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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. launched the beta version of an artificial intelligence music-generation model that can turn a single text prompt into a fully produced song, expanding the Chinese technology giant’s push into generative AI.

Taiwan urged citizens to postpone travel to Uganda after a series of passport disputes, the latest sign of growing pressure on the island’s international presence in Africa.

The US restored privileges for Hong Kong that President Donald Trump revoked in 2020, in his first term, triggering praise from China, which described the move as an important step toward improving bilateral ties.

MetaX Integrated Circuits Shanghai Co. plans to list shares in Hong Kong to capture the boom in chip stocks after a blockbuster initial public offering in mainland China last year.

China said it will foster more startups and unicorn companies in key sectors, in the latest sign of stronger policy support for new industries and firms that will help it achieve technological self-reliance.

China’s President Xi Jinping broke his silence on the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz, using a rare call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to urge the restoration of transit through the vital waterway and push for an end to hostilities in the Middle East.

China and Pakistan issued a joint call on Tuesday for an immediate ceasefire in the Iran war and for the safeguarding of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which remains largely closed, hobbling global energy supplies.

Panama Ports Company, a unit of Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd., filed international arbitration against Panama seeking at least $2 billion in damages over the Central American nation’s “illegal state takeover” of the Balboa and Cristobal ports.

China will dispatch its special envoy on Middle East affairs to the region to conduct mediation efforts, as the Iran war spreads and rattles regional stability and energy markets.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Iran to pay attention to the “reasonable concerns” of its neighbors, after Tehran’s retaliation against US and Israeli attacks included strikes on other Gulf nations.