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From factory to tech frontier: China becomes legacy automakers’ innovation engine
SHANGHAI, July 8 (Reuters) – In May, General Motors marked a rare milestone for a foreign automaker in China, selling more than 10,000 of its new Buick Electra E7 in the first month. While the…
China’s asteroid defense system is gearing up to deflect its first target
Unlike NASA’s approach of launching two separate spacecraft, China reportedly plans to send its observer and impactor together in a single launch.
China Unveils Chip Claimed To Be Up To 478 Times Faster Than Nvidia GPU For Brain Research
China has introduced a computer chip capable of executing specific brain-modelling tasks up to 478 times faster than Nvidia’s A100 GPU.
Beyond robot races: Inside China Unicom and Huawei’s innovations for the mobile AI era
One of most viral videos of 2026 to date captured a humanoid robot named Flash running in the Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon and Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon in April, and setting a world speed record …
US-China tech race: China bets $14.73 million on Shanghai quantum computing hub
China has sharpened its focus on gaining quantum computing supremacy by doing what it …
China pulls ahead of Elon Musk’s Neuralink with world’s first commercial brain implant
China has taken a significant step in the global race to commercialise brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, which …
China’s latest nuclear reactor goes live, first in Greater Bay Area with Hualong One tech
New reactor at Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant launches as Guangdong sees a growing number of reactors built across the province China’s domestic design is fuelling a nuclear reactor-building spree in …
Has China obtained the world’s most important machine?
Extreme ultraviolet lithography machines make the world’s most advanced semiconductors. Only a Dutch company makes them, but there are rumours China has one.
China’s fashion industry enters the AI era, from a search economy to machine-led discovery
AI is moving from toolset to infrastructure layer in fashion.
China’s tech rise reshapes the global space race
China is pulling ahead in global research rankings and expanding its ambitions in space. With growing technological leadership, Beijing is positioning itself as a rival to the United States on a …
China’s New Tech Turns Seawater Into Drinking Water, No Power Needed
Chinese researchers have created a solar-powered desalination material that uses nanoparticle technology to convert seawater into fresh water at a cost lower than bottled water, running entirely on …
How China’s new education plan tackles talent crunch, self-reliance amid tech challenges
China issues blueprint to strengthen education’s role to respond to fierce global tech rivalry while adapting to falling birth rates.