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Beijing has been intent on making breakthroughs in its semiconductor industry as the US tries to limit China’s access to cutting-edge chip technologies. 2/13
The stem cell-based bio-artificial liver has been approved for clinical trials to help liver patients remove toxins from their blood. 2/15
This issue assesses the current state and future direction of China’s socialist project, in its complex historical development, and places the country's current battle against poverty in the context of its decades-long pursuit of socialist modernization. 2/14 
To start talking about hidden debt, we need to understand what "local financing vehicles" (LGFVs) are. These are state-owned enterprises that issue debt bonds to finance projects, such as infrastructure projects, which are key drivers of economic growth. 2/9
The government unveiled a "battle plan" to build the International Science and Technology Innovation Center to advance key fields such as low-carbon energy, space, life sciences, Earth research, and artificial intelligence. 2/8 
China dominates 41% of the world's cobalt mining reserves & refines 73%. It also refines 95% of the world’s manganese, 70% of the graphite, & 67% of the lithium.
In a speech at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Yellen said the US seeks a healthy, constructive, and fair economic relationship with China, and that sanctions against China are not intended to "stifle" the Chinese economy. 2/5
In the future it is expected that peak speeds using 6G will reach one terabit (1,000GB) per second; the technology used was terahertz waves, which allows more information to be transported at higher speeds. 2/2
In April, Airbus said it would double capacity at its A320 plane assembly plant in Tianjin, increasing its access to the world's second-largest aviation market as domestic travel in China begins to approach pre-pandemic levels. 2/5
Using the yuan resolved an impasse in the agreement. Bangladesh was unable to pay Moscow using dollars after Russia was banned from the international Swift money transfer system last year. 2/2 
Analyzing over 1,300 environmental samples from the Huanan Seafood Market from Jan-Mar 2020, scientists found that the COVID strains present were almost identical to those found in people, indicating that the virus came from humans. 2/7 
Beginning in 2020 during the COVID pandemic, N. Korea closed nearly all shipping by road, rail, & ocean. Freight from China via ships & trains was restarted last September, but trucking has been on hold. 2/3
The company says it’s an experiment to make satellites accessible to the public just like cars.
In the first formal meeting between Saudi and Iranian top diplomats in seven years, both sides signed a joint statement and agreed to reopen embassies in each other's capital cities within two months. 2/5 
The new model, HuggingGPT, uses large language models (LLMs) to connect different AI models to each other to solve complicated tasks without human input.
Information technology became one of the subjects tested during the gaokao, the national college entrance exam. The introduction of an AI course in schools would lay a good foundation for students. 
Ren said that Huawei also had to redesign over 4,000 circuit boards across various product lines and source parts from local companies to stabilize production.
The bot can do creative writing, commercial copywriting, mathematical logic deduction, Chinese language comprehension, and multimodal generation, according to Baidu.
China will shift its economic focus to high-quality development and improve capacity for science and technology. The Premier added that the average Chinese entering the labor force has 14 years of education under their belt. 2/7 