Baidui Cup grows into global stage for youth football in Beijing
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BEIJING, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 August 2025 – The 42nd “Baidui Cup” Football Tournament kicked off in the rain on the August 8th. It brought a refreshing coolness of summer to the young players and once again ignited a football fever in Beijing, the “Dual Olympic City”.
A player goes for goal during a Baidui Cup match, August 2025.
As 51-year-old Chinese football legend Yang Chen watched children playing joyfully at the ongoing Beijing youth football tournament, vivid memories of his own participation over four decades ago came flooding back.
“I really enjoy those exciting and delightful moments, running side by side with my young teammates, trying to perform our best, and pursuing victories. This is where my dream began,” noted the Beijing native, who participated in the first two editions of the tournament.
The Beijing youth football tournament is also known as the Baidui Cup. In 1984, 112 teams signed up for the inaugural event, while the number has expanded to over 1,000 in recent years.
Players vie for the ball during a Baidu Cup match, August 2025.
This year, the 42nd edition of the Baidui Cup runs through August 8 to 17. “More kids are getting involved in this traditional tournament. They learn from each other and improve their skills through matches. Their passion shows the great football atmosphere here,” Yang said.
In the current tournament, young players competed on football fields across six districts in Beijing, while their parents and other family members cheered for them throughout, no matter whether it was rainy or sunny in the hot summer.
“The Baidui Cup is my most anticipated event in summer vacation. It is like a football party,” said the 10-year-old Li Jinglin during his fifth appearance at the tournament. “I started playing football as a left wing midfielder at the age of five. Two years ago, our goalkeeper got injured, and I replaced him and have stayed in that position since. I want to defend the victory for our team.”
Nine-year-old forward Wang Yibo, whose parents, grandmother and younger sister are his loyal fans, made his debut in the Baidui Cup after playing football for over two years.
“At first, I just hoped that he [Wang] could have better physical strength by attending football training sessions every week. Gradually, I found he was self-motivated to make progress step by step. I believe football will always accompany him as he grows up,” said Wang’s mother Guo Lele.
As the tournament has further expanded its influence in recent years, more talents from other cities and even the rest of the world have joined this youth football festival.
Coach Ma Zhiqiang brought his players from Rongjiang County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province to experience the Baidui Cup in Beijing for the first time this year. Rongjiang is the birthplace of China’s renowned Village Super League, also known as Cun Chao.
“My kids are all from the Chemin Primary School in Rongjiang. I have only been there for 10 months, but I already feel their tenacity and strong will to play. With no doubt, Cun Chao inspired them a lot, and they wish to play in front of their home audience in the future,” Ma said.
Children in mountainous areas generally have good leg strength but still need to polish their skills, particularly compared with young players from professional football clubs in Beijing. However, the performance of Rongjiang players at the Baidui Cup amazed everyone.
Ma remarked, “My team strictly implemented the game plan. In the first half, they concentrated on defense, while in the second half, they took advantage of their physical strength to make counter-attack. We are all excited to secure several victories here.”
Nine-year-old Lin Qihang, captain of the Rongjiang youth team, practices for more than three hours every day after school. He said, “Playing football made me more self-disciplined. Our trip to Beijing is an opportunity to learn from other teams and see a bigger world.”
Travelling from thousands of miles away, Zimbabwe’s 11-year-old Christiano Konono competed in the Baidui Cup with his teammates, who are all from Jadel Football Academy, a youth football club in Beijing founded by former professional player Walter Musanhu in 2019.
Jadel Football Academy dispatched five age-group teams to this summer’s Baidui Cup, with about 150 players from China, Zimbabwe, Japan and other countries and regions. This winter, Musanhu will lead his Chinese players to Zimbabwe to experience African football culture.
“I have so much love for the kids, and they need to be encouraged. I want these kids to achieve more than what I achieved as a football player. I want these kids to have the best memories in their lives,” remarked Musanhu.
Reflecting on the development of the Baidui Cup, Gao Jun, secretary of Beijing Football Association, said, “As the tournament grows in popularity, we organize it annually. There is simply no reason to stop.”
Indeed, the Baidui Cup has become an iconic youth football tournament pillared by the enthusiasm of young generations and the support from their families. Almost all elite Beijing native football players have showed their potential in the Baidui Cup, including former Chinese national team players Shao Jiayi and Liu Ying.
