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Xi Jinping: ‘The Governance of China’ launched in Cambodia

Xi Jinping: The Governance of China. [File photo] 

The Cambodian edition of the book “Xi Jinping: The Governance of China” was released on April 11 in Cambodia.

Cambodian Prime Minister SamdechTecho Hun Sen presided over the release ceremony of “Xi Jinping: The Governance of China” on Tuesday at his office, the Peace Palace, in Phnom Penh, together with Jiang Jianguo, chief of China’s State Council Information Office.

The book contains 79 speeches, talks, interviews, notes and letters of the Chinese leader between November 2012 and June 2014. It was already translated into 16 languages and has a distribution of over 6.2 million copies around the world.

“It is a milestone in China-Cambodia relations, and the Cambodian version of the book is a new testament to the fruitful relations and cooperation between China and Cambodia,” said by Jiang Jianguo in a speech released on Monday.

During the speech, he believed that Cambodian readers will better understand President Xi’s thoughts on China’s development, domestic and foreign policies and response to the concerns of the international community.

“The Cambodian version of the book can open a new window for Cambodian readers to watch and understand China, and provide a new platform for us to communicate the experience of governing and administering the country,” Jiang said.

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Human-AI battle in Go scheduled in May in China

AlphaGo beats South Korean professional Go player Lee Sedol in a game in March, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua] 

It’s been officially announced that AlphaGo will battle with top human Go players including the World No.1 Ke Jie next month in Wuzhen, east China.

Google along with the provincial sports authority in Zhejiang will hold a five-day AI summit in Wuzhen from May 23 to 27.

The event will also feature other Go games between human players with AI such as AlphaGo.

Ke Jie lost to AlphaGo twice previously in online Go games. The AI, using the pseudonym of Master, clinched 60 wins online against many of the world’s top human players, with zero losses.

Google’s AI system AlphaGo gained fame after it scored a landmark 4-1 victory over South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol in a five-round showdown in March 2016.

Go is an ancient board game originating in China, and is a game of strategy with an element of luck.

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