62 h. ago 'China is turning screws on India': Devina Mehra links Foxconn exit to larger strategy, warns of more pressure from Beijing

'China is turning screws on India': Devina Mehra links Foxconn exit to larger strategy, warns of more pressure from Beijing  Business Today

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3 d. ago Project Sleeping Giant: Inside the Chinese Mercantile Machine Linking Beijing’s Underground Banks and the Sinaloa Cartel

Project Sleeping Giant: Inside the Chinese Mercantile Machine Linking Beijing’s Underground Banks and the Sinaloa Cartel  The Bureau | Sam Cooper

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3 d. ago Beijing HyperStrong and Repono link for 1.4GW energy storage in Europe

Beijing HyperStrong and Repono link for 1.4GW energy storage in Europe  Yahoo Finance

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4 d. ago ByteDance pushes recruitment of fresh robotics talent as AI remains a priority

Chinese social media giant ByteDance, the owner of TikTok and Douyin, has ramped up recruitment of fresh talent for robotics development, as a growing number of artificial intelligence (AI) engineers are being lured by high pay to work in the fast-evolving sector. The more than 10 job vacancies recently posted on ByteDance’s website included two directors responsible for robot products and for hardware-embedded AI models. The Beijing-based unicorn also posted vacancies for roles involving “robot...

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5 d. ago Chinese sculptor’s giant Buddha Ultraman sparks official probe

A giant stone statue called “Ultraman Grotto” which was crafted by a man in China has captivated social media and triggered an official investigation. The 2.8 metre-high sculpture has a head like the Japanese superhero Ultraman and a body that adopts a sitting Buddha gesture. It is located on a cliff face in Anyue County of Sichuan province, in southwestern China, the news outlet Shangyou News reported. In early June, a blogger surnamed Zhou released a video introducing the sculpture which he...

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5 d. ago China launches freight train linking Beijing to Baku of Azerbaijan

China launches freight train linking Beijing to Baku of Azerbaijan  People's Daily

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6 d. ago Chinese youth make sun protection masks from lotus leaves, ignite online hilarity

Young people in China have taken self-made sun protection to the next level with their latest innovation: full-face masks made from lotus leaves. People from southern Chinese provinces, such as Zhejiang, Sichuan and Fujian, are making their own sun protection masks with lotus leaves they pick from roadside ponds. Viral videos show them covering their faces with the giant leaves, which are at least twice the size of their faces, using hats or helmets with straps to wrap and tighten the...

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8 d. ago Chinese battery giant and Tesla supplier CATL is expanding globally: Here’s why it matters

Chinese battery giant and Tesla supplier CATL is expanding globally: Here’s why it matters  CNBC

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1 week ago iFlytek unveils medical AI, smart classroom tech in Hong Kong amid global push

Chinese voice recognition giant iFlytek has launched a series of artificial intelligence (AI) products in Hong Kong, where its new international headquarters will support its global expansion, as the firm doubles down on a commitment to home-grown computing infrastructure amid tightened US chip restrictions. iFlytek is making an upgraded international version of its Spark medical large language model (LLM) V2.5 available to organisations in Hong Kong, aiming to assist medical professionals in...

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1 week ago How Tesla’s Robotaxi service compares with Baidu’s Apollo Go in China

With the roll-out of Tesla’s new Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, here is how Elon Musk’s offering compares to the Apollo Go driverless taxi service by Chinese tech giant Baidu: When: Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the launch of the autonomous vehicle service on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday, calling it the “culmination of a decade of hard work”. Baidu first tested its Apollo Go autonomous vehicle in September 2019, with official commercial service beginning in 2022. Where: Tesla’s Robotaxi...

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2 w. ago Huawei opens HarmonyOS 6 to developers, prepares AI features for public launch

Huawei Technologies has unveiled the latest version of its proprietary operating system (OS), HarmonyOS 6, new artificial intelligence (AI) models and its CloudMatrix 384 AI rack architecture, as the Chinese technology giant accelerates efforts to build out its in-house software ecosystem in the face of ongoing US sanctions. The company introduced a beta version of HarmonyOS 6 at its annual developer conference on Friday, highlighting new features such as AI agents. Richard Yu Chengdong,...

