13 h. ago As China defies US tech blockade, can local AI chipmakers capture Nvidia share?

With the technology race between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, intensifying even though a trade truce was reached in late October, analysts say the prospects of China achieving self-sufficiency in semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI) are positive, despite American efforts to maintain leads in those fields. “If any country can do it [achieve self-sufficiency in semiconductors], it’s China, owing to its vast resources and pool of engineering talent,”...

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49 h. ago How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry

China’s pharmaceutical industry is on the brink of enormous growth and transformation. In just a few years, it has moved on from being the world’s cheapest source of active pharmaceutical ingredients to becoming a major hub for pharmaceutical innovation – a place where new, more effective drugs are born. It is now the second-largest developer of drugs, trailing only the United States. In the global drug development pipeline, China’s growth rate is phenomenal, leaping from 3 per cent in 2013 to...

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49 h. ago Opinion | How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry

Opinion | How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry  South China Morning Post

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3 d. ago Watch America is Run by Lawyers, China by Engineers, Says Expert. Who Will Win?

Watch America is Run by Lawyers, China by Engineers, Says Expert. Who Will Win?  Bloomberg.com

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3 d. ago Honda seeks new structure for China engine JVs as demand ebbs – report

Honda seeks new structure for China engine JVs as demand ebbs – report  Just Auto

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6 d. ago America’s chip sanctions backfired: China’s innovation engine is now unstoppable

America’s chip sanctions backfired: China’s innovation engine is now unstoppable  Medium

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7 d. ago World’s largest compressed air energy storage plant in China gets turbine unit

World’s largest compressed air energy storage plant in China gets turbine unit  Interesting Engineering

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1 week ago If China is an Engineering State and the US a Lawyerly Society, What is India?

If China is an Engineering State and the US a Lawyerly Society, What is India?  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine

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1 week ago How Japan’s hypersonic railgun could deter China’s expanding naval ambitions

How Japan’s hypersonic railgun could deter China’s expanding naval ambitions  Interesting Engineering

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1 week ago Top honours for engineers spotlight China’s gains in military technology

Key scientists behind China’s latest stealth fighter and aircraft carrier have been promoted to one of the country’s top scientific academies in recognition of their contributions to advances in military technology. The honours also highlight the global lead Chinese military technology has taken in a number of areas. Wang Yongqing, the chief designer and expert of the J-35A stealth fighter; Huang Weina, the lead designer of the WS-19 engine for the J-35 series; and Lu Junyong, a key researcher...

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1 week ago Compact ultraviolet light source helps China enhance 14 nm chip yields

Compact ultraviolet light source helps China enhance 14 nm chip yields  Interesting Engineering

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2 w. ago Baidu founder Robin Li: AI the driver of China’s ‘new productive forces’

Chinese search engine and artificial intelligence pioneer Baidu is casting AI as the engine of China’s push for “new productive forces”, touting the emerging technology as a linchpin of Beijing’s economic growth drive. “AI, as a key driver of the new wave of technological and industrial transformation, is vital for accelerating the emergence of new quality productive forces and achieving high-quality economic and social development,” said Robin Li Yanhong, founder and chief executive at...

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2 w. ago Mathematician Qian Hong, son of leading scientific clan, reverses US brain drain

A renowned mathematician who is also part of China’s Qian clan – a surname linked in the annals of Chinese scientific history to national pioneers in science and engineering – has become the latest US-based scientist to return to China. After more than 40 years in the United States, Qian Hong has left his endowed professorship at the University of Washington to join the prestigious and private Westlake University in eastern China. Qian’s appointment last month as a full-time chair professor with...

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2 w. ago Mathematician Qian Hong, son of top scientific clan, leaves US for China

A renowned mathematician who is also part of China’s Qian clan – a surname linked in the annals of Chinese scientific history to national pioneers in science and engineering – has become the latest US-based scientist to return to China. After more than 40 years in the United States, Qian Hong has left his endowed professorship at the University of Washington to join the prestigious and private Westlake University in eastern China. Qian’s appointment last month as a full-time chair professor with...

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3 w. ago Is China’s “Engineering State” the New Development Model for the Global South?

Is China’s “Engineering State” the New Development Model for the Global South?  The China-Global South Project

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3 w. ago Global conference in Beijing says capacity building vital for engineers

Global conference in Beijing says capacity building vital for engineers  China Daily - Global Edition

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3 w. ago Meet Ma Weiming, the Chinese naval engineering genius behind the Fujian’s catapult

Only a select few People’s Liberation Army officers attended last week’s commissioning of the Fujian, but among them was Rear Admiral Ma Weiming – the man whose technological breakthrough put the aircraft carrier among the most advanced of its kind. Known as the father of the Chinese electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS), Ma also fundamentally altered naval warfare with a string of innovations that has put China “one generation ahead” in several critical areas. There were no initial...

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3 w. ago Meet Ma Weiming, the Chinese naval genius behind the Fujian’s catapult

Only a select few People’s Liberation Army officers attended last week’s commissioning of the Fujian, but among them was Rear Admiral Ma Weiming – the man whose technological breakthrough put the aircraft carrier among the most advanced of its kind. Known as the father of the Chinese electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS), Ma also fundamentally altered naval warfare with a string of innovations that has put China “one generation ahead” in several critical areas. There were no initial...

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3 w. ago Engine shortages crimp China’s C919 deliveries amid global aerospace bottleneck

The manufacturer of China’s home-grown passenger jets is ramping up efforts to secure Western-made engines as its aircraft production slumps and rivals race for scarce components amid a supply crunch afflicting the global aviation industry. By dispatching teams to key overseas suppliers, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) is seeking to smooth out communication and secure delivery of more Leap-1C engines, according to two people with knowledge of the trips. And as the...

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3 w. ago China preparing to bring home astronauts stranded on space station

China is making plans to bring home three astronauts whose return from the Tiangong space station was delayed after their vessel was hit by debris last week. Two people familiar with the crewed space programme said Shenzhou-22, originally built for the next crew rotation, was being prepared and stocked at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert. The China Manned Space Engineering (CMSE) office said on Tuesday “emergency plans and measures have been immediately activated in line...

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