Be careful with Chinese Loans, Bolaji Akinyemi warns Tinubu
Politics

Be careful with Chinese Loans, Bolaji Akinyemi warns Tinubu

Politics tamfitronics Bolaji Akinyemi, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, has cautioned the President Bola Tinubu administration to be careful with Chinese loans.Akinyemi, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme, warned that Tinubu could not afford to repeat the mistakes of successive administrations in the country.The octogenarian said: “Of course, we should be careful but don’t isolate the debt to China. There are also debts we owe the United States, there are also debts we owe even some of the medium-power countries.“What we need to do is to be careful about two things: one, we shouldn’t default on that debt. A month before this African-Chinese Summit, Nigerian Sovereign Goods were being impounded all around the world at the instigation of a Chinese company.‘I spent N20,000 in a day’, Joe Igbokwe asks Tinubu...
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Xinhua News | Chinese paddlers crowned in mixed doubles, Australia pocket 4th swimming gold
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Xinhua News | Chinese paddlers crowned in mixed doubles, Australia pocket 4th swimming gold

Top Stories Tamfitronics We use cookies and data toDeliver and maintain Google servicesTrack outages and protect against spam, fraud, and abuseMeasure audience engagement and site statistics to understand how our services are used and enhance the quality of those servicesIf you choose to “Accept all,” we will also use cookies and data toDevelop and improve new servicesDeliver and measure the effectiveness of adsShow personalized content, depending on your settingsShow personalized ads, depending on your settingsIf you choose to “Reject all,” we will not use cookies for these additional purposes.Non-personalized content is influenced by things like the content you’re currently viewing, activity in your active Search session, and your location. Non-personalized ads are influenced by the content you’re currently viewing and your general location. Personalized content and ads can also include more relevant results, recommendations, and...
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The Download: Chinese LLMs, and transforming heavy-duty trucking
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The Download: Chinese LLMs, and transforming heavy-duty trucking

Technology tamfitronics Plus: CrowdStrike explains what caused its major outage This is today's edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. How to access Chinese LLM chatbots across the world Hundreds of Chinese large language models have been released since the government started permitting AI companies to open up their models for the general public to play around with in the summer of 2023. For users in the West, finding these Chinese models and trying them out can feel challenging, owing to language barriers and registration requirements. But in fact, a lot of the chatbots support conversations in English and are surprisingly easy to access. Whether you’re just curious to find out how well they perform or want to conduct...
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Chinese satellite manufacturer MinoSpace raises $137 million
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Chinese satellite manufacturer MinoSpace raises $137 million

Top Stories Tamfitronics Render of a MinoSpace satellite manufacturing base to be established in Wuxi City, Jiangsu province, eastern China. Credit: MinoSpaceHELSINKI Chinese commercial satellite maker MinoSpace has secured more than $137 million to further its design and production aspirations.MinoSpace, also known as Beijing Weina Star Technology Co., Ltd., announced the funding June 24, now describing itself as a commercial space unicorn enterprise, having secured 1 billion yuan ($137 million).Wuxi Economic Development Zone Shangxian Industry Investment Fund, managed by SIP Oriza PE Fund Management, led the round. Liangxi Science and Technology Innovation Industry Fund, managed by Bohua Capital and supporting technological innovation and industrial development in Wuxi City’s Liangxi district, followed, along with existing shareholder Qingdao Huizhu Anfulan.The funding will ensure the successful implementation of major national and commercial missions like satellite internet and...
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