Automation and robots are becoming mainstays in many industries, but researchers and farmers in China are taking innovation in smart farming to the next level.
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China’s farming robots are a lot more than just fancy tractors
China lowers tariffs on EU dairy imports
China has reduced its import tariffs on EU dairy imports from the provisional rates imposed in December. The European Commission and The European Dairy Association (EDA) had lobbied Beijing in …
Xi signals push for yuan reserve status as Beijing eyes bigger role in global finance
Xi Jinping has laid out an explicit goal for China’s currency, urging that the renminbi evolve into a widely used international unit that can eventually be held as a reserve currency. In an essay …
China sentences corrupt ex-minister to life in prison
Tang Yijun is the second former justice minister to receive a life sentence in less than four years.
Uncommon Knowledge: As Taiwan deadline looms, China faces $1B gold scandal
Gold fever has gone sour as Donald Trump’s tariffs, and a potential 2027 date for invasion, push Beijing to bullion.
China pushes to shore up government finances with tax rises on several sectors
Beijing targets tax incentives in telecoms and other industries after seeing fiscal revenue drop sharply in late 2025.
Restaurant Brands takes a new approach to China as a minority joint venture partner
Restaurant Brands (QSR) cedes control of Burger King China to CPE in a $350M JV, keeping a 17% stake and royalties—see growth plans to 4,000 stores by 2035.
Video: Xpeng’s IRON humanoid robot impresses Shenzhen crowd despite stumble at event
Chinese EV maker Xpeng drew crowds at a Shenzhen shopping mall over the weekend …
Beijing criticises Dalai Lama Grammy win as ‘manipulation’
The Buddhist spiritual leader is recognised in the audiobook category for his meditations.
China’s 160,000-year-old hafted tools complicate the story of who engineered early ingenuity
The reason is that even though handles might not last 160,000 years, the engineering decisions that led to their creation can still be seen in stone. More than 2,600 stone tools dated to around …
From PopMart to JD.com: Britain and China rush to forge business deals as diplomatic thaw takes hold
Chinese firms moved to pledge hundreds of millions of investment in the U.K. as Starmer’s visit to China spurred a flurry of business deals and money flows.
China criticizes decision to award a Grammy to the Dalai Lama
The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, who lives in exile in India, took the award on Sunday for his book, “Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.” …
Hong Kong back in global IPO spotlight after strongest January in years
IPO pipeline swelled in January, with listing applications tripling year on year and proceeds reaching their second highest level on record Nearly 100 companies filed new listing applications in Hong …
