Of the 611 listed little giants that have released their half-year financial reports, more than 90 percent showed profits, according to Choice, a Chinese financial data service. Meanwhile, 428 of them …
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JONAH GOLDBERG: China’s faltering economy is a result of state-directed planning
Chinese economic statistics have never been entirely reliable, but the last reported number for urban youth unemployment we have is 21.3 percent (it may actually be closer to 50 percent). One sign it …
Geopolitical tension with China would hit U.S. critical technology sectors hard, new study shows
The next major financial crisis is likely to stem from further deterioration between the U.S.-China relationship …
The Download: China’s AI chatbots go public, and how climate change is affecting hurricanes
The news: Baidu, one of China’s leading artificial-intelligence companies, has announced it’s opening up access to its ChatGPT-like large language model, Ernie Bot, to the general public.
China’s food security: Xinjiang develops seawater aquafarming in desert region amid agriculture focus
An aquaculture firm in China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region says it has succeeded in a pilot project to develop technology to simulate seawater in its fishery, developing eight seafood products.
China approves domestic ChatGPT-like products from Baidu, others
By Josh Ye and Urvi Manoj Dugar (Reuters) -At least three Chinese tech firms including Baidu, Baichuan Intelligent Technology and Zhipu AI are on Thursday launching artificial intelligence (AI) …
From Dependency to Independence: China’s Pursuit of Homegrown HBM Technology
China aims to produce its own high-bandwidth memory chips for AI, reducing dependency on NVIDIA and navigating U.S. sanctions.
How China became the king of new nuclear power, and how the U.S. is trying to stage a comeback
(For the sake of comparison, a gigawatt is about enough to power a mid-sized city.) “China is the de facto world leader in nuclear technology at the moment,” Jacopo Buongiorno, professor of nuclear …
Tech war: China exploring ways to make its own AI memory chips despite US sanctions, sources say
China is exploring ways to produce its own high-bandwidth memory (HBM), the next-generation of memory chips tailored for artificial intelligence (AI) processors, as it pushes ahead with a …
US extends science and technology agreement with China, buying time to renegotiate the deal
The US has extended a historic science and technology agreement (STA) with China by six months, but now needs to renegotiate the deal to mollify concerns that it aids Beijing’s technological and …
China state-backed firm apologises for ‘home developed’ software based on Microsoft source code
Digital Guangdong published an apology after it was revealed that its CEC-IDE software application was based on Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code Chinese authorities have demanded ‘safe and controllable’ …
What are the major 5G consumer and enterprise developments in China? (Analyst Angle)
China’s 5G subscriber base stands at 1.2 billion as of 1Q 2023, with the three major CSPs gaining millions of 5G users every month.
US-China tech war: Beijing wants young tech talent to play leading role amid self-reliance push
China’s State Council rolled out a series of measures on Sunday aimed at cultivating and utilising young talent in technological fields by addressing common challenges faced, including financial …
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