48 m. ago Ant Group unit enters China’s humanoid robotics sector with first product

Ant Group unveiled its first humanoid robot at a trade show in Shanghai on Thursday, heralding the Chinese fintech company’s entry into the increasingly competitive field of embodied artificial intelligence to take on rivals like Unitree Robotics. The wheeled, two-armed humanoid, named R1, was developed by Ant’s robotics unit Ant Lingbo Technology, also known as Robbyant. At the company’s booth at the Inclusion Conference on the Bund on Thursday, the second day of the four-day event, one R1...

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48 m. ago Chinese man honours late grandma by creating video game based on their life together

A simple pixel game about taking care of a grandma that was developed by a man in China has touched the hearts of many people online. His creation has evoked a feeling of nostalgia among netizens about their own experiences interacting with the elderly in their families. In the five-minute game called Grandma, which has been released on a game distribution platform for free, players need to finish tasks involved in looking after a grandmother who injured herself in a fall, reported the Xinmin...

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53 m. ago Taiwanese, Chinese foreign ministers visiting Europe at the same time

Taiwanese, Chinese foreign ministers visiting Europe at the same time  Reuters

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70 m. ago PLA aircraft carrier the Fujian heads to South China Sea via Taiwan Strait

China’s third and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, has passed through the Taiwan Strait to conduct scientific research tests and training exercises in the South China Sea, the PLA Navy said on Friday. “The cross-regional tests and training are a routine mission of the carrier’s construction process and do not target any specific objects,” said navy spokesman Senior Colonel Leng Guowei, according to state news agency Xinhua. Photos and videos posted on social media showed the Fujian...

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70 m. ago Exclusive: Bessent, Chinese vice premier to meet in Madrid next week on trade, TikTok

Exclusive: Bessent, Chinese vice premier to meet in Madrid next week on trade, TikTok  Reuters

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2 h. ago China's newest aircraft carrier sails through sensitive Taiwan Strait

China's newest aircraft carrier sails through sensitive Taiwan Strait  Reuters

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2 h. ago China’s bull run tests Beijing as it aims to guide US$12 trillion stock market

Stunning gains in Chinese stocks are testing regulators’ ability to manage the ascent, as Beijing seeks to fulfil its long-standing goal of positioning the nation’s US$12 trillion equity market as a steady source of household income that can support consumer spending and economic growth. As the property market remains in the doldrums, eroding the wealth of Chinese investors who are sitting on a record 160 trillion yuan (US$22.5 trillion) in bank savings, the stock market has become a focus of...

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2 h. ago Mainland Chinese students hit worse by scams than Hong Kong peers

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) will boost monitoring of suspicious transactions on university students’ accounts by sharing a new set of fraud risk indicators with banks by the end of September. The efforts by the city’s de facto central bank came as police warned that scam losses among mainland Chinese students made up more than half the total among the group. Senior Superintendent Terry Law Kwok-hoi of the police force’s commercial crime bureau said on Thursday that 957 students fell...

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2 h. ago Chinese biotech firm MGI’s DNA sequencers gaining in the market, BGI CEO says

DNA sequencers from Chinese firm MGI Tech can rival those from global market leader Illumina in spite of US sanctions, according to Yin Ye, CEO of BGI Group, former parent of the Shenzhen-based biotech company. MGI’s sequencers offer the best “comprehensive value” in terms of time, quality and cost, Yin said in an interview on the sidelines of the BioHK 2025 conference on Thursday. Yin, 46, pointed out that MGI’s latest product, the DNBSEQ-T7+, is “pushing physics and chemistry to the limit”, as...

Economics

4 h. ago UN Security Council condemns strikes on Qatar – but doesn’t name Israel

The UN Security Council on Thursday condemned strikes on Qatar earlier this week and called for de-escalation, without naming Israel which carried out the attack. The Security Council “underscored the importance of de-escalation and expressed their solidarity with Qatar”, said the statement, which required the agreement of all 15 council members, including Israel’s ally the United States. The council also “underlined their support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Qatar”. On...

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5 h. ago copper and glass frame beijing cultural hub for mammoth ivory carving by chuxin tuoyuan

copper and glass frame beijing cultural hub for mammoth ivory carving by chuxin tuoyuan  Designboom

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7 h. ago Sheinbaum Aims to Calm China Tensions After Tariff Plan Backlash

Sheinbaum Aims to Calm China Tensions After Tariff Plan Backlash  Bloomberg.com

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7 h. ago Representative for LeBron James denies NBA star wrote for Chinese state newspaper

Representative for LeBron James denies NBA star wrote for Chinese state newspaper  Reuters

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7 h. ago Trump, Chinese biotech, and an industry career reshaped by illness

Trump, Chinese biotech, and an industry career reshaped by illness  statnews.com

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7 h. ago Moving To Secure Electronics Supply Chain, Federal Communications Commission Bans 7 Chinese Test Labs

Moving To Secure Electronics Supply Chain, Federal Communications Commission Bans 7 Chinese Test Labs  Foundation for Defense of Democracies

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8 h. ago Beijing condemns Mexican import tariff plan it claims is aimed at China

China on Thursday condemned Mexico’s plan to sharply raise import tariffs on automobiles and other goods from countries with which Mexico does not have trade agreements, calling the measures discriminatory and saying they were the result of outside pressure. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters Beijing “firmly rejects moves that are taken under coercion to constrain China or undermine China’s legitimate rights and interests under any pretext”. “We will firmly protect our...

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8 h. ago Chinese EVs Could Soon Flood Into Canada Because Of Canola Oil

Chinese EVs Could Soon Flood Into Canada Because Of Canola Oil  InsideEVs

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9 h. ago China Might Ban One of Our Biggest Frustrations: Retractable Door Handles on Cars

China Might Ban One of Our Biggest Frustrations: Retractable Door Handles on Cars  Road & Track

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9 h. ago EU wins Trump’s focus on China, but can it deliver on ‘impossible’ demand?

For almost a year, European Union officials have been dangling the carrot of joint work on China policy in front of US President Donald Trump in an effort to keep him engaged in supporting Ukraine. For months, their overtures were ignored. Now that the US leader has tuned in – but only on the condition of maximum tariffs – Europe finds itself in a bind. On Wednesday evening, ambassadors from the EU’s 27 member states were briefed by the bloc’s sanctions envoy, David O’Sullivan, on his trip to...

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10 h. ago China waits and watches as EU carmakers fight for the combustion engine

China waits and watches as EU carmakers fight for the combustion engine  politico.eu

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