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Artificial intelligence
Rapid advances in China’s AI video space lead to widespread tech adoption
Cutting-edge tools from Shengshu, Kuaishou, Alibaba Cloud and SenseTime transform content creation for marketers and creators alike.
16 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Xpeng, Li Auto given approval to test ‘hands-off’ L3 cars amid slowing market
16 Dec 2025 - 7:45PM
China technology
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Humanoid robots take centre stage at Shanghai summit
16 Dec 2025 - 2:59PM
Style Edit
Style Edit: Audemars Piguet’s innovation at Dubai Watch Week
The luxury Swiss horology brand has been creating coveted perpetual calendars since 1948 – and just launched a new technology.
16 Dec 2025 - 10:00AM
Artificial intelligence
ByteDance dominates China’s tech hiring as AI talent demand surges
ByteDance tops rivals Meituan and Alibaba in recruitments this year, according to professional social networking platform Maimai.
16 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM
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China's military weapons
China’s latest stealth endurance drone, CH-7, completes maiden flight
Designer says UAV can quickly penetrate target areas for reconnaissance and rely on stealth to send information from battle front lines.
15 Dec 2025 - 11:26PM
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Science
Why China’s growing demand for rare-earth steel is bad news for America’s F-35
Advanced product is used in huge infrastructure projects but that has further reduced supply for overseas buyers like the US defence sector.
15 Dec 2025 - 9:43PM
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China's population
China’s fertility push: IVF grants grow, but high costs still deter couples
Local governments are subsidising a portion of expensive treatments, but experts warn that cash handouts will not fix the economic pressure of raising a family.
15 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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Artificial intelligence
Chinese expert calls for world models and safety standards for embodied AI
Turing Award winner Andrew Yao says embodied AI needs reasoning, planning and control in one framework.
15 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Why Nvidia chip is unlikely to derail ambitions of China’s Huawei, Moore Threads
China’s huge demand for AI computing power leaves room for growth for both US and domestic chips, analysts say.
15 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Xpeng steps up ‘go global’ drive with Malaysian assembly hub for Southeast Asia
The Guangzhou-based company said it would partner with Malaysia’s EP Manufacturing to locally assemble intelligent EVs.
15 Dec 2025 - 5:00PM
United States
China’s AI sector poised for growth despite US restrictions: venture capitalist
China’s AI sector gains confidence with DeepSeek’s emergence, but tech ecosystem needs to improve, GSR United Capital’s Zhou Qi says.
16 Dec 2025 - 3:55PM
Electric & new energy vehicles
China’s Geely Auto raises bar on car safety with world’s largest test centre
Carmaker expands testing to 27 categories at Ningbo facility to prioritise safety over discounts in a crowded market.
15 Dec 2025 - 8:30AM
Science
How China’s US$150,000 robot start-up beat Elon Musk in 2 years
EngineAI robot delivers forceful Bruce Lee-style kicks, while Musk’s Optimus jogs a few steps and falls over while handing out water bottle.
14 Dec 2025 - 10:33PM
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Made in China 2025
China’s Unitree teases platform allowing users to control robots via smartphones
Hangzhou robotics unicorn’s platform is designed to bring embodied intelligence into everyday life.
14 Dec 2025 - 4:49PM
Science
US green tech retreat echoes mistake of China’s Qing dynasty before collapse
While Washington pulls back on climate, Beijing is making it possible for developing nations to leapfrog into a cleaner energy era.
13 Dec 2025 - 7:07AM
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Artificial intelligence
Alipay and Rokid open up AI payment function on smart glasses to developers
The function has been made available to participants in the Rokid Spatial Joy 25 Global AR and AI Developer Competition.
15 Dec 2025 - 11:49AM
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United States
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It’s an expensive Christmas for Americans thanks to Trump’s tariffs
It’s been years since the US president extolled the virtues of trade wars: how much longer before he recognises tariffs harm the US economy?
12 Dec 2025 - 5:08PM
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Science
Editorial
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China is no longer a follower in the race for quantum supremacy
A Chinese team recreated one of Einstein’s famous thought experiments, the results of which could help improve technologies like quantum computing.
12 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM
US-China relations
Senior Democrat urges Rubio to fill Arctic post and halt rise of China, Russia
In a letter, Raja Krishnamoorthi asks US Secretary of State to restore key US role in ‘one of the world’s most strategically vital regions’.
12 Dec 2025 - 11:50PM
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Artificial intelligence
China’s Xreal to power Google’s Android AI glasses as smart eyewear demand grows
Project Aura, which features dual-chip design and optical see-through lenses, is a fresh example of China’s expanding R&D capabilities.
11 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
China economy
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How China is cementing its central role as the architect of green tech
Beyond climate leadership and capacity building, China is rewriting its own energy system – and the global energy order.
11 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin drops below US$90,000 as AI worries sour risk appetite
The fall signals renewed market jitters after the historic crypto crash in October.
11 Dec 2025 - 4:03PM
Open Questions series
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Why sci-fi’s Liu Cixin hopes AI surpasses humanity
The Three-Body Problem author on technology’s remorseless progress, why superintelligence isn’t a given and the decline of science fiction literature.
11 Dec 2025 - 10:00AM
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US-China relations
China heads into 2026 with economic strains, uneasy US rivalry: Asia Society
Report says Beijing must juggle control and growth as debt, demographics and US tech tensions shape the year ahead.
11 Dec 2025 - 7:35AM
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Japan
Fur real? In Japan, rise in bear attacks spurs demand for robot wolf, AI cameras
Authorities in a prefecture have also deployed drones that mimic dogs barking and spark fireworks to scare off bears.
10 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
Science
Over 10 years in the making: China launches 2,000km-wide AI computing hub
Implications are revolutionary for extremely high real-time demands such as AI large model training, telemedicine, director Liu Yunjie says.
10 Dec 2025 - 5:37PM
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China technology
Opinion
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Why the Global South is embracing Chinese AI
The US champions AI as an autonomous agent, a content creator. China exports a vision of AI as a digital nervous system for the real economy.
10 Dec 2025 - 10:26AM
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