The world’s first commercial underwater data centre is now operational in China’s Hainan, as the island province pushes to attract foreign investment by expanding the blue economy in the country’s largest pilot free-trade zone.
The servers manage digital services from restaurant recommendations to travel hacks, and will be installed in a 1,300-tonne underwater data cabin – equivalent to the weight of 1,000 passenger cars – after the first phase of construction was completed in Lingshui county…

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The Veterans of Foreign Wars has partnered with a Florida-based beverage company to sell cannabis-infused cocktails to its 1.4 million members across the country.

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A KPMG global chief executive survey has found a significant change in attitude towards flexibility.

As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the country’s development over more than seven decades – we examine how these documents inform and reflect high-level policy priorities, what to expect in the coming iteration and whether the private sector will receive the level of support entrepreneurs are hoping for.
For more stories in this ongoing series, click here. To view SCMP Plus Factsheets on the 15th five-year-plan…

The Hungarian prime minister has said he does not want to abandon the national currency in favor of that used by the “disintegrating” bloc
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