“A journey of more than 40 years is never easy. I hope more young players can stand out in the Baidui Cup and contribute to Chinese football and its related industries,” said Shao, currently the head coach of Qingdao West Coast in Chinese Super League.
Hashtag: #BaiduiCup
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China Unicom Beijing Powers World’s First Humanoid Robot Games with Smart 5G-A Network
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BEIJING, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 August 2025 – At the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games which just kicked off, China Unicom Beijing provides full 5G-A network coverage outside and inside the event venue — Beijing National Speed Skating Oval. This cutting-edge network, characterized by its high uplink capacity, reliability, and security, is enabling over 500 robots from nearly 280 teams worldwide to compete at their best across athletic, performance, industrial, and healthcare contests. It is also significantly enhancing the experience for tens of thousands of spectators. Such robust 5G-A networks will transform society by propelling humanoid robots beyond competitions and into full-scale commercialization.
China Unicom at the World’s First Humanoid Robot Games
The AI industry is developing rapidly. Multimodal and cross-device interactions are reshaping personal experiences, IoT connections are growing exponentially, and AI is now woven into the fabric of core production processes, completely redefining workflows. These embodied AI robots are a demanding AI application, requiring a specialized network that allows them to perceive their surroundings, make instant decisions, pinpoint their location precisely, and coordinate with other robots.
With the games already in play, China Unicom Beijing is delivering reliable, extensive, and high-uplink connectivity for both robots and spectators outside and inside the arena. Outside, a 5G-A 3D network coordinating 1:1 high and mid bands boosts peak uplink and downlink user-perceived rates to 4 Gbps and 11.2 Gbps, respectively. Inside, LampSite offers 300 MHz bandwidth, achieving a peak network speed of 2.4 Gbps.
“Our 5G-A networks currently serve users, and we’re upgrading them to support embodied AI as well,” said Qin Yang, Deputy General Manager of China Unicom Beijing. “Our 5G-A network for this event reflects this progress. It dedicates a channel for spectators and a dynamically scalable one for robots, realizing seamless connectivity for both spectators and robots even during peak usage. In the robot sector, 5G-A will also be key to enabling low-latency remote control.”
Samuel Chen, Vice President of Marketing for Huawei’s Wireless Network Product Line, said, “At the humanoid robot games, the network must support many robots, spectators, and live media streams. It needs to provide high uplink capacity, low latency, high reliability, and wide coverage.”
Inside the venue, a 5G-A digital indoor system has been developed utilizing 300 MHz ultra-high-bandwidth spectrum. It delivers an uplink speed above 100 Mbps, allowing multiple 4K machine vision streams to be uploaded without frame loss. It also ensures air interface latency remains below 20 ms, so robots can respond to commands instantly.
Outside the venue, a 5G-A 3D network coordinates 1:1 high and low bands to achieve downlink and uplink speeds of 10 Gbps and 4 Gbps, respectively. With this fast connectivity, 8K panoramic cameras merge footage live, media like CCTV upload UHD shallow-compressed signals in seconds, and crowds live stream and share videos without lag.
As the world’s first international sports event for humanoid robots, the games set the stage for a groundbreaking fusion of technology and athletics, signaling AI’s expansion into sports at scale. As the event’s exclusive global communications partner, China Unicom is dedicated to ensuring millisecond-level network response and zero downtime with its 5G-A, AI, and all-optical network expertise through collaboration with partners. Beyond the event, China Unicom aims to inject strong momentum into the robotics industry.
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2025 IFSC Asian Youth Championships to Kick off on August 20th in Guiyang, Guizhou, 211 Young Athletes to Participate
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GUIYANG, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 August 2025 – Recently, the press conference for 2025 International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Asian Youth Championships was held at Guizhou Provincial Sports Bureau, announcing that the tournament will be held from August 20th to 24th at Guizhou Caihu International Climbing Center in Guanshanhu Park, Guiyang City. A total of 211 young Asian athletes will compete in six disciplines: men’s and women’s speed climbing, lead climbing, and bouldering.
The Guiyang Guanshanhu Park, where the 2025 International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Asian Youth Championships will be held.
This tournament is hosted by IFSC Asia and jointly organized by the Mountaineering Administrative Center of the General Administration of Sport of China, Chinese Mountaineering Association, Guizhou Provincial Sports Bureau, and Guiyang Municipal People’s Government. It has two age groups, U17 and U19, and is an A-level event certified by IFSC Asia. There are 40 athletes in Chinese team to participate in this competition, including two rising stars from Guizhou: Meng Shixue, who defended the U19 women’s speed gold medal at the 2025 World Youth Climbing Championships in Helsinki, Finland, and Wang Chunyouxuan, who won the U17 women’s speed bronze medal.
