BEIJING – A Beijing court on Wednesday sentenced a Japanese man to 3 years and six months in prison for spying, the Japanese Embassy in Beijing said, with the guilty verdict likely to impact bilateral ties. The No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court in Beijing convicted the Astellas Pharma Inc. employee of engaging in espionage activities,…
The first driverless cars are expected on the roads this year, the statement said [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Chinese internet giant Baidu plans to launch its driverless cars on ride-hailing app Uber in Asia and the Middle East this year, the two companies said on Tuesday. The multi-year partnership will see “thousands of Baidu’s…
The state of U.S.-China relations in mid-2025 has emerged as a critical lens through which investors assess global markets, and nowhere is this more evident than in Hong Kong’s equity markets. As the geopolitical rivalry between the world’s two largest economies shows fleeting signs of easing—particularly in tech trade and rare earth diplomacy—Hong Kong’s tech…
Utah officials halted a Chinese corporation from purchasing land near the Provo Airport. Gov. Cox said China has used coercion in an attempt to obtain “leverage” in the state. Lawmakers announced legislation to restrict Chinese influence on Utah infrastructure. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox doubled down Tuesday on the state’s ban on land sales to foreign…
This photo taken on Sept 2, 2024 shows part of a solid-state lithium metal battery in Yibin, Southwest China”s Sichuan province. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – China has updated its catalog of technologies prohibited and restricted for export, adding battery cathode material technology to the restricted list while removing controls on certain architectural technologies, the Ministry of…
Home » Travel News Pick » China Joins US Alongside Japan and South Korea in Leading New Travel Technology Innovations Thereby Changing Landscape for Tourists: Here’s What You Need to Know Wednesday, July 16, 2025 As we move deeper into 2025, the travel and tourism industry continues to evolve with cutting-edge technologies shaping the way…
Nvidia says it expects U.S. government approval to export advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips to the Chinese market. The green light would be a breakthrough for the chipmaker after months of navigating controls on semiconductor technology aimed at slowing China’s progress on AI technologies with military applications. Newsweek reached out to the White House via…
US President Donald Trump’s pick for United Nations ambassador, Mike Waltz, told senators on Tuesday that the UN needs urgent reform and that the US must play a stronger role in countering China’s growing influence within the organisation. Waltz, a retired Army Green Beret and former Republican congressman from Florida, appeared before the Senate Foreign…
A new survey by the Pew Research Centre reveals a shift in global public opinion, with views of China and its leader Xi Jinping improving in several countries, while favorability toward the United States and President Donald Trump has notably declined. Released on Tuesday, the survey suggests that global attitudes toward the two geopolitical superpowers…
In southeastern Beijing, engineers at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., China’s top chipmaker, are working around the clock to expand the output of 14-nanometer and even 7-nm chips, just a few generations behind the world’s leading chipmakers. Being able to make such advanced chips at all is a major breakthrough for a company that has been…