Adding more private enterprise executives and scientists to the Chinese Academy of Engineering is also expected to ‘influence the global flow of capital and talent’.
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How China’s Air Force Was Born Thanks To Russia’s Su-27 Flanker
China acquired the advanced Su-27 fighter from a collapsing Soviet Union in a pivotal 1990 deal that reshaped its military future. -Following a Western arms embargo after the Tiananmen Square protests …
Nvidia’s CEO says it’s in talks with Trump administration on a new chip for China
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Friday that the company is discussing a potential new computer chip designed for China with the Trump administration. Huang was asked about a possible “B30A” semiconductor …
China’s internet went dark for an hour after shutdown blocked access to most websites
China’s internet users faced an inusual disruption on August 20 when access to most global websites was cut off for nearly an hour. Here is everything we know about it.
Baidu-backed chip designer Kunlunxin wins millions of yuan worth of China Mobile orders
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Baidu chip-design unit Kunlunxin wins over $139 million orders from China Mobile suppliers
Chinese semiconductor design firm Kunlunxin, which is backed by Baidu , said it had won chip orders worth over a billion yuan ($139 million) for telecoms firm China Mobile’s AI projects, as …
China stablecoin push is better late than never
Beijing may be mulling plans to boost internationalisation of the country’s currency via yuan-backed tokens in Hong Kong. Use cases will probably be scant at first, and the roll-out tightly managed.
Baidu-backed chip designer Kunlunxin wins millions of China Mobile orders
Semiconductor design firm Kunlunxin has won chip orders worth millions of yuan from telecoms firm China Mobile AI projects.
Stablecoins in Japan and China, India mulls crypto tax changes: Asia Express
India imposes one of the world’s harshest crypto tax regimes: a flat 30% levy on capital gains and a 1% tax deducted at source (TDS) on all transactions. Authorities have long taken a hostile stance…
China reportedly discouraged purchase of NVIDIA AI chips due to ‘insulting’ Lutnick statements
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Despite being heavily promoted as an affordable and highly capable stealth fighter, China’s Shenyang J-35A has failed to secure any foreign buyers, not even from longtime allies like Pakistan. -The aircraft is advertised as a…
US Policy Group Says China Is Scared of USD Stablecoins
CFR warns USD stablecoins threaten China’s sovereignty, prompting Beijing to develop state-controlled digital alternatives.
China’s DeepSeek quietly releases an open-source rival to GPT-5 — optimized for Chinese chips and priced to undercut OpenAI
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shocked the world in January with an AI model, called R1, that rivaled OpenAI and Anthropic’s top LLMs. It was built at a fraction of the cost of those other models,…
