Bill GateS SayS ‘ChiNa’S riSe’ iS a ‘huGe wiN for the world’

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BIllGates, co-founder of Microsoft, said on Wednesday that China’s rise is a “huge win for the world” during an interview with the lowy Institute, a think tank based in Australia, according to Fox Business.

“I tend to see China’s rise as a huge win for the world,” Gates said, adding that the portion of the Chinese people in the global population today matches their portion of the global economy.

Ties between the U.S. and China have been strained over geopolitical issues – most notably Taiwan – as well as trade disagreements.

Gates, 67, has a fortune worth $103.2 billion on the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires list today.

When asked about how “bullish” he was on China, he said he does think that “the current mentality of the U.S. to China and which is reciprocated is kind of a loselose mentality.”

He said it takes the whole world to work together for the global economy, for the discovery of cancer drugs and for the solution to climate change.

During the interview, Gates also said that the U.S. is politically in a weak state, adding that countries like China need to play a bigger role in world governance, according to Fox Business.

South Korea willing to restart dialogue with North

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South Korea said on Friday that it will seek to “normalize” relations with the North through “direct and indirect” contacts.

“While the South will sternly counter North Korea’s provocations through cooperation based on the strong Seoul-Washington alliance, the government will also make efforts to restart inter-Korean dialogue this year,” Seoul-based Yonhap News quoted a report submitted to President Yoon Suk Yeol by the country’s Unification Ministry. However, Unification Minister Kwon Young-se clarified that the government “is not considering making a new offer of talks to Pyongyang, although it remains willing to resume dialogue at any time.” “It is important for North Korea to come back to dialogue with sincerity,” he said at a press conference in Seoul.

“The government plans to seek direct and indirect contact with North Korea through civic groups and international organizations in a bid to open up chances to improve strained inter-Korean ties,” the ministry said. The latest development comes after tensions on Korean Peninsula escalated late last year, when North Korea launched at least 60 missiles while South Korea and the US held joint military drills.

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ISLAmABAd stAff report houses in global innovation, Mr Gates said the United States was still the world leader.

“The US has this unique advantage that it draws in talented people from all over the world,” he said.

“Whether it is climate technology, curing cancer, curing obesity – there is no country that is going to take that position off the US. It is not like all the smart people are saying ‘let’s go to China and hang out’.”

Mr Gates said countries like China and India were becoming more innovative and were going to play a stronger role in world governance.

“China has gone from being incredibly impoverished in 1980 to being the most wealthy, middle income country,” he said.

“I tend to see China’s rise as a huge win for the world. But I do think the current mentality of the US towards China, which is reciprocated, is a lose-lose situation.”

Artificial Intelligence or AI is the next big tech shift that users can expect in the coming years, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates recently said while interacting with a Reddit user last week. Gates thinks that metaverse and Web3 are revolutionary but not quite as much as AI.

“The current world system is designed around U.S. leadership,” he said, adding that as other countries have gotten richer, some middle-income countries including China and India need to play a stronger role in world governance.

Separately, when asked about who were the power-

Gates is confident that AI can have a significant impact in the fields of education and healthcare. For instance, it could be used to tutor kids with math and make it interesting. In medicine, AI could help people get medical advice in regions where doctors are not accessible.

Pakistan-China red chili project to help uplift Pakistan’s agriculture sector

On a fine January morning, Muhammad Sajjad was all smiles after seeing thriving saplings of the Chinese sweet chili at a nursery in a remote farming land of Pakistan’s eastern city of Multan.

“These saplings are very close to my heart; in their blossom, I can see the future of Pakistan’s agriculture industry, which will bloom just like my saplings when modern Chinese technology is applied to it,” Sajjad spoke as the morning sun rose from the east behind him.

launched in 2013, the ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a corridor linking Pakistan’s Gwadar Port with Kashgar in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, which highlights energy, transport and industrial cooperation in the first phase, while in the new phase expands to the fields of agriculture, livelihood, etc.

Echoing the CPEC’s cooperation in agriculture, China Machinery Engineering Corporation and Sichuan litong Food Group have established a company and carried out a red chili contract farming project in 2021, and one of six model farms of the project is in Multan.

Sajjad’s nursery is among thousands of acres of model farms where the company teamed up with locals for contract farming of Chinese chili varieties, with an aim to export the crops back to China after harvest and earn foreign exchange revenue for Pakistan.

Talking to Xinhua, Muhammad Adnan, executive manager of the company, said that local farmers’ interest in cultivating Chinese chili is increasing due to its better yield and strong resistance to diseases.

“local chili is highly vulnerable to diseases, and farmers are hesitant to grow it, but the Chinese varieties are robust, easy to pick, and are sold at a higher price directly to Chinese companies from the farms, without any involvement of middleman, making it highly popular among local farmers,” he added.

Adnan said that in the near future, primary and deep processing units for value-added services of the crop will also be established in Pakistan, adding more value and jobs for locals.

The most crucial time for the

Member of the biggest musical sensation of the era BTS’s Kim Taehyung is all set to flaunt his amazing cooking and plating skills in a unique variety show this February.

Multiple times Grammy nominated and most loved musical group around the world, BTS is scoring high in the industry. After the military enlistment of the eldest member Kim Seokjin, all other members have been busy broadcasting their solo projects.

Just in time when BTS fans were expecting to witness a great concert film ‘Yet To Come’ ready to be released in cinemas around the world on 1st February, a teaser drop of Taehyung’s cooking show hyped up the entire scenario for armys (bts fandom).

Directed by Na PD, Seojin’s cooking show is a treat for all the fans as it features top-notch names of the industry including Kim Taehyung aka BTS’s V, lee Seo Jin, Jung Yumi, Park Seo Joon, and Choi Woo Shik.

Since the teaser was revealed, fans around the world started flooding social media feeling immense excitement for this upcoming show.

“It will be awesome to see Taehyung in the kitchen”, a fan shared on Twitter.

“I am always up for wholesome cooking content from Taehyung”, another fan tweeted.

“Super excited to see most popular multitalented artist kim taehyung”, a fan shared the tweet waiting eagerly for the show.

According to the official announcement by ‘tvN’ entertainment, the show will be broadcasted on February 24, 2023.

Modi regime forcibly used school boys, employees for official indian r-day events in iioJK

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Agencies crop is in January as the seedling process is underway in tunnels and the plants are easily rotten because of disease or low temperature. local residents told the media that Indian troops and intelligence agencies had warned the people, particularly the administrations of schools and government employees, of severe consequences if they did not participate in the official functions.

However, local agriculture technicians at the project are handling the sowing process on the advice of Chinese experts.

In a conversation with Xinhua, Zhao Jianhua, a Chinese agronomist of the company with 27 years of experience in chili cultivation, said he has trained over 20 Pakistani agricultural technicians in the past years, who can help the farms independently.

“We are not only bringing cultivation technology to local farmers, but also working together with Pakistani agronomists to promote the development of the chili industry by combining technology with the advantages of both Chinese and Pakistani chili varieties,” he added.

In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Modi regime, with help of Indian troops and police personnel, forcibly used schools boys, teachers and employees for official functions of Indian Republic Day, the 26th January, in the territory.

The Kashmiris marked India’s Republic Day as Black Day and sent a loud and clear message to the world that they reject India’s illegal occupation of their motherland.

Eyewitnesses said that the Indian army organised official functions in connection with the Indian Republic Day in several areas of the territory and forced people to participate in the so-called functions.

The Namberdar (village representative), District Development Councils and their paid agents of the area were assembled by the Indian Army in different areas for the official function. Pertinently, the whole occupied Kashmir has been under military and police siege since August 5, 2019.