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‘Major breakthroughs’: Chinese biotech firms plan global expansions after domestic success

With their domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints in search…

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Chinese supercomputer maker Sugon and chip developer Hygon call off merger plans

The two Shanghai-listed companies late on Tuesday said they cancelled merger talks because “the market environment has changed significantly since…

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DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng makes the cut in top 10 ‘people who shaped science in 2025’

The Nature’s 10 profile of Liang recognised the disruption caused in January by the release of DeepSeek-R1, a reasoning model…

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Meet AMIES, China’s new hope in breaking reliance on ASML’s chipmaking machines

AMIES Technology, a new Chinese lithography equipment manufacturer that showcased its latest chipmaking products at an industry event in Shenzhen…

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China tackles 2 problems at once with birth subsidy for women in science

In an attempt to jointly address two major policy priorities for China – fostering a “birth-friendly society” and bolstering its…

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Hong Kong AI start-up develops emission monitoring system, with mainland as target market

A Hong Kong-based start-up has developed an artificial intelligence-powered system that detects the origin and size of factory emissions, which…

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From mining to tourism, space ambitions of China’s Guangdong rival those of Elon Musk

South China’s Guangdong province has announced its ambition to join the country’s commercial space sector race, promising financial and policy…

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Chinese start-up joins NetDragon-owned Cherrypicks to push AI solutions overseas

Beijing-based Zhongke WengAI, whose services are used by various Chinese ministries and state media outlets, will also jointly develop with…

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For the US, it’s Mountain Pass – or fail – in bid to supplant China’s rare earth supremacy

Rare earths are needed for everything from consumer electronics to electric vehicles, wind turbines and fighter jets – and China…

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Tech war: Stanford-educated expert leads China’s new semiconductor school with YMTC support

Wuhan University has become the latest institution to join China’s push for self-reliance in semiconductors by establishing the School of…

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