LOS ANGELES (AP) — Simon Wang became the highest-drafted player born in China when the San Jose Sharks selected him with the first pick of the second round of the NHL draft on Saturday. Wang’s family moved from Beijing to Toronto when he was 12. The 6-foot-5 defenseman surged forward in his … Source link
China still lags behind the US in artificial intelligence (AI) chips, but the country is rapidly catching up in algorithms amid an intense technological race between the world’s two largest economies, according to renowned computer scientist Harry Shum Heung-yeung. AI competition encompassed three key aspects: chips, algorithms, and applications – and the US was “clearly”…
Czech military intelligence has revealed that during Taiwan’s Vice‑President Hsiao Bi‑khim’s official visit to Prague in March 2024, Chinese diplomats and intelligence operatives devised a plan to intimidate her by staging a car collision involving her protected motorcade. Czech Radio reported that although the scheme never progressed beyond the planning stage, surveillance and preparations were underway…
Trade tensions between the United States and China have entered a phase of apparent de-escalation. On Friday, June 27, China’s Ministry of Commerce confirmed that the two powers had reached a preliminary agreement that involves, on the one hand, speeding up exports of rare earth minerals to the U.S. market and, on the other, lifting…
Heavy rain struck China’s southwestern Guizhou province again on Saturday, half-submerging the already flood-stricken riverside city of Rongjiang for a second time this week and prompting the evacuation of residents to higher ground. Source link
The Canadian government has ordered Chinese video surveillance and telecommunications equipment maker Hikvision to cease all operations in the country over national security concerns, Industry Minister Melanie Joly said on Friday. Source link
In a dramatic shift that signals escalating tensions in the global semiconductor war, China has restructured its $50 billion chip fund—known as Big Fund III—to directly target the technological choke points imposed by the United States. Red Silicon Uprising: China’s $50 Billion Chip Fund Shifts Strategy to Fight U.S. Tech Curbs This move marks a…
A naval fleet led by the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong will arrive in Hong Kong next week for a five-day visit, with open tours and cultural exchanges among events to be held to improve residents’ understanding of the development of national defence. The Ministry of National Defence announced on Saturday that the fleet, which includes…
China’s oil imports from Iran saw a sharp increase in June, driven by accelerated shipments ahead of the recent Israel-Iran conflict and rising demand from independent refineries. The world’s top oil importer and biggest buyer of Iranian crude brought in more than 1.8 million barrels per day from June 1-20, according to ship-tracker Vortexa, a…
Yajiang-1, a cutting-edge computing centre perched in the cradle of Tibetan civilisation along the Yarlung Tsangpo River, is up and running as part of China’s plan to transform the so-called roof of the world into a strategic frontier for sustainable supercomputing. The facility, the first major hub of the “Eastern Data, Western Computing” project on…