China achieves tamper-proof quantum communication over 100km with single atoms
Chinese researchers have pushed the frontiers of quantum encryption, demonstrating a powerful new way to send secure information…
China’s clean power energising economy, adding a Brazil’s worth of GDP: report
Clean energy technologies – led by solar power and electric vehicles – drove more than one-third of China’s…
China signals strong demand for soybean imports in 2026 rural blueprint
China will “deeply participate” in agricultural trade and expand imports of products in short domestic supply, a senior…
Chinese AI firms defend safety practices, push back on Western criticism
Chinese companies are mitigating the risks of artificial intelligence in their own way and should not be judged…
‘Value for money’: AI agent OpenClaw adopts Chinese models for cost edge over US rivals
OpenClaw, which has been a runaway success since its late 2025 launch, announced on Friday that it was…
Donald Trump’s UAE chip deal is a US national security risk
Perhaps the UAE’s US$1.4t pledge was responsible for getting it done. Perhaps Sheikh Tahnoon’s decision to have his…
‘Are you dead?’ app and ‘crying horse’ plushie are a hit
While Americans worry about inflation and affordability, the Chinese are fretting about deflation and a down economy. To…
China criticizes Dalai Lama’s Grammy award
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing on Monday criticized the Dalai Lama ’s first Grammy win, describing the music industry…
Trade war, global instability push de-dollarisation into China’s academic mainstream
Interest in de-dollarisation has spiked in Chinese academic and policy circles, as Beijing grows increasingly wary of the…
Open Questions | Lawrence Lau on why China must ‘work smarter’ and how it can invent from scratch
Lawrence J. Lau is a Hong Kong economist specialising in economic development and East Asian economies. He was…
New rules of expansion: Chinese firms urged to ‘go local’ as they chase sales abroad
As dwindling domestic profits push more Chinese firms onto the global stage, industry titans – forerunners who know…
China’s plan to internationalise yuan quietly takes a step forward as Zambia gets on board
As of January, Zambia has begun collecting taxes and royalties from Chinese mining firms in yuan, and will…