5 d. ago UK ‘naive’ to trust Chinese firm Jingye with British Steel, says business minister

But Jonathan Reynolds said he did not suspect China of trying to tank the Scunthorpe plant, the UK’s last factory able to make steel from scratch.

Politics

7 d. ago Chinese AI firm SenseTime bets on multimodal models to stand out from rivals

Its latest SenseNova V6 and V6 Reasoner models have outperformed competing products from OpenAI, CEO Xu Li says.

Politics

8 d. ago ‘Bring it on, Trump, we’re ready’: Chinese stand firm on tariff war despite risks

Citizens surveyed put forward a range of responses and, while worried about a trade war, many are in favour of Beijing’s strong response.

Events

8 d. ago Microsoft abruptly cuts services to Chinese university, genomics firm

Concerns about technological decoupling have risen after Microsoft ended commercial services for some clients in China.

Politics

1 week ago Chinese AI firm AICT to submit Hong Kong IPO application by month’s end

Beijing-based supplier of AI-powered traffic lights system plans to raise at least US$200 million, founder and chairman Yan Jun says.

Economics

1 week ago Chinese AI firm AICT plans to ‘get on the IPO runway’ in Hong Kong as market warms up

Beijing-based supplier of AI-powered traffic lights system plans to raise at least US$200 million, founder and chairman Yan Jun says.

Economics

1 week ago Australia to reclaim strategic Darwin port from Chinese ownership amid rising security fears

The Port of Darwin, under a 99-year lease to Chinese firm Landbridge, is a strategic asset on Australia’s northern coast and home to a US base.

Events

3 w. ago Alibaba launches AI model that can process images and video on phones and laptops

The multimodal Qwen2.5-Omni-7B model is designed to run locally on mobile devices and tops rivals in some benchmarks.

Culture