5 h. ago China challenges US in AI drug race, but rivals still reliant on each other

China has emerged as a credible challenger to the US in artificial intelligence-driven drug discovery, where advantage depends not only on computing prowess but also on the ability to effectively mine data, from genomes to clinical trial results, according to Leung Chuen-yan, a private equity investor and life sciences scientist. “Globally, the way companies develop and use AI to discover drugs is similar, from finding the drug target and designing the molecule to planning clinical trials,” said...

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5 h. ago Exclusive | China challenges US in AI drug race, but rivals still reliant on each other

Exclusive | China challenges US in AI drug race, but rivals still reliant on each other  South China Morning Post

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3 d. ago EXCLUSIVE: China remains key financial lifeline for Iran’s revolutionary guards, intel agency says

EXCLUSIVE: China remains key financial lifeline for Iran’s revolutionary guards, intel agency says  Euractiv

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5 d. ago Exclusive | European test pilots put China’s C919 airliner through paces in Shanghai

Exclusive | European test pilots put China’s C919 airliner through paces in Shanghai  South China Morning Post

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5 d. ago Exclusive: China's customs agents told Nvidia's H200 chips are not permitted, sources say

Exclusive: China's customs agents told Nvidia's H200 chips are not permitted, sources say  Reuters

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1 week ago Exclusive: GOP effort to thwart chip sales to China gains steam

Exclusive: GOP effort to thwart chip sales to China gains steam  Axios

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1 week ago Exclusive: China's Anta Sports has offered to buy Pinault family's 29% Puma stake, sources say

Exclusive: China's Anta Sports has offered to buy Pinault family's 29% Puma stake, sources say  Reuters

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1 week ago Exclusive: Nvidia requires full upfront payment for H200 chips in China, sources say

Exclusive: Nvidia requires full upfront payment for H200 chips in China, sources say  Reuters

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1 week ago US demand for exclusive oil partnership with Venezuela ‘typical bullying’ act: China

US demand for exclusive oil partnership with Venezuela ‘typical bullying’ act: China  Anadolu Ajansı

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1 week ago Trump demands Venezuela kick out China and Russia, partner only with US on oil: EXCLUSIVE

Trump demands Venezuela kick out China and Russia, partner only with US on oil: EXCLUSIVE  ABC News

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2 w. ago Another Chinese quant fund joins DeepSeek in AI race with model rivalling GPT

Another Chinese quantitative trading firm has entered the race to develop large language models (LLMs), unveiling systems it claims can match – and in some cases surpass – the performance of US rivals such as OpenAI’s GPT-5.1, following the global rise of DeepSeek. Beijing-based Ubiquant said it released a series of open-source code-focused LLMs last week that outperformed leading closed-source models on multiple benchmarks despite using far fewer parameters. The IQuest-Coder-V1 family is...

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2 w. ago Exclusive | ‘Embrace the moment’: on China, Daniel Kritenbrink puts pragmatism first

Exclusive | ‘Embrace the moment’: on China, Daniel Kritenbrink puts pragmatism first  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago Exclusive: Nvidia sounds out TSMC on new H200 chip order as China demand jumps, sources say

Exclusive: Nvidia sounds out TSMC on new H200 chip order as China demand jumps, sources say  Reuters

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2 w. ago Exclusive: China mandates 50% domestic equipment rule for chipmakers, sources say

Exclusive: China mandates 50% domestic equipment rule for chipmakers, sources say  Reuters

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3 w. ago ByteDance’s Volcano Engine lands exclusive AI cloud slot at Spring Festival Gala

Volcano Engine, the cloud computing unit of Chinese tech giant ByteDance, said on Monday it has secured an “exclusive AI cloud partnership” with the Spring Festival Gala – a marquee slot that underlines the company’s ambition to turn its artificial intelligence cloud business into a national-scale platform. Volcano Engine said the deal – built on “cutting-edge multimodal large models and cloud computing technologies” – would see it “play a pivotal role in broadcasting, online interactions and...

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3 w. ago Soaring to the top: China appoints first female captain for flights on home

China has appointed its first female pilot to exclusively captain flights on its home-grown C919 jet, with more aspiring women waiting in the wings as the nation expands its talent pool and systemically transitions elite pilots who used to fly Boeing and Airbus jets to operate the narrowbody airliner. Yu Yue, who made a high-stakes switch from her decade-long career flying the US-made Boeing 737 to be a C919 captain this year, has become a source of inspiration for many in the country. According...

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4 w. ago No need for needles? US approves Wegovy pill for weight loss

US regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity. The US Food and Drug Administration’s approval handed drug maker Novo Nordisk an edge over rival Eli Lilly in the race to market an obesity pill. Lilly’s oral drug, orforglipron, was still under review. Both pills are GLP-1 drugs that work like widely used injectables to mimic a natural hormone that controls appetite and feelings of...

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4 w. ago Exclusive: China likely loaded more than 100 ICBMs in silo fields, Pentagon report says

Exclusive: China likely loaded more than 100 ICBMs in silo fields, Pentagon report says  Reuters

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4 w. ago Exclusive: Nvidia aims to begin H200 chip shipments to China by mid

Exclusive: Nvidia aims to begin H200 chip shipments to China by mid-February, sources say  Reuters

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