EEconomy Read More China’s finance sector rocked by another sudden death amid overwork fearsFebruary 3, 2026 The sudden death of a top fund manager in Shanghai – the latest in a string of similar…
AArtificial intelligence Read More AI’s next race is energy-efficient architectures, top scientist saysFebruary 3, 2026 The next phase of global AI competition will hinge less on who can scale today’s transformer models the…
EEconomy Read More Japan retrieves rare earth-rich mud from seabed to lower reliance on ChinaFebruary 2, 2026 TOKYO (AP) — Japan said Monday it has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals…
EEconomy Read More ‘Are you dead?’ app and ‘crying horse’ plushie are a hitFebruary 2, 2026 While Americans worry about inflation and affordability, the Chinese are fretting about deflation and a down economy. To…
AAustralia Read More Brisbane baby coffee assault tests Australia-China relationsFebruary 2, 2026 It has taken 16 months for even a modest sign of movement. Sixteen months after a stranger poured…
MMusic Read More China criticizes Dalai Lama’s Grammy awardFebruary 2, 2026 BEIJING (AP) — Beijing on Monday criticized the Dalai Lama ’s first Grammy win, describing the music industry…
NNBA Read More Chinese players often lack ‘survival instinct’ needed to thrive in NBA, Yao Ming saysFebruary 2, 2026 Former Houston Rockets star Yao Ming believes Chinese players trying to make it in the NBA often lack…
EEconomy Read More Open Questions | Lawrence Lau on why China must ‘work smarter’ and how it can invent from scratchFebruary 2, 2026 Lawrence J. Lau is a Hong Kong economist specialising in economic development and East Asian economies. He was…
EEconomy Read More New rules of expansion: Chinese firms urged to ‘go local’ as they chase sales abroadFebruary 1, 2026 As dwindling domestic profits push more Chinese firms onto the global stage, industry titans – forerunners who know…
EEconomy Read More China’s plan to internationalise yuan quietly takes a step forward as Zambia gets on boardFebruary 1, 2026 As of January, Zambia has begun collecting taxes and royalties from Chinese mining firms in yuan, and will…
MMedication Read More Tension over countries’ drug stockpiles looms over Critical Medicines Act talks – POLITICOFebruary 1, 2026 “There are differing positions between different member states on that,” he said. “I think probably smaller member states…
SScience Read More Fossils in Chinese Quarry Show Unknown Creatures from 500 Million Years AgoFebruary 1, 2026 Scientists have discovered more than 50,000 fossils in a quarry in the Hunan province of southern China. These…