Xi sends congratulatory letter to World Smart Industry Expo 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a congratulatory letter to the World Smart Industry Expo 2025, which opened in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.en.qstheory.cn
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a congratulatory letter to the World Smart Industry Expo 2025, which opened in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.en.qstheory.cn
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in reply to Hacker News 50 • • •Stop peddling corporate "sovereignity" scams. We need open platforms all the way from hardware to software.
These corporate grifters will do so much shit once they have foothold. Not a single good reason to trust any of these scam artists.