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Xi Jinping boosts business and tech, and Nezha 2 is new box office king

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Nezha, the eponymous hero of hit movie Nezha 2, and its director Jiaozi 饺子 — see second story below. Image source: Baidu.

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Xi Jinping boosts business and tech

China’s tech stocks have been surging since homegrown DeepSeek stunned the AI world with the release of chatbot on January 20, 2025. The rally gained momentum after a meeting yesterday (February 17) convened by General Secretary Xi Jinping with a large group of business leaders, mostly from the tech sector.

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