It is reported that Guanshanhu District in Guiyang City is a “National Ecological Civilization Construction Demonstration Zone”. In 2024, the excellent air quality rate reached 99.5%, the forest coverage rate was 45.96%, and the per capita park green area was17.42 square meters. Multiple indicators such as surface water quality and quality of drinking water sources are 100% up to standard, presenting a green picture of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
The Guizhou Caihu International Climbing Center, where the event is held, is located in the core area of Guanshan Lake Park, known as the “Urban Green Lung”. As a standard IFS-certified competition venue, the wall structure integrates the advantages of domestic and foreign course design, with the angle accuracy error controlled within 0.5°The three different climbing walls are designed not only to meet the technical requirements of speed climbing, lead climbing, and bouldering, which are featured in Olympic Games, but also to ensure training safety thanks to the scientific protection system.
In recent years, Guanshanhu District has adopted the strategy of “leveraging sports events to drive regional tourism”, and has successively built 16 large-scale cultural and sports venues such as Guiyang Olympic Sports Center and Guanshanhu Ecological Sports Park. As the venue for the Asian Youth Championship, Guanshanhu District has carefully planned and upgraded its climbing facilities during the preparation process. It is worth mentioning that in the development of sport economy, Guanshanhu District is not limited to host one type of sport event, but covers various sports such as football, badminton, fencing, etc., building a colorful sports ecology. In terms of event planning, Guanshanhu District not only hosts international or Asian sports events, but also introduces preferential policies such as reducing venue rent to attract regional sports competitions to be held here and enriching venue operation to improve regional sports events quality.
As for this event, the organizers have elaborately planned a series of activities deeply integrated “event+culture+consumption”. During the competition, Guanshan Lake Park Ethnic Festival Square will launch a “Roadside Concert by the Climbing Wall”, pooling ethnic elements such as Dong Chorus and Miao Songs with modern popular music, welcoming friends from all over the world with the romantic genes of Guiyang’s “City of Music Loving “. An outdoor themed market integrating food, travel, entertainment, and shopping will be created around the competition venue, showcasing premium coffee, craft beer, exquisite dining, and original cultural and creative products, making spectators to enjoy an immersive and amazing “city tour” experience.
At present, the preparation work is steadily advancing, and a “Three-Dimensional Assurance Network” covering medical care, security, reception, and transportation has been built, striving to make every participant feel the warmth of home and the enthusiasm of Guiyang.
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Bupa Hong Kong Connects More Customers to Flexible and Affordable Outpatient Care with Blua Health Pass
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Blua Health Pass promotes everyday wellness by making outpatient care more accessible across digital and in-person touchpoints, under Bupa’s commitment to Together for Your Health
With plans starting at just HK$250, Blua Health Pass connects customers to preventative care that meets the everyday wellness needs of today’s workforce and health-conscious individuals.
Developed to provide greater choice, Blua Health Pass offers seamless access to a wide range of outpatient services across digital and physical touchpoints—making it even more convenient to book appointments with general practitioners, specialists, Traditional Chinese Medical practitioners and physiotherapists. Customers can also track health progress, complete health missions and receive wellness recommendations available through the Blua Health app.
Blua Health, Hong Kong’s leading one-stop AI-powered mobile app, offers a range of digitally-enabled services including video consultations and ePharmacy¹, rewards for health missions, insurance management², and claims and other results review.
Three New Plans to Support Everyday Healthcare Needs
Blua Health Pass³ offers three levels of protection, with exclusive rates of up to 67% on standard service fees at around 380 service points and more than 20 specialties across Hong Kong. Customers can take advantage of priority eBooking on the Blua Health App for less wait time, AI-powered health assessments, digital prescription ordering and healthy living rewards. The three plans include:
- Blua Health Pass Lite, priced at HK$250, is ideal for individuals exploring Bupa’s network healthcare services.
- Moving up, the Blua Health Pass Plus is available for HK$780 per year, catering to those who seek more frequent healthcare interactions, providing greater access and savings on a variety of services.
