13 h. ago France’s trade deficit with China driven by imports and digital services, analyst says

France’s trade deficit with China driven by imports and digital services, analyst says  TVP World

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65 h. ago Drones are on the rise over South China Sea with shift to data

Drones are on the rise over South China Sea with shift to data-driven strategies  Yahoo

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3 d. ago ‘Strategic’: why are drones taking off among South China Sea claimant states?

Across the strategic waterway of the South China Sea, claimant countries are increasingly relying on long-endurance aerial drones to carry out continuous patrols – overcoming the geographic and logistical limitations of traditional aircraft and ships. The US Marine Corps last month deployed MQ-9A Reaper drones to the Philippines, at Manila’s request, to “support Philippine regional maritime security through shared maritime domain awareness”, according the US Marine Corps Forces, Pacific. The...

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4 d. ago Chinese schools offer ‘embodied intelligence’ courses to aid robotics industry

China is building a talent pipeline for the booming robotics industry, with the country’s top universities launching undergraduate courses in embodied intelligence to support Beijing’s ambitions to overtake the US. Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Zhejiang University were among a batch of seven prestigious universities that had recently applied to add “embodied intelligence” as a new course, China’s education ministry said in November. The new programme was driven by the demands of a national...

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9 d. ago China Cycle 2026: Building An Innovation Driven, Intelligence

China Cycle 2026: Building An Innovation Driven, Intelligence-led Future  PR Newswire

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1 week ago Africa's solar power revolution driven by China's investment

Africa's solar power revolution driven by China's investment  DW

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1 week ago China Reclaims Title as Global Auto Industry Leader Driven by Electrification, Self

China Reclaims Title as Global Auto Industry Leader Driven by Electrification, Self-Driving Tech, Report Says  Yicai Global

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1 week ago Nuclear tech milestone: China’s supercritical generator connects to grid

China has brought online the world’s first commercial supercritical carbon dioxide power generator – a revolutionary clean energy technology pioneered by the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). This power generator, which uses carbon dioxide instead of steam to transfer heat, has been connected to the grid from a steel production plant in China’s southwestern province of Guizhou to produce electricity from waste heat, according to a social media post by CNNC’s Nuclear Power Institute of...

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1 week ago China’s power equipment firms ride AI boom amid demand from US, emerging markets

The race to develop artificial intelligence has pushed governments and technology giants to build new electricity plants and upgrade their decades-old grid networks, creating significant opportunities for Chinese power equipment companies, according to analysts. Chinese firms have been benefiting from the spillover of a US order boom, which was driven by US President Donald Trump’s push for tech leaders like Meta and SoftBank to invest in AI infrastructure. “The US buys products from Japan and...

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2 w. ago Ant Group Unveils China’s First Multimodal AI Assistant with Code

Ant Group Unveils China’s First Multimodal AI Assistant with Code-Driven Outputs  Yahoo Finance Singapore

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2 w. ago Ant Group unveils AI assistant that builds ‘flash apps’ in 30 seconds

Fintech giant Ant Group, an affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding, has unveiled what it called China’s first multimodal artificial intelligence assistant capable of producing code-driven outputs, including “flash apps” in as little as 30 seconds. LingGuang, described as a next-generation multimodal AI assistant, was designed to help users create a variety of simple apps – including a calorie tracker, a Pac-Man-style game and a Chinese character memorisation tool – based on natural language prompts,...

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3 w. ago China's economy in crisis? Tariff war with Trump leaves export

China's economy in crisis? Tariff war with Trump leaves export-driven Beijing with bruises as Xi Jinping’s  The Economic Times

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3 w. ago China’s Yangtze River Delta aids private sector, reins in ‘profit

Entrepreneurs and legal experts have welcomed a move by Shanghai and its neighbouring provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui to regulate cross-regional market enforcement, saying it will offer relief from arbitrary inspections, overlapping investigations and profit-driven law enforcement. The four jurisdictions have introduced China’s first mechanism designed to rein in cross-jurisdictional and profit-driven law enforcement, establishing a formal coordination framework to standardise...

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3 w. ago China’s biotech boom is being driven by a dazzling market rebound

China’s biotech boom is being driven by a dazzling market rebound  statnews.com

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3 w. ago China’s Stock Market Surge Driven by Technology, Valuations Remain Rational

China’s Stock Market Surge Driven by Technology, Valuations Remain Rational  iChongqing

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