In Suzhou, eastern China’s Jiangsu province, the start-up Magic Lab specialises in full-sized humanoid robots designed to interact with people and work in factories – just one example of the Yangtze River Delta region’s transformation into a national innovation hub. “More than 90 per cent of the components, including critical parts like torque motor joints,…
HiTS (Shanghai) Hydrogen Power Technology, which aims to be the BYD of commercial drones powered by hydrogen fuel cells, plans to set up research and assembly operations in Hong Kong to serve international markets, according to its chief financial officer. Just as the world’s leading electric-vehicle maker BYD also makes EV batteries, HiTS has expertise…
Over the years, influencer Sima Nan rose to fame waging campaigns against enemies of the state. He began to gather atten in the 1990s, appearing on national television to attack qigong masters including Falun Gong, a spiritual group Beijing later outlawed as an “evil cult”. Along the way, Sima Nan, whose real name was Yu…
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways, along with its budget arm HK Express, will ramp up flights to mainland China this summer, increasing connectivity to major cities including Beijing and Shanghai. The airlines said on Thursday that they would provide nearly 300 return flights weekly during the peak this summer, a 40 per cent…
The frenzy over China’s home-grown chatbot from DeepSeek has spread to the medical sector, inspiring more Chinese to turn to using the artificial intelligence (AI) model for diagnoses. But the shift has also triggered mixed feelings – especially over the possibility of AI’s involvement in medical decisions. “I am crushed!” ran the caption of the…
An American man has captivated many with his inspiring tale of becoming a “foreign village chief” in the picturesque southwestern Yunnan province, following his adventurous exploration of 110 countries and his studies in China. Born in 1962 to a humble family in Chicago, Brian Linden worked night shifts cleaning carpets to finance his education at…
Today in History Today is Thursday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2025. There are 342 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 23, 1368, China’s Ming dynasty, which lasted nearly three centuries, began as Zhu Yuanzhang (zhoo whan-zhahng) was formally acclaimed Hongwu Emperor, following the collapse of the Yuan dynasty. …
Can humans and robots face off in a full race? It will happen in Beijing this spring. For the first time, dozens of humanoid robots are expected to join a half-marathon to be held in the capital’s Daxing district in April, according to local authorities. This comes as China ramps up efforts to develop artificial…
The US and China held what could be their last working-group meetings on economics and finance, a month before Donald Trump’s return to the White House amid an anticipated revival of the two superpowers’ trade war. The US Treasury on Monday announced that senior officials from Washington and Beijing discussed economic and financial issues in…
A day after US President Joe Biden warned that Donald Trump’s plan for higher tariffs would be a “major mistake”, his own administration has levied costly new tariffs on imports of critical materials from China. The office of the US trade representative on Wednesday announced that import taxes for solar wafers and polysilicon, an essential…