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Shahzia Sikander: ‘I’ve carried the erasure of feminine narratives’
The artist Shahzia Sikander is behind the wheel of a slush-splattered SUV on a bitter-cold afternoon, driving along winding roads towards the property she is renting in upstate New York. The Hudson Valley has become an increasingly popular rural base for artists in recent years, but finding this particular home and studio felt a bit like fate for the Pakistani-American. The two structures, she explains en route, were built by Marcel Breuer for the mid-century abstract painter Sidney Wolfson, who convinced the Bauhaus-trained architect to incorporate a silver-hued trailer into…
EU small parcels tax will not halt flood of Chinese goods, top official warns
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the EU trade myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A planned EU tax on small parcels will not stem the flood of cheap Chinese goods entering the bloc, a senior official has warned. The spectacular growth of ecommerce companies such as Shein and Temu has swamped EU customs authorities that need to check whether the billions of parcels arriving into the bloc each year respect European safety standards and pay the right import duties. But Brussels’ plan to abolish…
Chinese tech enthusiasts ‘raise lobsters’ in latest AI craze
On a recent evening in Beijing, more than 100 technology enthusiasts packed into a rooftop bar to learn how to use OpenClaw, a new AI tool that has taken China by storm. The open-source platform is used to create assistants that can do everything from browsing the web and sending messages to executing commands on a computer. Developed by a European engineer, OpenClaw has become so popular in China that “raising a lobster” — a nod to its crustacean logo and the time needed to install and train the AI…
The AI craze that has its claws into China
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Li Ka-shing builds cash pile as Hong Kong family empire looks to its next deal
From the Port of Rotterdam to the retailer Superdrug, and from London’s electricity grid to the mobile network Three, one thing is clear: Li Ka-shing is not sentimental. Hong Kong’s most prominent tycoon has racked up tens of billions in disposals over the past few years, including the planned sale of his global ports, which would have netted about $19bn in cash but has run into a political storm because two of them are on the Panama Canal. All of the wheeler-dealing raises questions about why the Li family wants…
Japanese PM set for high-stakes meeting with Trump over Iran
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces one of the toughest tests of her five-month premiership when she visits the White House on Thursday after Donald Trump urged Japan to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz. Trump’s call for help reopening the critical waterway has created panic among Japanese officials who had focused on investment deals to placate the US president and on getting support for Takaichi amid Chinese criticism over her comments on the role Japan would play if China attacked Taiwan. Kurt Campbell, a former US deputy secretary of…
BHP names Brandon Craig as its new chief executive
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. BHP announced that Brandon Craig, its head of the Americas, has been appointed chief executive, as the world’s largest mining company focuses its growth strategy on copper and potash. Craig will succeed Mike Henry, who has been BHP chief executive since the start of 2020, on July 1, the Australian company said early on Wednesday local time. Henry, who had been tipped to step down this year, presided over a…
Rise and fall of Prince Group raises awkward questions for Cambodia
A giant golden clam shell, illuminated by lurid neon lights and filled with playing cards and red dice, once glowed nightly on the facade of Sihanoukville’s Jin Bei casino. Today, the casino’s gaudy signage is covered by sheets, and its doorway blocked by a Chinese sign that reads “under renovation”. The casino in the Cambodian resort city was once emblazoned with the name Jin Bei, a company US prosecutors have accused of running scam compounds on behalf Prince Group, which an October indictment alleged was one of Asia’s largest transnational…
Nvidia restarts manufacturing of AI chips for China
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Nvidia is making fresh preparations to start selling its AI chips in China after receiving “many” US government approvals and product orders from Chinese customers within the past two weeks. Chief executive Jensen Huang on Tuesday said Nvidia had restarted manufacturing H200 AI chips to sell to China after telling partners to pause production earlier this year due to uncertainty around regulatory approval. “We’ve been licensed for many…