51 h. ago Chinese asset manager hits Rmb1tn ETF milestone as ‘national team’ supports stocks

Chinese asset manager hits Rmb1tn ETF milestone as ‘national team’ supports stocks  Financial Times

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6 d. ago China unveils world’s first timekeeping software for the moon, where clocks ticks faster

Chinese researchers have released the world’s first software for lunar timekeeping, a tool designed to support precise navigation and landings as a new global race to the moon gathers pace. Clocks tick faster on the moon than on Earth due to weaker gravity – by about 56 millionths of a second per day. The effect, predicted by Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, is tiny but accumulates over time, making Earth time increasingly unreliable for lunar operations. To address this, a team...

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1 week ago Could there be a link between glucose levels in the brain and Alzheimer’s disease?

An experimental Chinese treatment for Alzheimer’s disease focused on glucose levels has shown promise in a trial on mice, with researchers reporting significant improvement in late-stage symptoms. A team from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the mice showed a substantial reversal in memory loss and reduced brain plaque within weeks of being treated with the drug. The researchers reported the results of their study in peer-reviewed journal Advanced...

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2 w. ago Video. Chinese team operates thousands of drones using a single computer

Video. Chinese team operates thousands of drones using a single computer  Euronews.com

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3 w. ago ‘Golden Fleet’: will Trump’s battleship plan deter China or is it just a pipe dream?

US President Donald Trump’s new battleship plan, apparently aimed at deterring China, faces huge implementation hurdles and could cause Beijing to double down on its anti-ship weapons, according to analysts. Trump unveiled a new class of navy battleships on Monday. These “Trump-class” ships will be larger, faster and “100 times more powerful” than any previously built, according to the American leader, forming the centrepiece of what he called an expanded “Golden Fleet” aimed at cementing US...

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3 w. ago Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra, backed by Leica, challenges Apple’s iPhone Pro Max in mobile imaging

Xiaomi on Thursday unveiled the 17 Ultra, its latest premium smartphone model that features improved night photography and mobile imaging capabilities on the back of the firm’s enhanced partnership with German camera maker Leica. “We work together to build future-proof optical technology and completely reshape the mobile photography experience,” Xiaomi president Lu Weibing said at the handset’s launch. In a side-by-side comparison of dimly lit photos taken in Hong Kong with Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra...

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3 w. ago Chinese team slams rival into glass wall, as sparks fly at robot showdown in Abu Dhabi

A Chinese combat robot tore through the competition at the Games of the Future Abu Dhabi 2025 on Sunday, sealing the Battle of the Robots title in a shower of sparks after slamming its rival into the glass wall of the arena. The robot, dubbed Deep-Sea Shark 3, was built by a China-based student team calling itself Fierce Roc, which was crowned champion, according to organisers. The contest was staged as part of a multi-sport festival of so-called “phygital” games – sport that blends real-world...

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3 w. ago Chinese team smashes robot rival as sparks fly at Abu Dhabi showdown

Chinese team smashes robot rival as sparks fly at Abu Dhabi showdown  South China Morning Post

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4 w. ago TikTok reaches new US deal; China’s answer to Nvidia’s A100: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. TikTok reaches deal on new US venture with American investor group In a landmark move that ends years of legal and political uncertainty, TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi informed employees that the company has signed a binding agreement to divest its US entity into a joint venture controlled by a consortium of American investors. 2. Chinese team builds optical chip...

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4 w. ago TikTok’s new US deal, China’s answer to Nvidia’s A100: SCMP daily highlights

TikTok’s new US deal, China’s answer to Nvidia’s A100: SCMP daily highlights  South China Morning Post

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last month Chinese team builds optical chip AI that is 100 times faster than Nvidia’s market leader

Chinese scientists have unveiled an optical computing chip that outperformed Nvidia’s leading AI hardware by over a hundredfold in speed and energy efficiency – particularly for generative tasks such as video production and image synthesis. The LightGen chip was developed by a team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tsinghua University, harnessing the speed of light to execute complex artificial intelligence workloads. With more than 2 million photonic neurons integrated into a compact chip,...

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last month Chinese team builds optical chip AI that is 100 times faster than Nvidia’s A100

Chinese team builds optical chip AI that is 100 times faster than Nvidia’s A100  South China Morning Post

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