Microsoft is gaining ground in the race to become the world's most highly valued company, with some institutional investors believing its focus on artificial intelligence (AI) puts it on course to potentially surpass Apple in market cap in the next five years.
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China's manufacturing sector had an unexpected setback in October, casting a shadow on the efforts to rejuvenate economic growth by the end of this year and for 2024 amid several obstacles on the domestic and international fronts.
U.S.-China relations have hit a new low after a Chinese spy balloon was found drifting high over the United States and eventually shot down using a 5th Generation Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor firing a Sidewinder missile in a dramatic display of U.S. military might.
It is hard to determine whether the country's latest Covid stance will prevent Beijing from abandoning its universally despised "zero Covid" policy. We can only mention a couple of the headlines, such as one that states Beijing is trying to downplay the seriousness of the disease and another that says vaccination for elderly people is being aggressively promoted.