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A Chinese pianist ordered to secure research funding to save his university job has died, while a note that he left exposing alleged malpractices at the institution was posthumously posted online by one of his students – with his family’s consent. The note was penned by Bai Baoguo. Born in 1972, Bai was an associate professor at the Yan’an University’s Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in Shaanxi province. He died on October 20. Two weeks later, on November 3, a six-page note circulated on the Chinese.

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We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO amid affairs scandal Jensen Huang has resigned as president, chief executive officer and board member of the AI chip giant Nvidia with immediate effect, the firm announced on Thursday, amid media...

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