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News articles, analyses and commentary about machines that mimic human cognitive functions such as learning and problem solving. This also covers chatbots, algorithms, consumer products and Big Data analysis that make use of AI.
LATEST China Science NEWS

Malaysia is building a new research corridor across Asia to meet China’s rise

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Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Penang is one of the institutions that is seeing more collaborations with universities in China. Photo: USM

Crop outputs grew up to 100% in China’s big agricultural experiment: scientists

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Chinese researchers say their crop trials may offer alternative ways of increasing yields by using irrigation water to improve how efficiently plants use sunlight. Photo: Lu Anhuai

Singapore builds world’s most accurate atomic clock, leaves US and China in dust

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Built with a single ion of lutetium, the clock is so precise that it would lose one second every 260 billion years – nearly 20 times the age of our universe. Photo: YouTube/Centre for Quantum Technologies

Online claims revive mercury mystery around tomb of first Chinese emperor

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The Archaeological Site Park of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, in Xian, Shaanxi province, encompasses Qin Shi Huang’s still-unopened tomb, along with burial pits containing the terracotta warriors. Photo: Xinhua

New Chinese embodied model Maxwell tops global AI ranking on physical tasks

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Chinese companies have been making progress in the area of robots performing everyday physical tasks. Photo: Reuters
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Analysts expect other mainland lenders to follow as AI applications spread across the financial sector. Photo: Shutterstock
Banking & finance

More Chinese banks likely to adopt AI rules after Ping An move: analysts

Other listed mainland lenders are expected to introduce similar governance frameworks as regulators tighten oversight of AI use.

Donald Trump

Trump expected to name Jay Clayton as AI tsar

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2026 Xi-Trump summits

Exclusive | ‘No retreat’: key Trump ally urges continued US-China engagement on rare earths

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US-China relations

US man arrested over alleged $300 million Nvidia server smuggling to China

Prosecutors say California tech firm owner routed restricted AI servers through Malaysia and Singapore to evade US export controls.

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Booking photo of Greg Lui, who is accused of smuggling restricted Nvidia AI servers to China. Photo: US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California
China-Latin America relations

Brazil’s Lula hails Chinese investors as rival pitches rare earths to Trump

Brazilian president names China a possible partner in his critical minerals plans, as Flavio Bolsonaro courts Trump, with election looming.

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Donald Trump

Trump wants to stamp out the term ‘artificial intelligence’. Why?

The US president’s insistence on using the term ‘super intelligence’ reflects a wider debate over the technology’s future, analysts say.

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United States

‘America is back’, AI ‘conspiracy’, China’s Laos deal: 7 global relations reads

From anger over AI to Asian diplomacy and scam calls, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in September 2026.

US President Donald Trump speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 22. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
China military reform

China sets up new military academy colleges for AI, drones and discipline

Restructured academies aim to build a technical workforce and strengthen the anti-corruption push across China’s military.

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Semiconductors

China’s buying spree in ASML DUV gear prompts US calls for total export ban

DUV tools, though not as advanced as EUV, can be adapted to manufacture 7-nm logic chips and advanced memory for AI processors, report says.

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2026 Xi-Trump summits

Open Questions | Zheng Yongnian on what to expect from future Xi-Trump meetings

After so-called G2, Chinese and US presidents have more to accomplish on trade and mutual security when they meet at G20 and Apec summits, political scientist says.

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Illustration: Brian Wang
Huawei

AI | China’s AI compute ambitions demand innovation

Expanding China’s intelligent computing capacity fourfold in four years will require advances in power-grid management, domestic chips and software.

China’s AI compute ambitions demand innovation
Anthropic

Hong Kong users caught off guard as Anthropic tightens VPN access to Claude

Some tech-savvy users are bypassing the blocks by routing connections through Singapore via VPNs and registering with foreign payment details.

Singapore

What Singapore’s crackdown reveals about those 5-star online reviews

Experts warn that review ecosystems are constantly evolving and consumers should be more discerning about what they read online.

