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Chinese entrepreneurs’ philanthropy helps lure world-class scholars

China’s growing number of universities funded by entrepreneurs are attracting more world-class scholars, aligning with Beijing’s intensifying push for hi-tech…

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Tech war: Chinese AI models led by DeepSeek catch up with US rivals at lower prices

China’s home-grown artificial intelligence (AI) models are rapidly closing their performance gap with leading US rivals while offering significantly lower…

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Humanoid robot war heats up as US and China race towards mass production

The race to put humanoid robots into mass production has intensified over the past week, as companies in both the…

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Chinese EV maker Xpeng trims losses on 23% revenue rise

Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng said its fourth-quarter loss narrowed from a year earlier, beating a consensus estimate, while its…

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China’s Sora-like Vidu breaks into Hollywood with deal to produce GenAI anime series

A Chinese text-to-video generation start-up said it has signed a deal with a US animation studio to produce an artificial…

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China debuts economic data on service robots as humanoid industry grows

China’s state statistics agency has introduced a new data series on “service robots” in its monthly industrial output report, in…

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Opinion | Adhering to reforms can help Beijing pop ‘Peak China’ bubble

Since 2023, as China’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic has shown protracted weakness, a “Peak China” theory has emerged…

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Baidu launches new AI models, touts superiority to DeepSeek, OpenAI on benchmarks

Chinese technology giant Baidu released two new artificial intelligence (AI) models that it touted as stronger than those of DeepSeek…

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Apple’s AirPods are getting Star Trek-like upgrade with live translation

Apple is planning a new AirPods feature that allows the earbuds to live-translate an in-person conversation into another language, according…

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Former ByteDance executive takes helm at Baidu-backed Shengshu amid generative AI boom

A former ByteDance executive has joined Shengshu AI as CEO, marking a significant hire by one of China’s leading artificial…

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