The Economist

What China will dominate next

In medicine, meanwhile, China has turned itself from a copycat maker of generics into the world’s second-largest developer of ...

China’s censorship and surveillance were already intense. AI is turbocharging those systems

Chinese authorities are using artificial intelligence to turbocharge surveillance and censorship, with the technology predicting public demonstrations and monitoring prison inmates, according to a new ...

China's top universities plan to roll out 'embodied intelligence' majors to fuel Beijing's robotics push

Seven Chinese universities plan to launch an "embodied intelligence" major as Beijing races to build a pipeline of robotics ...

China Makes Huge Nuclear Leap in World First for Clean Energy

This latest breakthrough in nuclear power technology has implications for U.S. energy policy and global decarbonization ...
Electrek

Volkswagen can now build EVs in China, claiming it can cut costs by up to 50%

For the first time, Volkswagen can now fully develop new vehicles outside of Germany. Volkswagen claims it can cut ...

AI startup Cohere CEO says US holds edge over China in AI race

Canadian tech startup Cohere's CEO Aidan Gomez said on Thursday the U.S. and Canada hold an "incredible position" to partner ...
Scientific American

China’s First Reusable Rocket Fails, but the Race Is Just Beginning

A partially successful test of China’s Zhuque-3 rocket shows that other countries are rapidly catching up with the U.S in the ...

End of an era: Canon closes China printer plant as Japanese brand loses to local rivals

Closure marks a turning point, where Chinese brands have not only caught up with foreign rivals but have also begun to ...