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China’s Quantum Industry Has Qubits, Now it Needs Customers

2 months ago011 mins

Insider Brief China is shifting its quantum computing strategy toward commercialization, aiming to translate laboratory advances into industrial applications and measurable economic productivity. The plan prioritizes government-led pilot projects, integrated computing infrastructure, and workforce development to bridge the gap between technology and market adoption. By 2030, China aims to establish a nationwide quantum computing network…

How China turned a mega-project failure into a defining moment in modern engineering

4 months ago02 mins

China has pulled off a daring underground feat, using a multimillion-dollar tunnel boring machine (TBM) to recover its stranded twin beneath the country’s largest river. The rendezvous between the TBMs was achieved with just 2mm (0.078 inch) of vertical error and no horizontal deviation under the Yangtze’s riverbed, setting a benchmark for precision in deep…

Why China’s growing demand for rare earth steel is bad news for America’s F-35

5 months ago02 mins

At a sprawling industrial complex in the Inner Mongolian city of Baotou, workers feed bag after bag of rare earth additives into roaring furnaces, turning ordinary steel into a high-performance alloy worth twice as much. This is the front line of a technological leap being powered by China’s dominance in critical minerals and its strategic…

Dutch minister admits being blindsided by China’s retaliation in Nexperia chip crisis

Over 10 years in making: China launches 2,000km-wide AI computing hub

5 months ago03 mins

China has activated what may be the world’s largest distributed AI computing pool alongside a high-speed data network that has been planned for more than a decade, according to an official state newspaper. It said this optical network linked computing centres separated by distance so they could work together almost as efficiently as a single…

‘Stronger wings’: China’s Z-20T assault helicopter thrills in rare military show demo

Cs news7 months ago02 mins

In a rare public display, China has showcased the advanced capabilities of the cutting-edge Z-20T assault helicopter at a military exhibition in Tianjin this week, demonstrating precision manoeuvres by the all-weather aircraft. The helicopters performed a hover salute, a backward ascent and a vertical climb and also fired jamming flares at the 7th China Helicopter…

China mass producing next-gen quantum radar detector to track stealth aircraft like F-22

Cs news7 months ago02 mins

China announced it has begun mass producing the world’s first ultra-low noise, single-photon detector featuring four channels, suggesting that powerful applications loom in everything from daily communications to national defence. Dubbed the “photon catcher”, the device can detect a single photon – the smallest unit of energy – making it a core component in cutting-edge…

China unveils next-gen high-speed rail tech as US puts brakes on bullet train funding

Cs news10 months ago03 mins

China has pulled the wraps off its next-generation high-speed rail technology as the United States revokes federal funding for California’s high-speed rail project. China’s latest bullet train, the CR450, is undergoing final performance tests to prepare it for commercial operation trials at 400km/h (250mph), the official Science and Technology Daily reported on Monday. The team…

China rolls out record-setting turbine for Tibet hydropower plant

Cs news10 months ago02 mins

China is ready to install a large impulse turbine at the Datang Zala Hydropower Station in Tibet autonomous region, according to the official Science and Technology Daily. The home-grown turbine, with a maximum capacity of 500 megawatts, has the world’s largest single-unit capacity, according to the report on Wednesday. Two turbines will be installed at…

Why is China building AI centres on the roof of the world?

Cs news10 months ago03 mins

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…