15 h. ago France poised to get two giant pandas in 2027 after Macron’s visit to China

France is poised to get a pair of pandas in 2027 as part of a new decade-long loan agreement finalised following President Emmanuel Macron’s three-day visit to China. On Thursday, the China Wildlife Conservation Association announced it had agreed with France’s Beauval Zoo to extend their international cooperation on giant panda conservation with the aim of boosting Sino-French exchanges. According to the group’s statement, the two giant pandas are expected to arrive at the zoo in Saint-Aignan...

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15 h. ago France poised to get 2 giant pandas in 2027 after Macron’s visit to China

France is poised to get a pair of pandas in 2027 as part of a new decade-long loan agreement finalised following President Emmanuel Macron’s three-day visit to China. On Thursday, the China Wildlife Conservation Association announced it had agreed with France’s Beauval Zoo to extend their international cooperation on giant panda conservation with the aim of boosting Sino-French exchanges. According to the group’s statement, the two giant pandas are expected to arrive at the zoo in Saint-Aignan...

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17 h. ago From steel to space: China giant sells first 2 satellites in bold pivot

Jigang Group spent decades forging the metal for China’s infrastructure boom. Now, the former industrial titan is building hardware for the final frontier. The state-owned company, once one of the nation’s top steel producers, has secured orders for its first two satellites – an all-important step in its years-long transformation to capture demand in the country’s burgeoning commercial space industry. Reporting this week on the purchase, the Economic Observer said production was expected to...

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3 d. ago China’s battery giants drive the EV market to record heights

China’s battery giants drive the EV market to record heights - ArenaEV  ArenaEV

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7 d. ago Starbucks and Burger King among global food giants restructuring in China as local competition rises

Starbucks and Burger King among global food giants restructuring in China as local competition rises  Le Monde.fr

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7 d. ago Meituan swings into loss in ‘milk tea’ subsidy war with instant commerce rivals

China’s food-delivery giant Meituan swung to a deep quarterly loss, as a costly battle with Alibaba Group Holding’s instant commerce business eroded margins and kept revenue growth modest. The Beijing-based company on Friday reported revenue of 95.5 billion yuan (US$13.3 billion) for the three months to September, up 2 per cent year on year, missing analysts' estimates of 97.5 billion yuan. However, it booked an operating loss of 19.8 billion yuan, compared with a 13.7 billion yuan operating...

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8 d. ago DeepSeek, Alibaba researchers endorse China’s AI regulatory framework

Researchers from artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek and tech giant Alibaba Group Holding have endorsed China’s emerging AI regulatory framework while calling for clearer feedback in a paper published in the US journal Science. The paper, published last month under the title “China’s emerging regulation towards an open future for AI”, said the country had so far facilitated an “innovation- and openness-friendly institutional environment for AI developers” but that it could be further...

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8 d. ago China Tightens Rules to Rein in Competition Among Smartphone Giants

China Tightens Rules to Rein in Competition Among Smartphone Giants  PYMNTS.com

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8 d. ago Alibaba launches US$537 Quark AI glasses to challenge devices from Meta, Xiaomi

Alibaba Group Holding on Thursday launched its first artificial intelligence glasses in China, as the tech giant seeks to carve out a solid niche in the growing smart wearables market. The Quark AI Glasses, named after the company’s Quark AI assistant, include three versions each of the series’ flagship S1 model and the lightweight G1 model. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. “AI glasses are the intelligent devices that truly usher in a revolution in human-computer interaction in the AI...

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8 d. ago China tech giants move AI training offshore to tap Nvidia chips

China tech giants move AI training offshore to tap Nvidia chips  https-//www.semafor.com

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8 d. ago Puma shares pop 13% after report China's Anta Sports is looking to buy the sportswear giant

Puma shares pop 13% after report China's Anta Sports is looking to buy the sportswear giant  CNBC

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8 d. ago Puma shares pop 14% after report China's Anta Sports is looking to buy the sportswear giant

Puma shares pop 14% after report China's Anta Sports is looking to buy the sportswear giant  CNBC

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8 d. ago Puma shares pop 18% after report China's Anta Sports is looking to buy the sportswear giant

Puma shares pop 18% after report China's Anta Sports is looking to buy the sportswear giant  CNBC

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8 d. ago China's tech giants move AI model training overseas to access Nvidia chips, FT reports

China's tech giants move AI model training overseas to access Nvidia chips, FT reports  Reuters

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8 d. ago China’s tech giants move AI model training overseas to tap Nvidia chips, FT reports By Reuters

China’s tech giants move AI model training overseas to tap Nvidia chips, FT reports By Reuters  Investing.com

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8 d. ago China's tech giants move AI model training overseas to tap Nvidia chips, FT reports

China's tech giants move AI model training overseas to tap Nvidia chips, FT reports  Reuters

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1 week ago Alibaba posts 5% rise in quarterly revenue on AI, cloud momentum

Alibaba Group Holding, China’s e-commerce and cloud computing giant, on Tuesday reported a better-than-expected 5 per cent increase in revenue for the September quarter, as its cloud and artificial intelligence businesses continued to gain momentum. Total revenue for the Hangzhou-based company reached 247.8 billion yuan (US$34.8 billion) for its financial second quarter ended September 30, beating the consensus estimate of 245.2 billion yuan by Bloomberg-polled analysts. That was more than the 2...

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1 week ago China’s AI stock rally has room to run as valuations lag US giants: Goldman

The artificial intelligence-led stock rally in China is far from a bubble, as the nation’s technology firms still have room to expand valuations and earnings through their focus on applications, according to Goldman Sachs’ chief China equity strategist. China’s approach to investing more capital in AI applications as opposed to the US strategy of focusing on computing power gave investors “comfort that its AI monetisation capability could be better, at least in the short term”, Kinger Lau said...

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1 week ago ‘On the same side’: India, China align on climate at Cop30 as ties thaw

A tentative thaw in India–China ties is rekindling hopes that the two Asian giants could move from strategic rivalry to clean-energy cooperation at a moment when the Global South is searching for leverage in climate negotiations. This cautious warming, after four years of strained relations, has unfolded alongside renewed trade in green-energy components and their increasingly aligned push at Cop30 in Brazil for more climate finance and fairer rules, a convergence that analysts say could subtly...

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2 w. ago China’s aerospace giants seek to boost arms sales abroad at global air shows

China’s aerospace manufacturers have become a growing presence at overseas air shows as the country seeks to expand its arms sales abroad, bolstered by technological advances in the defence and aviation industries. More than 1,500 companies took part in this year’s Dubai Airshow, the largest air show in the Middle East, including around 80 Chinese companies, such as China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (Catic). Catic is the international arms sales subsidiary and the global...

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