questioning who the change in schedule suits. There have been calls from UK-based players for some time to put Asian events in a block, hoping to […]
The language used Monday by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as he announced a new raft of sanctions against Iran was apocalyptic. The measures are part of the Trump administration’s plan to use economic pressure to force Iran to capitulate, to bring an end to the nearly six-month war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The […]