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25-Mar-19 China plans to accelerate commercialisation of 5G in a "final sprint", with 60% of the USD256 bn 2019 tech budget allocated to telecommunications. Industrial Internet, smart transport, intelligent manufacturing, smart medical care and digital agriculture are among the priorities. [image: South China Morning Post]
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01-Mar-19 Weak demand in China and the Sino-US trade war took a heavy toll across Asia in Feb-19. China's manufacturing contracted for the third month, Japan's factory gauge fell at the sharpest pace in 2-1/2 years and South Korea's exports plummeted. [image: Norihiko Shirouzu / Reuters]
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12-Feb-19 Singapore-based artificial intelligence and intelligent automation solutions provider AntWorks has announced a joint venture with Japan's SBI Neo Financial Services, to supply AntWorks' integrated intelligent automation platform to Japan, Korea and China, as well as Southeast Asia markets. [image: Agencia EFE]
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11-Feb-19 Shiseido has decided to build a new production site, Shiseido Kyushu Fukuoka Factory, in Kurume City, Fukuoka, Japan. The new factory will mainly manufacture skincare products for Japan and overseas markets and will cost approximately JPY45 bn (USD407 mn). [image: Shiseido]
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21-Dec-18 JCB International has introduced a QR Code Payment service in Taiwan and Vietnam, that will enable cardholders to make payments by scanning the QR Code at the merchant point-of-sale. [Image: JCB]
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