- The most comprehensive offering is the Blua Health Pass Flex, which costs HK$1,800 annually. This premium option is intended for individuals requiring broad and frequent access to outpatient care. Subscribers to the Flex plan can enjoy up to 15 outpatient visits per year, with co-payments ranging from HK$60 to HK$120. The plan covers a wide range of services, including general practice and specialist consultations, physiotherapy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as diagnostic imaging, lab tests, vaccinations, and more.
Yuman Chan, General Manager of Bupa Insurance Business in Hong Kong, said, “Blua Health Pass helps to fill the outpatient medical needs for individuals without comprehensive insurance: whether they are freelancing, working for a startup, retired, or simply seeking an easier and more affordable way to access everyday care. Members can also stay in control of their healthcare management anytime, anywhere, and fully harness technology to integrate health into everyday life whilst making preventative care more affordable.”
Sign up for your preferred Blua Health Pass on Blua Health App today. Click this link to subscribe in just five minutes and begin enjoying accessible local care, priority in outpatient appointment bookings and exclusive rates: https://bluahealth.app.link/home
³Blua Health Pass is a subscription-based membership scheme offered, distributed and operated by Blua (Asia) Services Limited, a company registered in Hong Kong under the Bupa Group. Blua Health Pass is not an insurance product. Terms and conditions apply. Please refer to our product leaflet for more details.
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Macaron AI, the World’s First Personal Agent, Officially Launches, Ushering in the Era of Experience AI
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SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 August 2025 – Macaron AI, the world’s first Personal Agent, has officially launched, a category-defining AI product that reimagines how artificial intelligence fits into daily life, not just work faster.
Macaron AI marks a pivotal shift from productivity AI to what experts now call Experience AI—It is a companion that understands your personality, preferences, and habits to support daily life. By modeling your tastes, history, and goals, it can analyze conversations in real time and instantly create personalized mini-apps, streamlining and enhancing everyday routines.
Technology Beyond Prompts
Macaron AI introduces a new architecture built on agentic memory. Unlike prompt-based systems, its memory is trained through reinforcement learning (RL) to autonomously retrieve, summarize, and update user context across sessions. Each interaction begins with a specialized memory token, enabling Macaron AI to remember not just what was said, but who the user is.
This innovation allows Macaron AI to generate and maintain large-scale outputs—such as personalized mini-apps exceeding 100,000 lines of code—while preserving coherence and context. It also sets a new benchmark in efficiency, training a 671B-parameter model with just 48 H100 GPUs. By applying RL to both reasoning and memory, Macaron AI achieves scalable, consistent, and deeply personalized performance.
Trained to Evolve, Designed to Care
Macaron doesn’t offer “future you only watch” like a tech demo.
It delivers:
On-demand generation of real tools that respond instantly to individual needs
Ongoing relationship-building based on memory
Interactions designed to guide behavioral change
All of this is powered by RL training and Deep Memory, the foundation of a truly usable Personal Agent.
Crucially, these tools require no coding or complex setup. Macaron can instantly generate custom “mini-apps” for each user, building small, high-precision applications or tools in as little as 15 minutes.
This marks a major departure from the one-size-fits-all assistant model — Macaron is a memory bank, a programmer, and a companion that grows into whatever is needed to enrich a user’s life.
Redefining the AI Landscape
Macaron AI redefines what AI can be—not just a tool for work, but a companion for life. As the first true Personal Agent of the Experience AI era, it positions Macaron AI at the forefront of a new standard.
Hashtag: #MacaronAI
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Lens Technology accelerates Liquid Cooling Innovations for AI Systems
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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 August 2025 – The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has significantly increased GPU power demands, leading to a substantial rise in power consumption across data centers, from individual GPU chips to entire server racks. This surge in power usage has resulted in heightened heat generation. Liquid cooling technology, utilizing direct or indirect liquid contact with heat-generating components, delivers superior thermal dissipation efficiency. This capability effectively addresses the rigorous thermal management needs of server racks and data centers, positioning liquid cooling as the essential solution for next-generation high-performance computing servers.
Advanced liquid cooling systems are increasingly being integrated into the next-generation architectures of major North American clients, with multiple domestic companies actively providing samples. Additionally, liquid cooling solutions are gaining significant adoption in the humanoid robotics sector, with leading clients in both North America and China increasingly implementing these technologies.
