WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vietnam has significantly expanded island-building work in areas it claims in the Spratly Islands chain of the disputed South China Sea and will match and likely surpass the scale of such activity there by China, a U.S. think tank reported on Friday. Recent satellite imagery showed that since the start of this year,…
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China’s $69 billion (500 billion yuan) Digital Economy Fund, launched in 2025, represents a seismic shift in the global tech landscape. This state-led initiative, spearheaded by the China Development Bank and supported by local governments, is not merely a financial tool but a strategic lever to accelerate technological self-reliance, reshape AI infrastructure, and catalyze the…
The Greater Bay Area development zone is one of the most economically dynamic regions in the world. With a population of over 86 million and a gross domestic product of around US$2 trillion, it connects global manufacturing hubs, financial centres, technology clusters and tourism destinations. As Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong province become more integrated,…
Nvidia developed the H20, a less powerful version of its AI processing units, specifically for export to China [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Shipping Nvidia’s H20 chips to China was “great” for Beijing and Washington and not a security threat, the tech giant’s chief said Friday. The California-based company produces some of the world’s most…
As US destroyers closed in on Venezuela’s coast on Thursday, China condemned Washington’s military build-up and warned against foreign interference, backing Nicolas Maduro in a showdown that is drawing in powers far beyond the Caribbean. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that China opposed “any move that violates the purposes and principles of the UN…
A technical change in the latest model from Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek could be a big step towards achieving China’s goal of AI self-sufficiency, as it shows a new level of coordination between local model developers and hardware makers, according to analysts and industry insiders. This week, the Hangzhou-based AI lab said its new…
China web traffic was blocked from accessing outsider websites No political or sensitive events appear to have coincided Pakistan also suffered an outage hours before China appears to have shut itself off from the internet world for over an hour earlier this week, but could it have just been a mistake? The country’s “Great Firewall”…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday slammed the Centre after websites for China’s TiKTok and Aliexpress were made “accessible” in India.In a social media post on X, the party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “striking a deal with China at the cost of martyrs’ sacrifices.” The website of TikTok was “unblocked” in India, although the…
The “tech war” between the US and China has not stopped. But you won’t find the latest updates in press conferences or server halls. You will find them in factories and power grids. The United States still owns the frontier in models and money. China sets the price of the hardware that electrifies and automates…