US banks charge ahead with American AI in Hong Kong despite geopolitical tensions
Leading American banks are rolling out advanced artificial intelligence tools powered by US technology in their Hong Kong…
Appeal of China assets keeps rising among global investors, JPMorgan research says
Global investors’ appetite for Chinese equities, companies and assets continues to rise owing to rapid technological advancements and…
China’s yuan gains ground in international trade with room to grow, Goldman Sachs says
China-linked trade settlements in yuan grew from 13 per cent in 2019 to 30 per cent last year,…
Li Ka-shing charity to subsidise liver cancer surgery for 200 patients
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s charity will expand support for liver cancer patients by subsidising surgery fees for…
Lai Ka-ying is Hong Kong’s first astronaut. Her mentor saw her talent years ago
If you are working on a space station orbiting hundreds of kilometres above Earth, the woman set to…
Graduates of top vocational school spared brunt of AI impact, new chairman says
Graduates of Hong Kong’s largest vocational training institution have largely avoided the negative effects of AI and could…
Hong Kong’s first astronaut Lai Ka-ying picked for space station mission
Hong Kong will send its first astronaut to the Tiangong space station, the China Manned Space Agency announced…
How GLP-1s are more than just weight-loss wonders – but not without risk
Not long ago, nobody was talking about GLP-1 receptor agonists. Most of us did not even know what…
China’s AI start-up funding triples to US$16b in first quarter amid bets on LLMs, robotics
Funding for China’s artificial-intelligence-related start-ups jumped nearly threefold year on year in the first quarter, as investors poured…
Chinese and Dutch scientists turn corn to sustainable plastic, inspired by spider silk
Scientists from China and the Netherlands have created a corn protein-based biopolymer with a process inspired by spider…
‘Cash is king’: Hong Kong, mainland Chinese firms hoard reserves as growth options narrow
More companies and conglomerates in Hong Kong and mainland China are hoarding cash on their balance sheets –…
China is losing the LLM race but it can still win in AI, ex-Tencent AI lead says
For years, Liu Wei was synonymous with Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings’ artificial intelligence efforts. A distinguished scientist…