47 h. ago ‘Shared interests’: Xi Jinping and Mark Carney embark on China

China and Canada should build a new strategic partnership based on mutual respect and shared interests, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday as both sides sought to turn the page on years of diplomatic friction. In talks with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Beijing, Xi called for deeper and broader economic cooperation. “China-Canada economic and trade relations are mutually beneficial in nature, and both sides have gained from cooperation,” state news agency Xinhua quoted...

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3 d. ago Does Trip.com (TCOM) Face a Deeper Platform Power Test From China’s Antitrust Probe?

Does Trip.com (TCOM) Face a Deeper Platform Power Test From China’s Antitrust Probe?  Yahoo Finance

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6 d. ago China Insight: Cutting Through the Hype — the Transformation of China’s Fashion Industry as AI Enters Deeper Waters

China Insight: Cutting Through the Hype — the Transformation of China’s Fashion Industry as AI Enters Deeper Waters  WWD

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7 d. ago China, Tanzania reaffirm longstanding friendship, pledge deeper cooperation

China, Tanzania reaffirm longstanding friendship, pledge deeper cooperation  Xinhua

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9 d. ago China's top diplomat meets Ethiopian PM, pledges deeper cooperation

China's top diplomat meets Ethiopian PM, pledges deeper cooperation  Reuters

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1 week ago China's premier pledges deeper cooperation as Irish PM pushes on beef and dairy

China's premier pledges deeper cooperation as Irish PM pushes on beef and dairy  Reuters

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1 week ago Nvidia CEO Huang says next generation of chips is in full production

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Monday that the company’s next generation of chips is in “full production”, saying they can deliver five times the artificial intelligence computing of the company’s previous chips when serving up chatbots and other AI apps. In a speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the leader of the world’s most valuable company revealed new details about its chips, which will arrive later this year and which Nvidia executives told Reuters are already in the...

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1 week ago DeepSeek pitches new route to scale AI, but researchers call for more testing

DeepSeek’s proposed “mHC” architecture could transform the training of large language models (LLMs) – the technology behind artificial intelligence chatbots – as developers look for ways to scale models without simply adding more computing power. However, experts cautioned that while the approach could prove far-reaching, it might still prove difficult to put into practice. In a technical paper released last week, co-authored by DeepSeek founder and CEO Liang Wenfeng, the company proposed...

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2 w. ago China’s M&A revival points to deeper investor confidence in growth prospects

China’s M&A revival points to deeper investor confidence in growth prospects  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago Shen Yun ‘Allows the World to See a Deeper China,’ Says Company CEO

Shen Yun ‘Allows the World to See a Deeper China,’ Says Company CEO  NTD News

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2 w. ago Houston Audience Appreciates Shen Yun’s True Presentation of China

Houston Audience Appreciates Shen Yun’s True Presentation of China  NTD News

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3 w. ago China’s AgiBot targets US$142 million revenue as march of humanoid robots gathers pace

AgiBot, one of the fastest-growing robotics start-ups in China, has set its sights on exceeding 1 billion yuan (US$142 million) in revenue for 2025, as the industry accelerates the commercialisation and large-scale deployment of humanoid robots. AgiBot was expected to ship a total of 5,000 humanoid robots in 2025, chairman and CEO Deng Taihua said in a company event on Monday. AgiBot’s output and sales targets, which the start-up confirmed on Tuesday, were expected to maintain “multi-fold”...

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3 w. ago TikTok owner ByteDance’s valuation hits US$500 billion as US survival plan advances

China’s ByteDance, owner of TikTok, has seen its valuation surge to US$500 billion on the private market as it advances a survival plan in the US, up sharply from US$400 billion earlier this year, according to two sources. With the deadline for a sell-or-ban law looming, TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi informed employees last week that the company had signed a binding agreement to divest its US entity into a joint venture controlled by American investors. “Investors are happy about the deal’s terms as...

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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 ‘An Absolutely Extraordinary Vision of China’: Shen Yun Begins Global Tour With Shows in France

‘An Absolutely Extraordinary Vision of China’: Shen Yun Begins Global Tour With Shows in France  NTD News

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