Marco Rubio has arrived in Uzbekistan for a tour in Central and South Asia, aimed at strengthening trade relations and countering the influence of Russia and China. #MarcoRubio #Ouzbékistan #RelationsInternationales (translated)
In China, 247 kindergarten children were victims of lead poisoning, which led to prison sentences for those involved. (translated)
Taiwan's Coast Guard has pushed back 16 Chinese ships involved in maritime harassment and conducted a coordinated action against an unusually large number of Chinese watercraft, including coast guard and research vessels. #Taiwan #China #Küstenwache (translated)

China is introducing new reporting obligations and export restrictions for 40 key technologies, including artificial intelligence and solar cells, to minimize security risks and control technology transfer abroad. #Exportkontrollen #Schlüsseltechnologien #KünstlicheIntelligenz (translated)

Adam presented as a "unpopular opinion" the proposal to include in the constitution the leading role of the PZPR and the unbreakable alliance of the Polish People's Republic with the Soviet Union, which — as he wrote — was supposed to allow competing with the imperialist USA and fractious China. He added that these could have been Gierek's words from around 1975. https://t.co/4uTlI6E7WF #Polska #historia #polityka (translated)
Yi Zeng from Renmin University, the Dean of the Beijing Institute for AI Safety, emphasizes in the journal of the Central Party School that a global understanding of red lines is essential: if the world continues to sweep all risks under the rug with its technological optimism and postpones regulations in favor of competition, then a #KünstlicheIntelligenz #China #TechnologieRisiken (translated)
Wang Lihong, the deputy director of the office, points out that structural errors in AI systems are difficult to identify and eliminate, and therefore calls for a "strong restriction" on the use of AI in areas with little tolerance for error. #KünstlicheIntelligenz #China #TechnologieRisiken (translated)
Yanis Varoufakis, never short of an original statement, reports a hopeful mood even among the last remaining Marxists in China: capitalism will not survive AI, as the abundance of goods it creates will cause their exchange value to plummet — a prediction that, by the way, is very similar to the expectation recently expressed by Elon Musk to the "Economist"; perhaps the American billionaire will soon also be counted among the Chinese Marxists. #KünstlicheIntelligenz #China #TechnologieRisiken (translated)
"The narrative is much more pragmatic," Huang said recently at the "All-In Summit" in Los Angeles. "No one in China says, this is the end of this or that." #KünstlicheIntelligenz #China #TechnologieRisiken (translated)
Although the Chinese are generally more optimistic about artificial intelligence, there are still concerns and differing opinions about the risks of the technology, as demonstrated by calls for regulation from government bodies and scientists. #KünstlicheIntelligenz #China #TechnologieRisiken (translated)
After the poisoning of over 200 children with lead-contaminated food in a kindergarten in China, the operator was sentenced to life imprisonment, while five other employees received prison terms ranging from six to 15 years. #Bleivergiftung #Kindergarten #China (translated)

The owner of a daycare in China has been sentenced to life in prison for poisoning children with food that was mixed with lead paint to make it look more appealing. #Kinderopvang #Levenslang #Loodvergiftiging (translated)

The Finnish central bank chief Olli Rehn emphasized that the monetary authorities must be vigilant about so-called second-round effects. #Dieselexporte #China #Energiepreise (translated)
The recent rise in interest rates in the bond market, according to ECB President Christine Lagarde, is making borrowing more expensive in the eurozone and is thus dampening economic growth as well as inflation. #Dieselexporte #China #Energiepreise (translated)
Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel indicated at an event of DZ Bank in the Thai capital further interest rate steps. #Dieselexporte #China #Energiepreise (translated)
In September, China increased its diesel exports by 262.3 percent compared to the previous year, reaching 1.85 million tons, which is the highest level in over three years, while total exports of refined oil products rose by 39.4 percent to 7.16 million tons, after the government previously restricted exports to secure its own supply. #Dieselexporte #China #Energiepreise (translated)
China has introduced Neo1, a four-meter tall humanoid robot capable of lifting up to 500 kilograms, designed for industrial tasks in hazardous environments. #RobotsHumanoides #TecnologíaIndustrial #Innovación (translated)

The author wrote that industrial electricity prices in the EU are usually about 50% higher than in China and roughly twice as high as in the USA. He noted that prices vary significantly between European countries, as well as within China and the USA. #energia #przemysł #ceny #EU #CN #US (translated)
China's diesel exports reached 1.85 million tons in September, the highest level in over three years, representing an increase of 262.3 percent compared to the same month last year, while the total refined petroleum products exported rose by 39.4 percent to 7.16 million tons. #China #Dieselexporte #Erdölprodukte (translated)

Setser believes that official statistics reflect an external surplus lower than the real one and that, therefore, the weakness of its currency is also being underestimated. #China #Yuan #Comercio (translated)