China has also made quite a bit of progress on its Moon missions. The nation began its first foray into exploring the lunar surface back in 2004. Since then, it has sent orbiters, a lander,…
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‘China can turn off the tap’: Former Google executive’s warning to US on technology lag
Microelectronics, artificial intelligence (AI), and 5G are “destiny-shaping technology” sectors for the US, the report by the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), chaired by former Google chief …
WIPO index confirms nation’s edge in science and technology clusters
China and the US are followed by Germany and Japan, which host 10 and five clusters, respectively, the WIPO said. Four of the world’s five biggest science and technology clusters are located in East …
Joe Biden to hit China with broader curbs on US chip and tool exports:Report
Commerce Department intends to publish new regulations based on restrictions communicated in letters to three U.S. companies KLA Corp, Lam Research Corp and Applied Materials Inc …
Decoupling from China on clean tech comes with far more risks than reward, study finds
The current U.S. trajectory to decouple from China on clean energy technologies can harm national and global efforts to mitigate climate change, reveals a new University of California San Diego study …
China wants more high-tech zones in innovation drive
Currently home to 173 high-tech industrial development zones, China is looking to add some 50 more by 2030, crediting these sites for fuelling its GDP and helping the country achieve “breakthroughs” …
China home to two global top 5 science & technology clusters; East Asia dominates top ranking: WIPO
China is home to two of the world’s largest five science and technology clusters, making the East Asia at the top of global ranking chart of Global Innovation Index (GII) released by the World …
China to have 220 national hi-tech zones by 2025
A worker checks a product at a workshop in the Tangshan Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone in Tangshan, north China’s Hebei Province, July 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Mu Yu) BEIJING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) — China …
China’s leading AI image generator nixes political content, surprising no one
ViLG, censors political text such as “Tiananmen Square” or names of political leaders, reports Zeyi Yang for MIT Technology Review. Image synthesis has recently proven popular on social media and in …
‘Surveillance State’ explores scope of China’s tactics that ‘defy the imagination’: Review
The hard-hitting book “Surveillance State” explores China’s surveillance, repression tactics. It will be discussed at the next Kentucky Author Forum.
CHINA MOBILE Mulls to Deregister ADSs, Terminate Reporting Obligations
CHINA MOBILE (00941.HK) expressed that, on 7 May 2021, The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) filed a Form 25 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the delisting of the Company’s ADSs …
China’s reusable rocket engine tech ‘at practical stage’ after second test flight
It was recently put to the test in a launch – the first time China had reused a rocket engine, according to its developer The engine can be used for vertical take-off and landing and…
Tech war: China chip veteran says Nvidia is hard to replace in artificial intelligence, urges start-ups to catch up
Nvidia supplies 95 per cent of general-purpose GPUs in AI training systems, said Lu Jianping of Shanghai-based chip rival Iluvatar Corex China’s GPU start-ups should focus on ‘versatility’ by …