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Will Xi and Trump find common ground on AI risk amid an escalating tech war?
Despite US AI leaders’ warnings over the risks of rapid development, they remain locked in a high-stakes race against each other – and China.
24 Sep 2026 - 11:41AM
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Artificial intelligence
Harness AI to propel manufacturing, Chinese Premier Li Qiang says
23 Sep 2026 - 1:41PM
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China plans to ban ‘intimate’ AI companions for teenagers
21 Sep 2026 - 5:30PM
US-China tech war
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Will US cloud computing restrictions rain on China’s AI parade?
If Washington expands its tech blockade to include cloud networks, China’s AI sector will face its most severe choke point since the chip bans.
21 Sep 2026 - 10:03AM
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China's space programme
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How China is turning Hainan from a tourist island into a major aerospace hub
Factories, supercomputing centres and satellite businesses are springing up in the province as officials push to build a fully fledged aerospace ecosystem.
17 Sep 2026 - 11:39AM
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A ploy to entrench US lead? China pushes back on calls for slowdown in AI
Chinese researchers say a slowdown would protect established US incumbents while freezing latecomers out of the market.
15 Sep 2026 - 4:59PM
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Xi touts Brics cooperation on AI as US titans flag tech risks
China’s President Xi Jinping promoted an AI ‘community’ at a Brics summit, while US industry leaders backed the idea of slowing the technology’s development.
14 Sep 2026 - 5:24PM
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China’s five-year plan for its information and communications sector
China plans to grow the revenue of the information and communications sector to 4.1 trillion yuan by 2030.
9 Sep 2026 - 3:05PM
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China targets fourfold boost in AI computing capacity by 2030 in major tech push
The nation’s intelligent computing capacity hit 2,185 eflops at the end of June, up 177 per cent from a year earlier, according to MIIT.
8 Sep 2026 - 2:00PM
Artificial intelligence
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Will geopolitics put a potential Musk merger between a rocket and a hard place?
Security concerns in Beijing and Washington could create ‘bottleneck’ if Elon Musk attempts to combine the two flagship companies.
5 Sep 2026 - 6:06AM
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US tech chiefs Huang, Musk warn against AI curbs amid race with China
US tech leaders warn strict rules could blunt innovation and prevent the harnessing of economic gains from rapidly advancing AI.
3 Sep 2026 - 6:16PM
Jensen Huang speaks at the G20 Innovation Ministerial summit. Photo: Reuters
US-China tech war
China urges global AI cooperation, not rivalry, ahead of Xi-Trump summit
With the high-stakes meeting just weeks away and tech tensions escalating, Beijing uses a G20 ministerial forum to advocate collaboration on the emerging technology.
2 Sep 2026 - 9:30PM
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‘Slop’ purge: Chinese watchdog scrubs millions of harmful AI posts
Clampdown sweeps across 2,400 websites and apps as cyberspace watchdog escalates fight against generative tech abuse.
2 Sep 2026 - 5:49PM
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OpenAI executive urges US-China AI safety talks ahead of Trump-Xi summit
Dean Ball, a former White House adviser, says the window for cooperation will ‘widen’ in next few months but will not stay open forever.
1 Sep 2026 - 8:00PM
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Gates pitches US-China AI cooperation ahead of Xi meeting
The Microsoft co-founder may travel to Beijing in November as he seeks support for global cooperation on managing potential AI risks.
27 Aug 2026 - 5:06PM
Bill Gates last met Chinese President Xi Jinping in June 2023. Photo: Xinhua via AP
Semiconductors
Cut off from Europe, Nexperia China eyes self-reliance through domestic wafers
The Chinese division is betting on a high-stakes, home-grown supply chain pivot to bypass suspended European wafer shipments.
24 Aug 2026 - 6:00PM
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China’s private sector
China clears Geely for landmark satellite test to spur commercial space drive
Geespace secures a two-year satellite IoT trial from MIIT, the first approval for a private Chinese firm.
21 Aug 2026 - 5:34PM
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Zhipu AI’s answer to Project Glasswing marks shift for Chinese cyber safety
Company’s ‘Shield of Open Source’ programme offers free security audits to help users patch software vulnerabilities.
18 Aug 2026 - 2:38PM
The logo of Chinese AI start-up Zhipu AI on a smartphone. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Robotics
Robotics
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Chinese robots on the march despite tech war hurdles
Recent US ban on new robots is unlikely to prevent robotics becoming China’s next export engine after electric vehicles.
17 Aug 2026 - 12:15PM
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Zhipu launches GLM-5.3 model as China seeks Mythos-level edge in cyber defence
Company says GLM-5.3 outperformed leading US systems in cybersecurity tests, beating Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 on CyberGym.
14 Aug 2026 - 7:03PM
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Alibaba
China’s richest province taps Alibaba to power its AI and chip push
Guangdong province deepens ties with China tech giant to boost digital innovation by focusing on AI, semiconductors and smart services.
14 Aug 2026 - 7:07PM
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Meta strikes at China’s open AI lead, betting on potential US curbs
Meta’s renewed push into open-source models aims to attract US businesses wary of the regulatory risks associated with adopting Chinese AI.
11 Aug 2026 - 6:08PM
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends the annual Allen and Company Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho on July 9, 2026. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence
China’s Kimi K3 AI model escapes a closed cyber test: researchers
Kimi K3’s escape did not involve the hacking of an external system, unlike recent breaches by OpenAI and Anthropic models.
7 Aug 2026 - 6:37PM
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Cybersecurity
China launches probe into Palo Alto Networks as US trade tensions intensify
The move comes just a day after Beijing imposed sanctions on a string of US firms and tightened controls over the drone supply chain.
6 Aug 2026 - 6:40PM
2026 Xi-Trump summits
Disputes over AI, robotics, trade mount ahead of planned Xi-Trump summit in US
Tech and trade rifts and forced labour claims test US-China cooperation ahead of Xi Jinping’s planned visit to Washington in September.
5 Aug 2026 - 9:00PM
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