UA News Vision impairment linked to higher dementia risk in Hong Kong A long-term study in Hong Kong involving 15,576 people aged 65 and older linked moderate and severe vision impairment to a higher risk of subsequently developing dementia. According to News-Medical, participants were followed for up to 16 years. How the study was conducted The sample included Chinese people living in the community who did not have dementia at the start of the observation period. The partici

Global Times 10th October 2026 Beijing’s 12345 hotline offers global lessons in people-centered governance By Shen Sheng A visitor walks past a sign for the 2026 Beijing Forum on Swift Response to Public Complaints in Beijing on October 12, 2026. The forum opened that day under the annual theme "Digital Intelligence Era and People's City." Photo: VCG The 2026 Beijing Forum on Swift Response to Public Complaints opened in Beijing on Monday under the annual theme "Digital Intel

China Daily 12th October 2026 AI tool aims to bridge communication divide By HAN JINGYAN Chinese entrepreneur Cheng Lu is exploring whether multimodal artificial intelligence can bring benefits beyond productivity gains to people long underserved by technology. Cheng, a former Google developer relations program manager and Hugging Face Fellow, has developed the AI accessibility concept EchoBridge to focus on communication barriers between people who use sign language and thos