Artificial intelligence is at the heart of the US-China tech war, with Chinese firms such as DeepSeek challenging American dominance. But while China has a growing AI talent pool and home-grown success stories, the country has also lost a handful of leading figures in the crucial sector. The early deaths of these experts – due…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China summons Walmart executives for talks in wake of Trump tariffs China has summoned executives of Walmart – the world’s largest retailer – for regulatory talks, bringing the business…
Cambridge University physicist Yun Guolin – a pioneer in pressure-sensitive wearable tech – has returned to China to join his alma mater, the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). Yun is now a special professor in the department of modern mechanics at the university in Hefei. He specialises in researching liquid metals and…
Award-winning computer scientist Quan Guocong has joined Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou in southern China as an associate professor after years of study and research in the United States. Quan, 30, is an expert in caching technology and network optimisation. He earned his PhD from Ohio State University and was a research scientist at Meta…