China’s ‘K-shaped’ economy is divided not just by sector, but geography
China’s so-called K-shaped economy has attracted attention in recent months, as official data shows a disparity between the…
Goodwood return brings Trawlerman full circle
Four years after a Goodwood handicap win signaled his potential as a stayer, Trawlerman returns to the Sussex…
Open Questions | Nobel laureate Simon Johnson on the AI race and China’s ‘over-automation’ problem
Simon Johnson is a professor of entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A former chief economist…
China’s memory chip makers ride AI boom to new power — and U.S. scrutiny
SINGAPORE – For months, Chinese chip manufacturer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) had been hiking prices on Huawei, one…
China’s industrial profit growth slows again in June as oil falls
LIUZHOU, CHINA – JULY 25: Robotic arms assemble auto parts at the workshop of Guangxi Liuzhou Zhuotong Auto…
Low profile, high AI ambition: what leaked comments reveal about DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng
In an era dominated by aggressive tech founders who chase billion-dollar valuations and maximal profits while curating loud…
Price of parenting: the household maths giving China’s consumers pause
Qiu Huiying, a human resources manager in Guangdong, worries in numerical terms when she looks ahead to the…
HK is requiring facial recognition for some pension fund withdrawal applications: regulator
Hong Kong’s pension fund regulator said it will introduce a new arrangement to strengthen the verification requirements for…
DeepSeek’s Normally Boring CEO Is Reportedly Spiraling After Supposed Leak
A planned funding round at Hangzhou, China-based hedge fund and unexpected AI juggernaut DeepSeek has probably been cancelled.…
What is a supernode, and why does it matter for the China-US tech rivalry?
As the size of artificial intelligence models expands beyond 1 trillion parameters, a new concept is dominating the…
New titanium tailings recycling plant to slash CO2 emissions by 40%
China has begun building a 300,000-ton demonstration plant that will use a newly validated titanium tailings recovery technology…
Hongkongers increase cross-border shopping splurges, spending data shows
Even as local retail spending remains resilient, Hong Kong consumers are shopping more across the border in mainland…