With a special SIM card and app, some China Telecom smartphone users in Anhui province can make phone calls protected by quantum encryption, which could tip people off to potential eavesdroppers.

Researchers say prototype performed a trillion times faster than the most powerful conventional computer.

Beijing has changed strategic gears in its new blueprint for the country as it confronts roadblocks on technology, especially from the United States.

The country’s plans to develop innovative new technology have long been shrouded in secrecy but now they form part of the national strategy

Cooperation has even benefited research with potential military applications, at a time of toxic political relations between the countries.

Physicist Pan Jianwei says his team achieved quantum supremacy but ‘further verification’ is necessary.

This new research could help accelerate China’s efforts to develop hacking-resistant communications networks, while burnishing the country’s credentials as a quantum technology powerhouse.

After blockchain, marketers are slapping the word quantum on products like water bottles, touting benefits similar to Goop’s US$80 crystal-infused bottle

2019 was the year in which China realised it must develop more of its own strategic technology if it’s to end its supply chain dependence

Laborious calculations which once took an hour can be completed in a fraction of a second with machine learning, according to scientists.

After the US tech giant announced it had developed a chip that dramatically outperformed supercomputers, Chinese researchers remain confident they can find the ‘holy grail’ of technology.

While Google and Chinese scientists celebrated the breakthrough, American rivals including IBM and Intel cast doubt over the claims.

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