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2 w. ago Meituan keeps tight grip on 70% of food delivery market in China, report says

Meituan, the Chinese on-demand delivery giant, is maintaining a steady hold on its 70 per cent market share in domestic food delivery, despite intensifying competition from JD.com and Alibaba Group Holding’s Ele.me, as daily orders reached 90 million in recent days, according to a report by Chinese tech media outlet Leiphone.com, citing internal data. Meituan did not comment on the report. If confirmed, it would show the challenges Meituan’s rivals face in changing consumer habits, after a price...

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2 w. ago JD.com takes its Meituan rivalry to Saudi Arabia with express delivery service

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com is extending its deep-seated rivalry with Meituan to Saudi Arabia, launching a self-operated courier service in the country as it extends its footprint in the Middle East. On Wednesday, JD.com’s logistics arm JD Logistics announced the launch of JoyExpress, a business-to-consumer express delivery service that covers most of the 13 provinces in the Middle Eastern country, according to a statement. JoyExpress provides expedited same-day and next-day delivery...

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2 w. ago China condemns US after plan to replace Huawei towers in Panama is unveiled

Following a US announcement of a project in Panama to replace communications towers installed by Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies, Beijing has condemned what it calls Washington’s “malign influence” in Latin America. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Monday that the region was “not the backyard of anyone” and accused the US of “politicising economic, trade and scientific and technological issues”. He rejected US claims that Huawei’s equipment posed any national...

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2 w. ago Baidu ramps up AI hiring as China faces talent crunch, joining other tech giants

Chinese internet search giant Baidu is accelerating its hunt for artificial intelligence (AI) talent with its largest-ever recruitment drive focused on the industry, as technology giants race to secure scarce expertise in the fast-growing sector. The Beijing-based firm said in a statement that job openings in its so-called AIDU annual recruitment drive – an initiative to attract and develop future AI tech leaders – had surged 60 per cent this year. The company did not specify the total number of...

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3 w. ago ByteDance helps jewellery firm Lao Feng Xiang push AI glasses to China’s elderly

Social media giant ByteDance is helping the 177-year-old Chinese jewellery company Lao Feng Xiang develop a new generation of smart glasses, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), that feature real-time voice navigation and translation functions. Lao Feng Xiang debuted their initial line of wearable gadgets at Wednesday’s opening of the International Exhibition of Senior Care, Rehabilitation Medicine and Healthcare, the world’s biggest senior care expo, that is being held in the company’s home...

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3 w. ago China’s Ant International to seek stablecoin licence in Hong Kong

Fintech firm Ant International, the global affiliate of Chinese tech giant Ant Group, said it would apply for a stablecoin issuer licence in Hong Kong once the new ordinance governing fiat-backed cryptocurrencies comes into effect in August. “We welcome the passage of the Stablecoins Bill and hope to contribute more to the city’s vision as a global hub for next-gen finance,” Ant International said in a statement on Thursday. “We plan to apply for the fiat-referenced stablecoins issuer’s...

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3 w. ago Ant International and Ant Digital to seek stablecoin licences in Hong Kong

Singapore-based Ant International and the Hangzhou-based Ant Digital, two affiliates of Chinese tech giant Ant Group, have announced plans to apply for stablecoin issuer licences in Hong Kong once the new ordinance governing fiat-backed cryptocurrencies takes effect in August. “We welcome the passage of the Stablecoins Bill and hope to contribute more to the city’s vision as a global hub for next-gen finance,” Ant International, a spin-off of Ant’s global operations, said in a statement on...

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3 w. ago Jack Ma replies to Alibaba employee’s letter lamenting ‘company disease’

Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group Holding, responded to the resignation letter of a long-term employee on Tuesday, a rare move for the tech veteran who stepped back from all corporate roles in 2019. In a response published on Alibaba’s internal website, Ma addressed the concerns raised by a 15-year employee, who criticised the “big company disease” afflicting the Chinese e-commerce giant in an extensive internal letter. The employee, a product development leader on the team responsible for...

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3 w. ago China’s top drone maker DJI comes down to earth with launch of robotic cleaner

Chinese drone giant DJI is expected to launch a vacuum cleaning robot in a move set to intensify competition in the country’s crowded robotic cleaner market, according to a report by the state-backed financial newspaper China Securities Journal, citing internal sources. Shenzhen-based DJI will introduce a combination vacuum cleaner and mopping robot this month, a project that has been under development over the past four years, according to the report. The product is called DJI ROMO, according...

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