Why are there 88 keys on a piano? Why not 44, or 200? Let’s go back to the days before the piano, when composers wrote for the harpsichord, which has just 60 keys, and each key is ...

We will continue to invest in China as a key pillar of our growth ambitions in order to further enhance our leadership position across the region.” Iqbal Khan, President Asia Pacific and Co-President ...

Digital payment channels processed 88 percent of all retail transactions ... and RTGS (Real-Time Gross Settlement System), played a key role in accelerating digital payments across the country.

is expected to be further squeezed by potential cuts to key interest rates this year. China has set its economic growth target for this year at roughly 5%, unchanged from last year, as the ...

A standard piano has 88 keys: 52 white and 36 black. But who decided this number would be the norm, and why? The king of instruments has played a significant role in music history. From concertos and ...

Enough of China’s small enterprises have run up against insurmountable roadblocks in trying to collect payments for services rendered – including from state-owned firms and local governments ...

Canada has lashed China after the execution of four Canadian citizens on drugs smuggling charges, strongly condemning Beijing’s use of the death penalty. Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly ...

BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) -- China's efforts to spur consumer spending are off to a strong start this year, with government subsidy measures driving a surging demand in digital products ...

The crypto industry was rocked by the largest hack in history on Feb. 21, when Bybit lost over $1.4 billion in liquid-staked Ether (stETH), Mantle Staked ETH (mETH) and other digital assets.

The PBOC left the one-year loan prime rate (LPR) at 3.1% and the five-year LPR at 3.6%. Following the rate decision, the yuan remained steady at 7.2280 per US dollar. The decision followed the US ...

(Bloomberg) -- With Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. grabbing the spotlight of investor attention over China’s success in ... Updates on AI developments are key for the stock’s performance along ...

The European Union accused Russia and China of using massive digital arsenals to interfere in Western democracies and align their disinformation campaigns around the Ukraine war. The EU tracked ...