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🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 21, 2026

Tesla signs deal to integrate Alipay into its cars as China competition heats up

Tesla signs deal to integrate Alipay into its cars as China competition heats up

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 21, 2026

Only 3% of Hong Kong firms have fully integrated AI into workflows, survey finds

Only 3% of Hong Kong firms have fully integrated AI into workflows, survey finds

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 20, 2026

What is Discovery Loop, Chinese teen AI prodigy Nathan Chen’s rumoured next destination?

What is Discovery Loop, Chinese teen AI prodigy Nathan Chen’s rumoured next destination?

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 20, 2026

China’s new 0.1-nanometre electron microscope ready to challenge US and Japan

China’s new 0.1-nanometre electron microscope ready to challenge US and Japan

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 19, 2026

The human touch behind the virtual technology for preparing child cancer patients

The human touch behind the virtual technology for preparing child cancer patients

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 19, 2026

US prize-winning cancer scientist Wan Fengyi joins China’s Zhejiang University

US prize-winning cancer scientist Wan Fengyi joins China’s Zhejiang University

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 19, 2026

Can Hong Kong become a new centre for frontier medicine?

Can Hong Kong become a new centre for frontier medicine?

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 17, 2026

AI glasses as travel guides? Cheaper in China, but technical hitches slow adoption

AI glasses as travel guides? Cheaper in China, but technical hitches slow adoption

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 17, 2026

AI used for first time to analyse lawmakers’ 5-year plan, policy address debate

AI used for first time to analyse lawmakers’ 5-year plan, policy address debate

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 17, 2026

A companion between appointments: Hong Kong student’s AI tool for cancer patients

A companion between appointments: Hong Kong student’s AI tool for cancer patients

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 16, 2026

ASML eyes hybrid bonding, report finds, as Chinese firms adopt chip packaging technique

ASML eyes hybrid bonding, report finds, as Chinese firms adopt chip packaging technique

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 16, 2026

Hong Kong vies for role in robotics boom with launch of embodied AI hub

Hong Kong vies for role in robotics boom with launch of embodied AI hub

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 15, 2026

China is a beacon of global embryo research, says scientist on return from US to lead lab

China is a beacon of global embryo research, says scientist on return from US to lead lab

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 15, 2026

DeepSeek offers user refunds after suffering another major outage

DeepSeek offers user refunds after suffering another major outage

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 14, 2026

ASML’s chip equipment sales to China soar 109% despite US export curb push

ASML’s chip equipment sales to China soar 109% despite US export curb push

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 14, 2026

Chinese team finds 11,700 new viruses in world’s biggest seabed metal deposit

Chinese team finds 11,700 new viruses in world’s biggest seabed metal deposit

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 14, 2026

China ‘robot trainers’ fold clothes, wash dishes 200 times a day for up to US$900 a month

China ‘robot trainers’ fold clothes, wash dishes 200 times a day for up to US$900 a month

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 13, 2026

China is working on a submarine tank that can operate underwater for 2 hours

China is working on a submarine tank that can operate underwater for 2 hours

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 12, 2026

OpenAI’s GPT-6 may lead to robotics breakthrough as soon as next year: Unitree founder

OpenAI’s GPT-6 may lead to robotics breakthrough as soon as next year: Unitree founder

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 12, 2026

Chinese desalination plant cuts 60% energy use, turns waste brine into industrial salt

Chinese desalination plant cuts 60% energy use, turns waste brine into industrial salt

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 11, 2026

Leading Chinese mathematicians unite behind use of AI in research

Leading Chinese mathematicians unite behind use of AI in research

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 11, 2026

Japan’s Sumitomo Bakelite expands China chip packaging materials output amid AI boom

Japan’s Sumitomo Bakelite expands China chip packaging materials output amid AI boom

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 9, 2026

Anthropic claims Chinese AI firms secretly use Claude. Is it true?

Anthropic claims Chinese AI firms secretly use Claude. Is it true?

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 7, 2026

Hong Kong’s AI city brain must understand how people really speak

Hong Kong’s AI city brain must understand how people really speak

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 7, 2026

China’s DeepZang AI aims to transform Tibetan language tech, promote ethnic unity

China’s DeepZang AI aims to transform Tibetan language tech, promote ethnic unity

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 6, 2026

Chinese team creates ‘lifelike’ hydrogel that changes shape for smart devices

Chinese team creates ‘lifelike’ hydrogel that changes shape for smart devices

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 4, 2026

New AI laws should target data governance, safety to build public confidence: experts

New AI laws should target data governance, safety to build public confidence: experts

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Oct 4, 2026

Quality over quantity: China’s AI microdrama producers battle viewer fatigue

Quality over quantity: China’s AI microdrama producers battle viewer fatigue

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 30, 2026

Slow is beautiful: China launches war against AI drama, goes beyond algorithms

Slow is beautiful: China launches war against AI drama, goes beyond algorithms

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 28, 2026

China lights up ‘super microscope’ hopes with world-leading electron gun beam

China lights up ‘super microscope’ hopes with world-leading electron gun beam

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 25, 2026

China overtakes US as top workplace for elite AI researchers, study finds

China overtakes US as top workplace for elite AI researchers, study finds

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 21, 2026

China tests first practical submarine solar power plant at 10-metre depth in the open sea

China tests first practical submarine solar power plant at 10-metre depth in the open sea

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 21, 2026

As the US weighs restrictions on cloud computing, how will China’s AI sector adapt?

