China’s hi-tech push, Aids and poverty fights in focus as vice-premiers tour provinces
High technology and low incomes were in sharp focus in China late last week as two of its…
Chinese fintech giant Ant Group releases powerful AI model to rival DeepSeek and OpenAI
Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has released a new open-source, trillion-parameter large language model (LLM) that boasts stronger…
China sees uptick in ‘super golden week’ spending amid record travel surge
China logged a welcome uptick in spending on services during the just-concluded eight-day “super golden week” public holiday,…
Alibaba’s Qwen3-Omni tops Hugging Face AI ranking as Chinese open systems flourish
Alibaba Group Holding’s new Qwen3-Omni multimodal artificial intelligence system has quickly become the most popular model in the…
China woman falls into old well, circled by snakes, clings to wall for 54 hours before rescue
A woman from southeastern China was miraculously rescued after accidentally falling into an abandoned well, where she clung…
Chinese startups race for global growth with low-cost hardware
Startups Domestic price pressures dent valuations but help launch products quickly, cheaply NetEase, a gaming company, incubated a…
Chiang Mai property market drops as Chinese demand wanes, Myanmar and US rise
A shift in consumer behaviour Akkadet Udomsirithamrong, President of the Chiang Mai Real Estate Association, noted a…
In China, Ray Dalio discusses global debt issues as Beijing seeks his counsel
As China works to defuse its debt risks, and with unchained US borrowing rocketing skyward, Ray Dalio finds…
Experts warn on risks and readiness ahead of World Quantum Day
As the world marks World Quantum Readiness Day this Thursday, experts from across the technology sector have urged…
Bad consumer loans emerge as new headache for Chinese banks
Finance Declining personal income, repayment capabilities hit lenders’ asset quality Top Chinese banks have recorded double-digit increases in…
AI demands could drive USD $500 billion annual data centre spend
Bain has released its sixth annual Global Technology Report, outlining the evolving landscape of AI, quantum computing, robotics,…
Open Questions | Dong Yu on why ‘every chapter’ of China’s 5-year plans boils down to income
Dong Yu has been executive vice-president of the China Institute for Development Planning at Tsinghua University since 2019.…