Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai for the first time since its 2018 launch, delivering a keynote address that underscores Beijing…
China accounted for about 30% of all new drugs under development worldwide, ranking second globally, according to Lan Gongtao, deputy director general of the Department of Drug Registration at the Nat…
Chinese AI company Zhipu AI, developer of the GLM-5.2 model, closed nearly flat on Monday at HK$1,645, defying a broad slump that saw rival MiniMax fall almost 20%, after pledging to prioritize advanc…
Forthright Securities, a subsidiary of JF SmartInvest Holdings Ltd (9636.HK), will open Hong Kong's largest offline investment experience hub at Golden Centre in Sheung Wan on 10 July, alongside the d…
Researchers at Peking University have developed an all-optical interconnect system that boosts AI distributed inference speeds by over 100 times while using just one-ninth of typical computational res…
Xpeng vice-chairman and president Brian Gu Hongdi said the Chinese electric-vehicle maker is confident it can compete head-to-head with Tesla in international markets, leveraging self-driving technolo…
Tokyo's Arakawa ward has installed 33 AI-equipped outdoor security cameras with facial recognition to help locate missing children and elderly people with dementia, marking what the ward believes is t…
Memory chip prices have surged fivefold in Shenzhen's Huaqiangbei electronics hub due to the global AI boom, forcing computer vendors to raise prices and deterring buyers. Traders expect further price…
China's rapid adoption of industrial robots, surpassing two million installations by 2024, correlates with rising urban unemployment and declining secondary-sector employment, according to data from t…
Elderly retail investors in China are increasingly betting their savings on technology stocks, including chipmakers and AI developers, driven by state support and faith in the nation's technological a…
Chinese parents are increasingly using AI chatbots to help their children select university degree programs, replacing traditional human consultants. Ride-hailing driver Zhang Qi used free AI tools to…
The Student of the Year Awards honored 40 pupils on Saturday, with the organizer announcing an expansion to include a new AI literacy category next year and plans to recognize students beyond Hong Kon…
The International Monetary Fund warns that the artificial intelligence boom will create unequal economic outcomes, benefiting only economies tied to AI supply chains while leaving much of the world fa…
China's National Vulnerability Database flagged a security back door in Anthropic's Claude Code tool, prompting Beijing to urge local organizations to uninstall or upgrade the software. Analysts expec…
Demand for grade-A office space in Beijing's Zhongguancun district rose in the first half of 2025, driven by expanding AI and semiconductor firms, making it the only submarket to post rent growth. Kni…
Chinese state media warned that amateur bloggers using AI weather models to forecast Typhoon Bavi may be violating the Meteorology Law, which centralizes weather alerts under official stations. Some b…
Scammers in Southeast Asia are using generative AI to clone the faces and voices of trusted leaders, including Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, to defraud victims. In one case, a deepfake of …
Former US officials say renewed US-China AI safety talks serve American security interests by providing insight into Beijing's advances, risks, and vulnerabilities. Jeannette Chu, a former senior US d…
Chinese users praise OpenAI's GPT-5.6 for its efficiency despite higher costs than local rivals, accessing the blocked service via VPNs. The launch introduces three models—Sol, Terra, and Luna—with Te…
China released a five-year blueprint to address AI-driven income inequality by promoting collective wage bargaining, raising minimum wages, and expanding the middle-income group. The plan aims to cush…