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Robotics
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Robo-monks lead Seoul’s Lotus Lantern Festival
South Korea’s Lotus Lantern Festival, or Yeon Deung Hoe, was added to Unesco’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2020.
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Artificial intelligence
Forget cellular data: China’s telecoms giants are selling AI token plans
3 hours ago
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Semiconductors
China’s Amec setting industry standard for chipmaking tech, founder says
4 hours ago
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Science
China’s northeast, poor in rare earths, scores big find
A new type of deposit in Heilongjiang and Jilin promises easier, cheaper mining than in southern clay-rich areas, say scientists.
3 hours ago
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Artificial intelligence
China ramps up building national computing power network as AI token use surges
Beijing casts computing power as a national infrastructure, likening tokens to mobile data as telecoms firms roll out mass-market packages.
17 May 2026 - 8:30PM
US-China relations
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Xi-Trump summit reveals changing shape of US-China tech rivalry
Trump is acknowledging reality: if a full US-China decoupling is unrealistic, the alternative is to shape the terms of interdependence.
17 May 2026 - 5:21PM
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Artificial intelligence
AI agents face trust issues in ‘high-risk’ industrial sectors: experts
Expert says large language models struggle in professional domains due to lack of industrial data and knowledge during training.
17 May 2026 - 3:21PM
Transport and logistics
China’s up-and-coming cities plan second airports as competition soars
Emerging economic centres are looking to broaden their aviation networks as local governments seek greater international, regional connectivity.
17 May 2026 - 12:00PM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Peugeot, Jeep take on Chinese rivals with new models using local EV tech
Peugeot and Jeep are following in the footsteps of Hyundai Motor’s Ioniq to regain lost ground in mainland China.
15 May 2026 - 10:20PM
US-China tech war
Trump, Xi weigh AI ‘guardrails’ as Nvidia chip exports hang in the balance
Meeting in Beijing, the presidents weighed safety protocols for the rapidly emerging technology, and H200 chip shipments were a ‘sovereign decision’ for China.
15 May 2026 - 9:45PM
China manufacturing
After Trump visit, China’s top party journal doubles down on manufacturing push
The real economy must remain the bedrock of future growth, according to latest Qiushi article.
15 May 2026 - 6:59PM
Electric & new energy vehicles
Chinese EV makers hunt for idled plants in Europe as they expand global influence
BYD, the world’s largest electric car maker, says it is in talks with Stellantis about using European marques’ idled assembly facilities.
15 May 2026 - 5:50PM
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Science
Does China’s Jiuzhang 4.0 computer herald the age of quantum supremacy?
New programmable photonic quantum computing prototype completed a complex calculation in microseconds, developers say.
15 May 2026 - 4:23PM
US-China trade war
The US-China trade war is entering a worrying new phase
The US and China are racing to roll out competing sanctions, rules and regulations, leaving firms trapped in a legal Catch-22.
15 May 2026 - 11:04AM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Xi-Trump summit: Ford-CATL plant shows how global carmakers need China
Collaboration with Chinese suppliers ‘the only way international carmakers can compete with Chinese carmakers’, Morgan Stanley analyst says.
14 May 2026 - 8:00PM
China trade
China’s expanding industrial strategy
The country’s industrial strategy has shifted from targeting specific sectors towards covering all layers of production.
14 May 2026 - 3:35PM
Electric & new energy vehicles
Oil shock fuels BEVs to 9 of top 10 in sales, with China brands overtaking Tesla
Battery EVs take nine of top 10 sales spots amid surging oil prices, giving local brands the edge and pushing Tesla down April charts.
14 May 2026 - 3:30PM
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Alibaba
Alibaba shares surge 7% in Hong Kong as firm accelerates pivot to AI
The Chinese tech giant’s New York-listed shares also closed up 8.2 per cent on Wednesday, after it reported triple-digit growth in AI revenues.
14 May 2026 - 9:56AM
Semiconductors
Chinese memory module makers ramp up production with new CXMT DRAM
Founded in 2016, CXMT is widely regarded as China’s only domestic DRAM maker to have achieved mass production.
14 May 2026 - 7:30AM
Alibaba
Alibaba CEO signals capex boost as China tech giant forges full-stack AI path
Alibaba’s quarterly revenue arrived largely in line with estimates as the tech giant disclosed its first AI sales data, and in early US trading, the shares jumped 6%.
13 May 2026 - 10:46PM
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China trade
Asia needs ‘institutional toolbox’ to survive global shocks, China experts warn
Ahead of Trump’s China visit, experts at an RCEP forum discuss a supply-chain overhaul, looking to insulate the world’s biggest trading bloc.
13 May 2026 - 4:42PM
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2026 Xi-Trump summit
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang joins Trump’s trip to China at last minute
The Nvidia CEO boarded Air Force One during a refuelling stop in Alaska, with Trump saying it was ‘an honour’ to have him on the trip.
13 May 2026 - 12:25PM
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Artificial intelligence
How ByteDance plans to turn OpenClaw craze into a profitable AI business
ArkClaw’s subscription model and surging token demand mark ByteDance’s new approach to agent economics.
13 May 2026 - 10:00AM
US-China relations
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US’ scientific self-harm will only help China
While Washington slashes funding for the sciences, Beijing is clinching its lead in everything from patent applications to publications.
13 May 2026 - 9:30AM
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Semiconductors
China’s chip dream: Loongson challenges Intel, fuelled by Beijing’s tech drive
Since its launch in November 2023, the 3A6000 has been adopted in a Chinese government-backed IT replacement programme called ‘XinChuang’.
13 May 2026 - 7:30AM
Unitree Robotics
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China’s Unitree unveils manned mecha
The 500kg mecha is capable of transforming into a four-legged mode.
12 May 2026 - 7:05PM
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Semiconductors
SMIC founder warns against ‘blind pursuit’ of cutting-edge nodes
Richard Chang’s rare public remarks highlight importance of mature chips to China’s supply chain security.
12 May 2026 - 7:51AM
Artificial intelligence
China deepens footprint at AI conference despite NeurIPS dispute, US tensions
Alibaba, ByteDance, other Chinese tech giants top paper submissions in conference, quelling worries over geopolitics impacting participation.
11 May 2026 - 10:00PM
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