26 h. ago Chinese Tech Titans Retreat From Hong Kong Stablecoin Launch After Beijing Warning | Bitcoinist.com

Chinese Tech Titans Retreat From Hong Kong Stablecoin Launch After Beijing Warning | Bitcoinist.com  Bitcoinist.com

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47 h. ago Chinese Tech Giants Pause Hong Kong Stablecoin Plans After Beijing Intervention

Chinese Tech Giants Pause Hong Kong Stablecoin Plans After Beijing Intervention  Bitcoin.com News

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47 h. ago Beijing Halts Chinese Tech Giants’ Stablecoin Ambitions in Hong Kong

Beijing Halts Chinese Tech Giants’ Stablecoin Ambitions in Hong Kong  Crypto News Australia

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48 h. ago Chinese scientists caught neurons ‘kissing’ each other with cutting

Chinese scientists have captured the “kiss-shrink-run” process of neuronal communication using the world’s first camera with nanometre resolution and a millisecond-scale imaging speed. This cutting-edge cryogenic electron microscopy development enables the team to freeze moments of neurotransmission in time and clearly observe the complete dynamic process of the synaptic vesicle – a tiny, membrane-bound sac in a neuron that stores neurotransmitters. Their findings have also helped to resolve a...

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60 h. ago Beijing moves to stop Chinese tech giants from issuing stablecoins in Hong Kong: FT

Beijing moves to stop Chinese tech giants from issuing stablecoins in Hong Kong: FT  theblock.co

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61 h. ago Chinese tech giants pause stablecoin projects amid Beijing opposition

Chinese tech giants pause stablecoin projects amid Beijing opposition  CoinCentral

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66 h. ago Chinese tech giants halt Hong Kong stablecoin plans amid Beijing concerns: FT

Chinese tech giants halt Hong Kong stablecoin plans amid Beijing concerns: FT  TradingView

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3 d. ago Chinese tech giants pause stablecoin plans after Beijing steps in, FT reports By Reuters

Chinese tech giants pause stablecoin plans after Beijing steps in, FT reports By Reuters  Investing.com

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3 d. ago Chinese tech giants pause stablecoin plans after Beijing steps in, FT reports

Chinese tech giants pause stablecoin plans after Beijing steps in, FT reports  Reuters

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3 d. ago Chinese tech giants pause stablecoin plans after Beijing steps in

Chinese tech giants pause stablecoin plans after Beijing steps in  Financial Times

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4 d. ago A token of intent: Doubao’s data surge cements ByteDance’s AI ambitions

Chinese tech giant ByteDance has more than doubled the number of tokens processed by its flagship Doubao large language models (LLMs) in the past six months, highlighting a surge in artificial intelligence use among Chinese consumers and placing it among the top global hyperscalers. Doubao’s average daily token usage jumped from 12.7 trillion tokens in March to over 30 trillion tokens in September, ByteDance’s Volcano Engine cloud unit president, Tan Dai, said at a corporate event on...

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6 d. ago China Merchants Bank’s Hong Kong unit issues tokens on BNB Chain

A Hong Kong subsidiary of China Merchants Bank has tokenised a US-dollar money market fund on BNB Chain – the blockchain developed by the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance – as the city’s real-world asset (RWA) drive continues to attract Chinese financial institutions. CMB International Asset Management Limited partnered with BNB Chain to tokenise its CMB International USD Money Market Fund, issuing two tokens that would be available to accredited investors, the companies said on...

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6 d. ago CMB’s Hong Kong arm tokenises US$3.5 billion money market fund on BNB Chain

A Hong Kong subsidiary of China Merchants Bank has tokenised a US$3.5 billion money market fund on BNB Chain – the blockchain developed by the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance – as the city’s real-world asset (RWA) drive continues to attract Chinese financial institutions. CMB International Asset Management Limited partnered with BNB Chain to tokenise its CMB International USD Money Market Fund, issuing two tokens that would be available to accredited investors, the companies...

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7 d. ago How Chinese paper mills use AI to create ‘higher quality’ academic fraud

Chinese paper mills are using generative artificial intelligence tools to mass produce forged academic papers, a new investigation by the mainland’s state broadcaster has found. The report, which aired Sunday on China Central Television’s (CCTV) “Financial Investigation” programme, found paper mill workers using generative AI chatbots to help them each complete over 30 academic articles a week. Paper mills that sell authorship or fabricate entire papers are a staple of China’s competitive...

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7 d. ago EU Considers Forced Tech Transfers for New Chinese Investments

EU Considers Forced Tech Transfers for New Chinese Investments  Bloomberg.com

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7 d. ago EU urged to ‘flex its muscles’ on Chinese tech transfer and rare earths

The European Union is poised to toughen its trade stance towards China, with the bloc set to insist that Chinese investors in Europe transfer technology to local firms, and as it formulates a response to Beijing’s latest restrictions on rare earth exports. Trade chief Maros Sefcovic insisted on Tuesday that the bloc was open to investments from China but only under the right conditions. These conditions include the creation of “real value added” in the EU, the creation of “real jobs”, and that...

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8 d. ago Trump’s tariff tirade is nothing more than hurtful political theatre

Markets that seemed initially unconcerned about US-China trade tensions reacted sharply last Friday to US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose an extra 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports. Wall Street, driven by AI-focused tech companies, lost around US$2 trillion in value. This increase in dependence on China’s supply chain suggests that any further escalation could trigger a market bubble burst. Mixed messaging from Trump to try to keep China off balance isn’t helping to ease...

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1 week ago Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1 or sooner

Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1 or sooner  AP News

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1 week ago Trump to slap new 100 per cent tariff on Chinese goods, along with additional tech controls

In a major escalation of trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies, US President Donald Trump on Friday announced an additional tariff of 100 per cent on all Chinese imports, on top of levies already in place. “Starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending on any further actions or changes taken by China), the United States of America will impose a tariff of 100 per cent on China, over and above any tariff that they are currently paying”, he said in a social media post. “Also...

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1 week ago Chinese fintech giant Ant releases powerful AI model to rival DeepSeek, OpenAI

Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has released a new open-source, trillion-parameter large language model (LLM) that boasts stronger maths and coding capabilities than rival models from DeepSeek and OpenAI, escalating the intense competition in artificial intelligence systems. The new general-purpose Ling-1T model, with 1 trillion parameters, demonstrated “superior complex reasoning ability and overall advantage” against both open-source and closed-source rivals, the company said on Thursday. It...

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