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A supernode server is shown to visitors during the World AI Conference in Shanghai on July 19. Photo: Xinhua
Artificial intelligence

Supernodes hold promise to break China’s AI bottlenecks – but will they deliver?

Tech firms are racing to build colossal clusters for next-gen AI, but cost, power and scale remain challenges.

Climate change

Macroscope | Who pays when overheated roads melt and rails buckle?

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Central Asia

China tests Central Asian land corridors to bypass maritime chokepoints

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China trade

China energy giant expands Korean footprint, helps fuel Seoul’s AI ambitions

The state-owned firm’s new project, independently managed by the company’s South Korean subsidiary, brings its number of power facilities in the country to five.

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One of CGN Energy International’s gas-power projects is seen in South Korea. Photo: China Energy News
China trade

Beijing to upgrade railway freight services to Europe

Agreement to build first phase of a multifunctional terminal at Kuryk, a Kazakh port on the Caspian Sea, signed in Shanghai recently.

Transport and logistics

Why is China building another high-speed rail for the Greater Bay Area?

New 350km/h route aims to reduce congestion while bridging city centres and aviation hubs, with an intended cross-border extension.

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China energy security

Power play: CATL wades into hydropower as China opens state projects further

Battery giant’s stake in Sichuan plant reflects Beijing’s push to diversify funding and inject market discipline into public infrastructure.

The deal marks CATL’s latest involvement in hydropower projects, following Beijing’s pledge last year to open commercially viable public infrastructure to the private sector. Photo: Shutterstock
Belt and Road Initiative

China Unicom connects Hong Kong-Cambodia cable, widening undersea data network

The submarine cable project ties city with a high-speed data and information corridor running through Southeast Asia.

Hong Kong society

Editorial | Hong Kong’s ageing infrastructure a blot on modern city image

Burst pipe affecting 10,000 homes a reminder to ensure basic livelihood needs are met.

China economy

Opinion | China is growing its export channels with railways through Central Asia

Beijing is seeking to diversify its export channels as geopolitical tensions destabilise maritime trade hubs.

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Chinese workers are seen in a tunnel in Kyrgyzstan, on February 13, part of the 523km China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway currently under construction. Photo: Xinhua
China trade

China, Russia plan fifth rail link to keep trade chugging along in harsh winters

Heilongjiang province is studying feasibility of connecting Heihe city with Blagoveshchensk in Russia by train, aiming to remove road and waterway bottlenecks.

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A railway bridge between China’s Tongjiang and Russia’s Nizhneleninskoye is seen under construction in 2021, before opening in 2022. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong vows to launch smart system, speed water mains replacement

Pledge follows disruption of fresh water supply of Shau Kei Wan residents for more than a day.

Hong Kong society

Residents struggle on without fresh water after pipe repairs further delayed

Hong Kong authorities push back target time, as residents in Eastern district brave rain to fetch water from wagons.

Artificial intelligence

Changzhou says it is building China’s first city-level green token factory

Project is expected to churn out 60 trillion tokens a year, driving the country’s AI clean-power ambitions forward.

People visit the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 17. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong science and tech

Hong Kong’s Lalamove, EY team up to shape ‘low-altitude economy’. What’s next?

Companies say collaboration will leverage Lalamove’s logistics platform and EY’s services to offer transport solutions to businesses.

Lalamove and Lalamove are collaborating to capitalise on Hong Kong’s push to develop a low-altitude economy. Photo: Sam Tsang
The Philippines

Philippines’ Pax Silica AI hub plan slammed for mineral ‘plunder’

The proposed US-led plan is another example of the authorities’ insincerity in addressing the concerns of affected communities, critics say.

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Shanghai

Shanghai’s computing-grid coordination marks a national first

Led by State Grid’s local subsidiary, trial marks the largest single city-level adjustment of computing power load, says official newspaper.

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Singapore

New Johor rail link: a US$815m challenge for Singapore’s retail and F&B

A new study has proposed measures to help Singapore businesses seize opportunities from the cross-border link, set to open in 2027.

A view of the tracks of the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link running past the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine complex in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on July 6. Photo: Reuters
Electric & new energy vehicles

Charging ahead: why BYD plans to build 3,000 ‘flash-charging’ stations in Europe

The facilities will support BYD’s latest flash-charging technology, which can reportedly recharge a car’s battery in just 10 minutes.

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Climate change

Editorial | As China invests in climate defence, private sector has role to play

The central government has allocated billions to climate resilience infrastructure, but the damage wrought by Typhoon Bavi shows more needs to be done.

Asean

Opinion | Cambodia aspires to shed its dependencies while staying connected

As it seeks connectivity, Phnom Penh must build diplomatic bridges with as much effort as it constructs ports and canals.

People arrive at the construction site of the Funan Techo canal along the Prek Takeo channel in Kandal province, Cambodia, on August 5, 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE
Artificial intelligence

China works on AI safety benchmark as regulators target large model risks

State-led initiative addresses AI concerns such as data leaks and hallucinations, as Beijing joins global efforts to enhance oversight of generative models.

Chinese authorities have started building a safety benchmark to evaluate artificial intelligence models. Photo: Shutterstock
China's economic recovery

Shanghai port secures second place in global ranking, overtaking London

A core focus for the port, the busiest in the world and China’s shipbuilding centre, is to become a premier international shipping hub.

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China’s carbon neutral goal

Beijing’s evolving carbon road map balances climate targets and energy security

State Council’s new plan prioritises nuclear and renewable growth to balance surging AI power demand, with climate pledges and aims to overhaul industrial sectors.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s war-risk pool testament to collaboration, insurance leader says

Five local insurers built marine war-risk pool to address uncertainties over unstable conditions in the Middle East.

Selina Lau, chief executive of the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers, says the industry is helping to secure the city’s future. Photo: Jonathan Wong
China economy

Opinion | ‘Overcapacity’ talk reflects a West irked by China’s industrial rise

The issue is whether that irritation can be managed through rules, domestic renewal and cooperation or further fragments the world economy.

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Workers check solar panels installed over a lake in Tianchang, east China’s Anhui province on January 12. Cheap solar panels are not a climate problem; they are part of the climate solution. Photo: AFP
China-Africa relations

China’s port role in Africa extends far beyond docks: study

The Africa Centre for Strategic Studies says Chinese firms are deeply embedded across the continent’s maritime networks.

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China travel

Further to fly? Shenzhen poised to add more international flights

Shenzhen Baoan Airport could add more routes as China’s aviation regulator considers easing requirements for intercontinental flights.

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