Up until now, Nvidia‘s (NASDAQ:NVDA) top-tier AI chips – particularly its powerful GPUs – have easily been the best in the world. That’s why they’ve been in such demand all over the world. Well… all over the world, except for China. U.S. export controls on sensitive technology prohibit the company from selling its top-of-the-line GPUs…
Chinese AI startup Manus could double its valuation to $4 billion only months after regulators forced the unwinding of its proposed acquisition by Meta Platforms META, underscoring how quickly investor appetite is returning to one of China’s most closely watched AI-agent developers. Manus is reportedly seeking roughly $500 million in fresh financing, which would make…
Hangzhou, China–(Newsfile Corp. – September 17, 2026) – The Main Forum of the 9th China Robotics Summit officially opened this morning in Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City. Theme-centered on “Smart Ecosystem, Full-Scenario Empowerment: Intelligence Transformation and Quality Evolution in the ‘Robotics+’ Era,” the Summit is hosted by the China Association for Mechatronics Technology & Application (CAMTA)….
Move ends the Security Council’s watchdog panel on Iran sanctions. Published On 17 Sep 202617 Sep 2026 Russia and China have vetoed a United States-backed resolution at the United Nations Security Council that would have authorised UN experts to keep monitoring sanctions on Iran. The resolution, shut down on Thursday, would have extended the mandate…
China is devoting enormous efforts — from submarines to ballistic missiles — to destroy America’s aircraft carriers. The strategy prompted a U.S. think tank to ask why America couldn’t do the same and sink China’s growing fleet of carriers. The think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, devised a plan to target Chinese…
Jang Young-jin, chairman of the Korea Trade Insurance Corp., delivers a lecture on “Survival Strategies for Korean Industry Amid a Global Crisis” at the Seoul Economic Daily’s Future Conference 2026, held at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul’s Jung district on the 17th. Photo by Cho Tae-hyung In January last year, China’s generative artificial intelligence model…
Physical risk controls create new questions about how insurers assess, price, and differentiate commercial motor exposures China’s motor insurance sector has a well-documented profitability problem. New data from one of its largest carriers suggests that deploying technology into the road itself – rather than only into the underwriting model – can produce measurable claims results….
logo BEIJING Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire=YONHAP/ — The latest CKGSB Investor Sentiment Survey [https://english.ckgsb.edu.cn/knowledge/the-ckgsb-investor-sentiment-survey/] points to cautious investor sentiment in China’s A-share market in Q3 2026, even as earnings at listed companies have begun to recover. During the May to September 2026 survey period, respondents lowered their expectations for A-share market gains, reduced expected returns…
Dubai: China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen’s Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group’s military blitz in the past week, according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matter. Riyadh turned to China for help after the Houthis made rapid advances along the Red Sea…
The US-China space race is moving beyond Earth’s orbit, with American troops being told to prepare for possible combat around the Moon. Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told service members and industry officials at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference outside Washington that the US military needs to be prepared…