We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Chinese maths star Wang Hong solves ‘infamous’ geometry problem Chinese…
China’s education system needs to change to produce the scientific talent the country requires for its grand technology ambitions, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on the sidelines of the “two sessions” on Thursday. Addressing education sector members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, China’s top political advisory body, Xi said the education system had…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for better integration of technology and industry, stressing the need to upgrade traditional sectors and foster future sources of innovation. Addressing deputies from the eastern province of Jiangsu in Beijing on Wednesday, Xi also reaffirmed support for private businesses – a message he has delivered repeatedly as part of…
By Casey Hall, Liam Mo and Che Pan SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Spurring reluctant Chinese consumers to spend has been elevated to the top of Beijing’s to-do list for 2025, leap-frogging technology and industrial production, as lawmakers look to rectify imbalances in the world’s second-largest economy. Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s report on Wednesday to the annual meeting…
Hammering home the central government’s hope that tech breakthroughs will become a driving force for the Chinese economy and help pave a path of self-reliance, Premier Li Qiang has called on state-owned telecom giants to accelerate research and be more innovative. The urging came during visits by Li on Tuesday to companies and research centres…
Security measures will be stepped up in Beijing ahead of next week’s annual political and legislative sessions, when thousands of lawmakers, officials, generals and businesspeople gather to discuss China’s policy agenda. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Beijing police said that all drones and other flying devices – including those used for sports, entertainment or…
Beijing is repositioning the private sector as the cornerstone of China’s global competitiveness and technological edge in the face of growing geopolitical and economic headwinds, according to analysts’ assessments following President Xi Jinping’s meeting with prominent entrepreneurs. Observers also emphasised the importance of more stimulus and policy reforms to get the ball rolling. The first…
When President Xi Jinping brought together China’s most prominent entrepreneurs for a high-profile symposium, markets and industry observers the world over were watching. News of the symposium had garnered a great deal of attention, as such a meeting had not taken place since late 2018. In the years after that gathering, a series of seismic…
While artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek surprised the world with its latest low-cost reasoning model – dubbed R1 – the revelation reignited overseas interest in Chinese tech and capital market investments while raising expectations that a subsequent surge in AI-fuelled productivity will serve to elevate the national economy. From analysts to economists, many point to…
As China’s DeepSeek – a relatively recent entrant in a crowded field of companies producing artificial intelligence (AI) models – threatens the dominance of the United States in the nascent but highly competitive sector, the province that nurtured the upstart company is taking steps to become a world-leading hub for frontier technologies of all types….