The ripples from DeepSeek continue to spread in China, where the government has embraced the tech start-up’s unexpected success by speeding up the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI). The rise of DeepSeek, developed by home-grown tech talent, is evidence that Beijing’s strategy of pouring resources into training the next generation of innovators over…
On a typical day, the Risbergska educational center in the Swedish city of Orebro would be thrumming with students gathering to attend classes in subjects like construction, child care and Swedish for immigrants. On Wednesday, a day after a mass shooting left at least 11 people dead and sent shock waves throughout Sweden, the school…
When Harry Chen graduated from a technical school in Shenzhen with a major in machine design, he spent some time helping a friend with module-building tasks at a toy factory to earn some extra money. While Chen had struggled to master module-building software – a tool used to design assembly line components – during his…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China and economy stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Chinese football legend and Everton player Li Tie gets 20 years for corruption Chinese former football star Li Tie, who also served as coach of the country’s…
Scrapping language requirements for university admission in Hong Kong may help to reduce the pressure on students and allow those with different abilities and talents to gain entry, a secondary school head teachers’ group has said. The group earlier said it had proposed that a points system be adopted based on the exam results of…