1 hour ago ‘Giving machines a heart’: China urged to dig deeper in AI development

Top Chinese scientist Zhu Songchun calls on Beijing to go beyond ‘surface-level’ achievements to advance theory and philosophy of AI.

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4 h. ago Chinese military says it’s launched joint army, naval and rocket force drills around Taiwan in ‘stern warning’

Chinese military says it’s launched joint army, naval and rocket force drills around Taiwan in ‘stern warning’  CNN

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5 h. ago BlackRock, at centre of Hutchison’s Panama ports row, has about US$16 bn in Chinese stocks

World’s largest money manager has at least seven funds dedicated to Chinese stocks; five are passive ETFs and two are actively managed.

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9 h. ago US slaps sanctions on top Chinese, Hong Kong officials for rights abuses

US slaps sanctions on top Chinese, Hong Kong officials for rights abuses  Al Jazeera

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11 h. ago US sanctions six Chinese and Hong Kong officials for rights abuses

US sanctions six Chinese and Hong Kong officials for rights abuses  Reuters

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12 h. ago How one of Florida’s richest cities became a hotspot for smuggling Chinese migrants into the US

How one of Florida’s richest cities became a hotspot for smuggling Chinese migrants into the US  New York Post

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13 h. ago Chinese People Continue Buying More Bitcoin, Despite Strict Bans

Chinese People Continue Buying More Bitcoin, Despite Strict Bans  Forbes

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13 h. ago Watch: Plane Video Captures Chinese Military Bases in South China Sea

Watch: Plane Video Captures Chinese Military Bases in South China Sea  Newsweek

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14 h. ago Chinese eVTOL operator EHang nabs approval for paid commercial flight operations

Chinese eVTOL operator EHang nabs approval for paid commercial flight operations  Electrek

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15 h. ago Hu Dehua, son of former liberal Chinese leader Hu Yaobang, dies at 76

The younger Hu is remembered as an outspoken proponent of political reform and press freedom – rare among China’s princelings.

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16 h. ago China says 3 Chinese crew members suspected of being kidnapped from a boat off Ghana are safe

China says 3 Chinese crew members suspected of being kidnapped from a boat off Ghana are safe  The Washington Post

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16 h. ago How AI revolution is making a Chinese coal mine turn more profits than an investment bank

China’s Dahaize Mine is rewriting the playbook on how a coalfield operates as automation takes centre stage.

Economics

16 h. ago How AI revolution at a Chinese coal mine is making profits soar

How AI revolution at a Chinese coal mine is making profits soar  South China Morning Post

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17 h. ago No respite in sight for Chinese developers as profits continue to slump

No respite in sight for Chinese developers as profits continue to slump  South China Morning Post

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19 h. ago Chinese venture capital veteran Allen Zhu questions humanoid robots’ commercial value

Zhu, who famously backed Didi Chuxing and RedNote, says early-stage venture capitalists should steer away from the embodied-AI sector.

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19 h. ago Privacy rules broken in data leak of major fashion brands, Hong Kong watchdog finds

Data of 130,000 people including names, email addresses, telephone numbers, birth months, genders and nationalities exposed in breach.

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19 h. ago Chinese brain chip project speeds up human trials after first success

Chinese brain chip project speeds up human trials after first success  Reuters

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20 h. ago US politician scapegoating China, Russia in Signal chat leak a paranoid reaction to cover US governance failure: expert

US politician scapegoating China, Russia in Signal chat leak a paranoid reaction to cover US governance failure: expert  Global Times

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21 h. ago Beijing wants reciprocal visa exemptions from Lisbon, says Chinese ambassador

Beijing wants reciprocal visa exemptions from Lisbon, says Chinese ambassador  Macao News

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24 h. ago Myanmar earthquake: Hong Kong rescue team begins work in Mandalay

Death toll has exceeded 2,000, including three Chinese nationals, with rescue team arriving in city near quake’s epicentre.

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