From China’s concern over H20 chip safety to actor Will Or being diagnosed with cancer, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting
China’s cyberspace regulator has summoned Nvidia to explain whether its H20 chips have any “back-door safety” risks, casting a shadow over the US chip giant’s local operations.
Hong Kong actor Will Or Wai-lam has been diagnosed with stage four lung cancer, forcing him to pull out of what was set to be his first stage production, the performer has said. Or wrote on his social media on Wednesday that he was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma in May, “just when everything seemed to be going smoothly”.
Companies linked to Shi Yongxin, the disgraced head of China’s renowned Shaolin Temple, have been deregistered, and his Buddhist credentials revoked. The swift move to erase the institutional footprint of the abbot of China’s most famous Buddhist sanctuary came a day after temple authorities said Shi was under investigation for criminal charges, including embezzling funds and temple assets.
China and the United States have diverged on the timing for another pause on tariff increases, a hurdle that must be cleared before the world’s two largest economies reach a trade deal ahead of an August 12 deadline.
