Why China’s next 5-year plan will double down on food security
As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that…
Opinion | Given its rare earth vulnerability, US cannot risk all-out trade war
US President Donald Trump has returned to a trademark policy in announcing a new round of trade confrontation…
Tencent’s hit title Delta Force prompts sharpened focus on shooting games
For more than a decade, Tencent Holdings developer Leo Yao toiled in relative anonymity, churning out one shooting…
2 ‘mega galleries’ to close Hong Kong branches as the city’s art market loses ground
Two of the world’s biggest art galleries have announced the closure of their respective Hong Kong outposts as…
China’s hi-tech push, Aids and poverty fights in focus as vice-premiers tour provinces
High technology and low incomes were in sharp focus in China late last week as two of its…
Chinese fintech giant Ant Group releases powerful AI model to rival DeepSeek and OpenAI
Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has released a new open-source, trillion-parameter large language model (LLM) that boasts stronger…
China sees uptick in ‘super golden week’ spending amid record travel surge
China logged a welcome uptick in spending on services during the just-concluded eight-day “super golden week” public holiday,…
Alibaba’s Qwen3-Omni tops Hugging Face AI ranking as Chinese open systems flourish
Alibaba Group Holding’s new Qwen3-Omni multimodal artificial intelligence system has quickly become the most popular model in the…
China woman falls into old well, circled by snakes, clings to wall for 54 hours before rescue
A woman from southeastern China was miraculously rescued after accidentally falling into an abandoned well, where she clung…
Xiaomi makes ‘bold attempt’ to challenge Apple’s iPhone 17 in China
Xiaomi is resolute in maintaining its lead over Apple in the world’s largest smartphone market, as the Chinese…
Chinese startups race for global growth with low-cost hardware
Startups Domestic price pressures dent valuations but help launch products quickly, cheaply NetEase, a gaming company, incubated a…
In China, Ray Dalio discusses global debt issues as Beijing seeks his counsel
As China works to defuse its debt risks, and with unchained US borrowing rocketing skyward, Ray Dalio finds…