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China’s push for global AI dominance
Companies in Hangzhou, China, are striving for global AI dominance as the technology race between China and the U.S. heats up. A cluster of elite startups, or the “six dragons”, are working around the …
DeepSeek’s New “Made in China” AI Chip Could Tank US Crypto Markets
DeepSeek’s new AI chip, developed entirely in China, could disrupt the US market and have significant implications for crypto.
China cut itself off from the global internet for an hour – but was it a mistake?
The country’s “Great Firewall” disrupted all traffic on TCP port 443, used for HTTPS, for 74 minutes on August 20, 2025, but with most citizens asleep during the outage (00:34-01:48 Beijing time), was this intended…
China’s top engineering academy seeks more private-sector blood, with innovation in mind
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’.
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
China’s Baidu-backed semiconductor design firm Kunlunxin said it had won chip orders worth millions of yuan for AI projects of telecoms firm China Mobile, as authorities push for domestic alternatives …
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…