China Is Still Winning the Battle for 5G—and 6G

China Is Still Winning the Battle for 5G—and 6G

When Ren Zhengfei founded Huawei in 1987, the Chinese telecommunications company had a few thousand dollars in the bank and an eye on reverse-engineering advanced foreign technology. By 1994, Huawei was producing switching equipment, the hardware and software that form the basis of modern telecommunications, and Ren was taking a meeting with Chinese Communist Party…

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Alibaba’s Qwen3 AI model family helps narrow tech gap between China and US: analysts

Alibaba’s Qwen3 AI model family helps narrow tech gap between China and US: analysts

Hangzhou-based Alibaba’s cloud computing unit on Tuesday unveiled its much-anticipated Qwen3 family, consisting of eight enhanced models that range from 600 million to 235 billion parameters. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. In machine learning, parameters are the variables present in an AI system during training, which helps establish how data prompts yield the…

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Hungary says 'Big No' to US on cutting China ties; welcomes investment from Chinese tech companies, including those 'banned' in America

Hungary says ‘Big No’ to US on cutting China ties; welcomes investment from Chinese tech companies, including those ‘banned’ in America

Hungary will not scale back its economic ties with China, Economy Minister Marton Nagy announced in Budapest this week, signaling Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government’s resolve to prioritize economic partnerships over America’s calls to pivot away from Beijing. The statement underscores Hungary’s strategic balancing act as it navigates global superpower rivalries while fostering its growing…

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What China-US lunar competition reveals about future of high-tech leadership

Illustration: Chen Xia/GT  The recent decision by China’s space agency to grant NASA-funded American universities access to lunar samples – retrieved from the moon’s far side – offers more than a scientific opportunity; It is a poignant reflection of two fundamentally divergent approaches to technological advancement.  These different approaches shape the trajectory of space exploration…

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