China faces new AI bottleneck as it runs out of Chinese-language training data
China’s high-stakes race to build next-generation artificial intelligence models is entering a critical new phase, where a less…
ByteDance and Alibaba to disable humanlike AI custom agents as new rules loom
Two of China’s major consumer-facing artificial intelligence apps, ByteDance’s Doubao and Alibaba Group Holding’s Qwen, are moving to…
China launches space computing hub as SpaceX gears up for historic IPO
China is ramping up its bets on space-based artificial intelligence computing with the launch of a state-backed research…
A cloud above the clouds: US, China race to make space a computing platform
In 1957, the Soviet Union kicked off the Cold War’s space race, shocking the world by sending Sputnik,…
‘Change typhoon intensity and path’: China team mulls hitting cyclones with space beam
China should accelerate development of a space-based solar power station, as the technology could one day do far…
Capital injection: China backs AI drug makers in self-reliance drive
Hangzhou-based METiS TechBio, founded in 2020, raised 400 million yuan (US$57.9 million) in series D financing in August…
China seeks ‘safe and reliable’ AI supply as global tech race heats up
China has vowed to achieve a “safe and reliable supply” of bedrock artificial intelligence (AI) technologies by 2027…
Can rising lithium costs save China’s energy storage firms from a brutal price war?
China’s energy storage firms, battered by a three-year price war, have been jolted by lithium battery maker Deegares,…
China bets big on copper, but ‘weaponisation’ risks low, unlike with rare earths: analysts
China is accelerating efforts to secure its copper supply chain, designating the metal as critical across strategic industries…
China’s Unitree teases platform allowing users to control robots through smartphones
Humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics has teased what it calls the world’s first humanoid robot “app store”, a…
China challenges US containment with global action plan for its commercial space industry
China’s space agency has released an action plan to take its commercial space sector worldwide, pledging to help…
Explainer | Why China’s commercial space sector is grabbing attention – including from Elon Musk
On Saturday, the Beijing-based start-up LandSpace reportedly plans to conduct the maiden launch of its Zhuque-3 rocket –…