In server applications, advanced liquid cooling systems combine piezoelectric fans with heat pipes and 3D vapor chambers (3DVC) to create highly efficient thermal modules. This integration enhances airflow over heat sink surfaces, significantly improving heat exchange efficiency and making it well-suited for high-density server chassis. The synergy between piezoelectric fans and liquid cooling maximizes the strengths of both technologies: liquid cooling effectively manages high-power heat dissipation, while piezoelectric fans address localized hotspots. By strategically placing piezoelectric fans near heat sources such as CPUs and GPUs, liquid cooling pipelines transfer heat to the heat sink, where the high-frequency vibrations of piezoelectric fans accelerate airflow. This enhances convective heat transfer, overcoming the limitations of liquid cooling in managing localized hotspots, thereby improving overall server thermal efficiency and reducing energy consumption.
Lens Technology has successfully mass-produced advanced thermal solutions incorporating piezoelectric fans for Taiwanese clients. These solutions provide superior cooling performance, occupy less space, and deliver significantly higher value compared to conventional thermal modules.
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Police recover bags of stolen treats from east Auckland supermarket
Source: New Zealand Police
A group of offenders were left with a sour taste in the mouth, after their failed attempt at stealing backpacks stuffed with chocolate.
Four teenagers were arrested after Police found nearly $700 worth of chocolate, when called out to a supermarket at Highland Park on Sunday evening.
Counties Manukau East Area Prevention Manager, Inspector Rakana Cook says supermarket staff reported a group filling bags with products at around 5pm.
“A Police unit arrived within minutes, as the group was allegedly filling backpacks with chocolate and meat,” he says.
“Our staff entered the supermarket as some of the offenders were attempting to walk out and stopped them in their tracks.”
All four were placed under arrest.
While taking the group into custody, one of the offenders attempted to push his way past.
“He has acted aggressively towards one of the staff and assaulted a member of the public who had tried to assist,” Inspector Cook says.
“Another offender spat at another constable at the scene.
“The group’s aggressive behaviour is unacceptable, and they will be held to account through the Youth Aid process.”
Those arrested were two 16-year-old females and two males, aged 13 and 16.
Inspector Cook says Police have been unable to identify the member of the public who had tried to assist, as he left the scene shortly afterward.
Enquiries remain ongoing into a fifth offender, who fled from the store at the time.
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Media Advisory: Pōwhiri and opening ceremony for annual Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police conference
Source: New Zealand Police
NZ Police will be hosting the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police annual conference in Waitangi, on 20-22 August.
The conference features Chiefs of Police (or their delegates) from the PCIP’s 22 member countries.
Media are invited to attend an opportunity for photography and/or filming at the pōwhiri and opening ceremony, on Wednesday 20 August, at the Upper Treaty Grounds from 8.30am.
The conference itself is closed to media.
NZ Police Commissioner Richard Chambers will be available for interviews on request after the opening ceremony.
Please email media@police.govt.nz
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New traffic lights on Rotorua’s SH30 – drive with care
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
People are urged to take extra care travelling through the newly activated traffic signals at the intersection of State Highway 30 (SH30) Te Ngae Road and Wharenui Road as part of the SH30 Eastern Corridor project.
While this phase of the project is nearly complete, fine tuning of the signal phasing, skid resistant surfacing and some additional road marking is yet to be completed.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) Regional Infrastructure Delivery Manager Darryl Coalter is asking people to take care and be patient as they adjust to the new layout.
“We ask people to be patient while this work is being carried out as it may take a few days to fine tune the signals to improve traffic flow.
“Busy sites with single lanes can create slow-moving queues as some vehicles accelerate slowly compared to others and gaps develop. The local operations centre is observing the flow and adjusting the signals to reduce the gaps and delays.
“We’re also adding some additional line-marking over the next few weeks to improve exiting from the high traffic volume supermarket,” he says.
A temporary speed limit of 40km/h will remain in place until October, when warmer weather will allow for skid resistant surfacing to be applied, ensuring a quality and long-lasting finish.
“Efficient operation of this intersection is important for both through and local traffic, and we appreciate people’s patience and co-operation during this transition” says Mr Coalter.
Significant development, particularly new housing, is underway in eastern Rotorua and NZTA is planning for the effects of growth across the transport network, and SH30 Te Ngae Road in particular.
SH30 carries between 12,500 (11.6% heavy) south of SH30/SH33 roundabout and 20,700 (7.2% heavy) vehicles near Puarenga Park each day. It is one of 2 key routes between Rotorua and Tauranga and is the key heavy vehicle route for freight.