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As China’s population falls, 300,000-strong robot army keeps factories humming

China’s factories welcomed 295,000 newly installed industrial robots last year, easing fears the nation’s manufacturing juggernaut could falter after the…

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China’s visa-free policy boosts Beijing, Shanghai’s international influence: report

China’s expanded visa-free entry policy and technological advances have boosted the standing of its major cities as global hubs, with…

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Exclusive | Dong Yu on why ‘every chapter’ of China’s five-year plans boils down to income

Dong Yu has been executive vice-president of the China Institute for Development Planning at Tsinghua University since 2019. Before joining…

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Alibaba Cloud leads US$140 million funding round for embodied AI start-up X Square Robot

The deal marked Alibaba Cloud’s first investment in the embodied intelligence field, according to a statement on Monday from X…

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China’s biotech industry is gaining on the US. Can tariffs hold them back?

In the summer of 2015, a time when China’s pharmaceutical market was in a phase of rapid expansion, a sudden…

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Chinese semiconductor, AI firms form pact as Nvidia faces inquiry on H20 chip’s security

The alliance reflected the growing efforts in the country’s semiconductor industry and nascent AI sector to push forward Beijing’s tech…

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China’s SpinQ sees quantum computing crossing ‘usefulness’ threshold within 5 years

Quantum computing is poised to reach a tipping point in three to five years by becoming useful for solving real-world…

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Explainer | How can China get consumers spending? Here are 5 ideas being floated in Beijing

China has made boosting consumer spending a key policy priority in recent months, as it tries to rebalance its economy…

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China urged to restore local fiscal capabilities with 30-trillion-yuan debt swap

China should issue 30 trillion yuan (US$4.2 trillion) in treasury bonds to swap local governments’ hidden liabilities to re-energise growth…

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TikTok’s fate still in limbo as Trump extends deadline to sell platform’s US operations

The fate of short video app TikTok in the United States remains in limbo, according to analysts, even as the…

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