As the US weighs restrictions on cloud computing, how will China’s AI sector adapt?

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 20, 2026

Does Trump’s new AI Force signal tech race escalation ahead of Xi Jinping summit?

Does Trump’s new AI Force signal tech race escalation ahead of Xi Jinping summit?

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 20, 2026

Chinese man sues AI firm after chatbot’s ‘auspicious’ date suggestion leads to disaster

Chinese man sues AI firm after chatbot’s ‘auspicious’ date suggestion leads to disaster

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 19, 2026

China-led study reveals ‘Greater Gondwana’ was 80% of Earth’s crust 500m years ago

China-led study reveals ‘Greater Gondwana’ was 80% of Earth’s crust 500m years ago

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 19, 2026

Google says Gemini AI model breached real systems in security test

Google says Gemini AI model breached real systems in security test

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 18, 2026

Alibaba open-sources medical AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditions

Alibaba open-sources medical AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditions

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 18, 2026

ByteDance spin-off Anew Labs raises US$290m as AI drug developers enjoy fundraising boom

ByteDance spin-off Anew Labs raises US$290m as AI drug developers enjoy fundraising boom

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 17, 2026

China trusted more than US, EU on AI regulation in Pew survey of middle-income countries

China trusted more than US, EU on AI regulation in Pew survey of middle-income countries

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 16, 2026

China uses 100,000 home-grown AI chips to build leading weather forecast system

China uses 100,000 home-grown AI chips to build leading weather forecast system

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 15, 2026

Chinese plant extracts critical rare metals from lithium waste in world first

Chinese plant extracts critical rare metals from lithium waste in world first

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 14, 2026

Trump dismisses AI concerns, says US has tools to keep it safe

Trump dismisses AI concerns, says US has tools to keep it safe

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 14, 2026

Chinese researchers chart 5-stage path toward ‘last AI built by humans’

Chinese researchers chart 5-stage path toward ‘last AI built by humans’

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 13, 2026

Seeking cash for AI, China’s Z.ai eyes new US$5b fundraising push after July share sale

Seeking cash for AI, China’s Z.ai eyes new US$5b fundraising push after July share sale

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 12, 2026

What is AGI? How China’s AI firms are catching up as OpenAI Astra sparks debate

What is AGI? How China’s AI firms are catching up as OpenAI Astra sparks debate

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 10, 2026

Huawei racketeering trial enters second day of testimony

Huawei racketeering trial enters second day of testimony

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 9, 2026

US, China trials suggest a single nanodrug shot might stop bad cholesterol forever

US, China trials suggest a single nanodrug shot might stop bad cholesterol forever

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 8, 2026

Elon Musk says Tesla has a rare-earth-free motor. Should China be worried?

Elon Musk says Tesla has a rare-earth-free motor. Should China be worried?

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 7, 2026

China’s Xiaomi unveils folding phone with home-grown chip as it takes on Apple, Huawei

China’s Xiaomi unveils folding phone with home-grown chip as it takes on Apple, Huawei

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 5, 2026

China launches plan for 3D satellite network to monitor sun and cosmic explosions

China launches plan for 3D satellite network to monitor sun and cosmic explosions

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 5, 2026

Chinese-German team builds ultra-sensitive ‘floating compass’ to hunt dark matter

Chinese-German team builds ultra-sensitive ‘floating compass’ to hunt dark matter

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 4, 2026

Chinese team extracts uranium from seawater at 8 times the US target rate

Chinese team extracts uranium from seawater at 8 times the US target rate

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 4, 2026

How China Works author on the data economy, robots and AI

How China Works author on the data economy, robots and AI

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 3, 2026

China-Singapore security team claims breakthrough in hacking Starlink terminals

China-Singapore security team claims breakthrough in hacking Starlink terminals

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 3, 2026

Moonshot AI – creator of Kimi K3 model – has filed for Hong Kong IPO: sources

Moonshot AI – creator of Kimi K3 model – has filed for Hong Kong IPO: sources

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 2, 2026

China approves string of ‘telepathy’ devices amid push to leapfrog Elon Musk

China approves string of ‘telepathy’ devices amid push to leapfrog Elon Musk

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 1, 2026

What’s next after China court freezes US$318m in Nexperia assets amid Wingtech battle?

What’s next after China court freezes US$318m in Nexperia assets amid Wingtech battle?

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Sep 1, 2026

Apple’s new CEO Ternus takes over from Tim Cook after 15 years

Apple’s new CEO Ternus takes over from Tim Cook after 15 years

🇨🇳 China•Technology•Aug 31, 2026

Asean urged to take on Big Tech after Meta’s record payout

Asean urged to take on Big Tech after Meta’s record payout

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