2026 Xi-Trump summits

Xi-Trump meeting’s takeaways, successes and fallout: 7 US-China relations reads

Here are highlights, insights and updates on the Xi-Trump summit from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump arrive for a tour of the National Archives Museum on September 25. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
China manufacturing

Chinese start-up behind laser mosquito killer set to start shipping orders

Photon Matrix Lab says it expects to produce up to 5,000 devices a month initially, and then increase production capacity next year.

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A mosquito. Photo: Dreamstime/TNS
United States

Elon Musk returns to US government for Pentagon war study

He will co-lead Project Meridian with Palmer Luckey, the co-founder of defence tech firm Anduril Industries, and former House speaker Newt Gingrich.

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Japan

Video | Japan taps into AI to develop sweet treats

Lawson and FamilyMart are using AI to generate ideas for new products with unprecedented combinations and flavours.

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John Lee policy address 2026

Letters | Hong Kong need not build its ‘AI City Brain’ from scratch

Readers discuss the government’s plan to use artificial intelligence, and the death of a boarding school student from Hong Kong in the UK.

A student from a Hong Kong school demonstrates his team’s “smart disaster-prevention glasses”, an AI-powered system that maps escape routes during a fire, after the project won gold at the 8th Greater Bay Area Digital STEAM competition, on August 21. Hong Kong’s chief executive has announced that the city will develop an integrated management system that links and consolidates relevant big data of departments with city governance matters. Photo: Dickson Lee
US-China relations

Xi-Trump rapport is ‘most valuable strategic asset’ in US-China ties: envoy Xie

Beijing’s ambassador remarks on head-of-state diplomacy in a speech marking National Day celebrations at the Chinese embassy in Washington.

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Britain

UK accuses China of using academics to spy on AI and other tech research

MI5 has issued an unprecedented alert, while UK universities have been told to cut ties with the China General Technology Research Institute.

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Anthropic

Anthropic raises alarm over Chinese GLM-5.3 model’s elite hacking ability

The open-weight AI model almost matches Claude Mythos for cyber capabilities, but has far weaker safeguards, Anthropic says.

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Chinese open-weight AI models are rapidly gaining ground in terms of their cyber capabilities. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China tech war

Trump relies on AI giants to self-police after ruling out China deal

The ‘White House Accord on Super Intelligence’ reflects Trump’s preferred new term for AI and his long-standing support for light-touch regulation.

US President Donald Trump meets top tech and artificial intelligence executives in the White House. Photo: AP
Smartphones

Apple leads China smartphone sales after launch of iPhone 18 Pro. Can it last?

Sales in the first three days were 12 per cent higher than the previous generation’s entire first week.

IPO

Hong Kong’s first 9 months of IPOs break record, but Nasdaq leads capital race

A growing pipeline and potential megadeals bolster hopes of a record IPO year for the Hong Kong stock exchange, industry players say.

Huawei

DeepSeek opens tools to help Huawei chips supplant Nvidia in AI

With introduction of suite of six tools, AI model developer aims to create ‘independent’ software ecosystem for AI processors.

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Huawei’s CloudMatrix 384 system with Ascend 910 AI processors is displayed at the World Internet Conference in Tongxiang, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, on November 8, 2025. Photo: Reuters
China technology

China’s R&D spending tops OECD average for first time. What comes next?

Beijing plans to double down on basic research, cutting-edge technologies and scientific talent as it strives to achieve tech self-sufficiency.

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Beijing has stepped up R&D spending in recent years as it seeks to support innovation across strategic industries. Photo: Shutterstock
Chinese culture

Slow is beautiful: China’s war against AI drama goes beyond algorithms

Rapid expansion in production has intensified concerns over copyright and the mounting pressure on human creators.

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Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Raising Hong Kong’s birth rate is an economic imperative

Economies competing in an AI-driven future will need more highly skilled workers, not fewer. Low fertility is not only a social challenge – it’s an economic threat.

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