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Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek could help Africa in its digital transformation, while helping to cement Africa’s relationship with China. Photo: Reuters
DeepSeek

As Africa races towards its AI revolution, China is with it each step of the way

While DeepSeek is helping African nations leapfrog development milestones, there are still challenges ahead, experts say.

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Two Sessions 2025

With tech the X factor, does the US-China GDP race still matter?

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US-China relations

Opinion | Why Trump’s embrace of Putin means long-term unease in China

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Trending in China

China firm withdraws ‘crazy’ marriage deadline plan to fire single, divorced staff

Firm receives reprimand from authorities for threatening to impose sanctions on unmarried staff, forces single employees into ‘self-criticism’.

A company in China has ditched a plan to fire single and divorced staff if they fail to tie the knot by a specific deadline. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock
US-China relations

China ready to take control as US and UK back out of AI Action Summit statement

A leadership vacuum in artificial intelligence governance following a global forum could be filled by China, experts say.

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Science

China cracks GaN chip defect mystery, boosting tech war edge

Minimising semiconductor flaws will expand China’s price gap with US for advanced chips used in electronic warfare, aerospace.

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Science

China-US chip war takes a quantum leap with breakthroughs declared on same day

Peking University and Microsoft research teams’ papers reveal very different approaches to achieving stable, error-free qubits.

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The hi-tech competition between the US and China saw details published this week of landmark quantum computing studies from both countries. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

App-based insomnia therapy found to cut depression rate among Hong Kong youth

Study looked into digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia among young people in first such clinical research in Asia.

Science

Chinese in Musk’s Grok squad line up against China in race for AI supremacy

Media in China is taking notice of the large number of key developers, researchers and scientists born and educated in China at work in US.

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Semiconductors

Ex-Apple engineer returns to China to teach about semiconductors at alma mater

Wang Huanyu joins a wave of Chinese scientists to leave the US and return home.

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At Apple, Wang Huanyu was involved in research and development covering some of the latest processors designed by the company. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

DeepSeek innovation allows processing of long text to get 10 times faster: paper

Chinese firm says its ‘native sparse attention’ (NSA) method offers AI efficiency by focusing only on key words and skipping unnecessary comparisons.

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DeepSeek says its NSA method combines algorithm innovations with enhanced hardware to improve efficiency without sacrificing performance. Photo: AFP
DeepSeek

How DeepSeek could give China the soft power edge it’s looking for

If DeepSeek is cheaper alternative ‘it is possible that AI development and adoption in the Global South could take a Chinese turn’: analyst.

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DeepSeek

Chinese cities launch DeepSeek-driven services as cadres jump on AI bandwagon

Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other cities turn to tech to improve online portals while local officials study innovative AI start-up.

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Science

Tibetan tree rings link climate change and fall of major Chinese dynasties

Study tracking climate patterns across thousands of years found that periods of lower rainfall coincided with some major political upheavals.

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Dry periods on the Tibetan plateau were linked with major political upheaval. Photo: Xinhua
Taiwan

Taiwanese students arrive in Beijing for latest Ma Ying-jeou Foundation tour

Group is on a five-day trip, led by executive director Hsiao Hsu-tsen – the latest effort to improve cross-strait relations.

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Hsiao Hsu-tsen, executive director of the Ma Ying-jeou Foundation, speaks to reporters after the Taiwanese group arrived in Beijing on Monday. Photo: CNA
DeepSeek

China’s new Silicon Valley? DeepSeek boosts Hangzhou’s tech standing

Six Hangzhou start-ups are bringing more international prestige to the hometown of Alibaba and reshaping the geography of Chinese innovation.

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US-China relations

Why Panama’s belt and road exit is just the start of Trump’s ‘weak link’ plan

Instead of direct confrontation, the US may target frameworks involving China, such as Brics, to preserve its global power, say analysts.

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DeepSeek

DeepSeek attracts China’s young jobseekers as AI firm ramps up recruitment

The Hangzhou-based start-up has opened spots for dozens of jobs related to research and development in artificial general intelligence.

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Landing a job at artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has become the goal for a growing number of young tech workers in China. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

DeepSeek ‘is biggest shock to come out of China in 185 years’

Leading scientist Rao Yi argues that the significance of the tech’s challenge to US dominance lies in ‘how surprising it was to the world’.

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Artificial intelligence

Explainer | How start-up DeepSeek emerged as the unlikely game changer in US-China AI war

From visionary founder Liang Wenfeng to a young team of dedicated scientists, DeepSeek is taking the road less traveled in AI.

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US-China relations

What will it take for China to produce the next DeepSeek-style disrupter?

China is likely to produce more ‘technological surprises’, but an open innovation ecosystem is critical for gaining AI edge, analysts say.

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Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has topped the free download charts in app stores in both China and the US. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong courts

New Hong Kong Bar Association chair vows to cultivate more talent for country

Jose-Antonio Maurellet also pledges to uphold the core values of the rule of law and judicial independence.

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José-Antonio Maurellet, the new chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association, addresses the media after the group’s Annual General Meeting, in which he was elected uncontested. Photo: May Tse
China-Russia relations

Xi tells Putin he wants to take ties to new heights, soon after Trump’s return

In video call, Chinese leader says relations – underpinned by ‘everlasting’ good neighbourliness – are gaining renewed vitality, according to CCTV.

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Science

Astronomers hail blacklisted Chinese institute’s contribution to US telescope

The NIAOT in Nanjing was placed on Washington’s entity list in 2023, not long after shipping the finished spectrograph.

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Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong barristers’ group to keep speaking up on legal issues: Victor Dawes

Outgoing Bar Association chairman also says frank dialogue with Beijing is in Hong Kong’s interest, with body not avoiding critical comments.

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Hong Kong Bar Association chairman Victor Dawes has said there are many ways to communicate with authorities, depending on the issues and their sensitivity. Photo: Sam Tsang
China trade

Explainer | Could China lose permanent normal trade relations status with US?

The US can revoke a country’s trade advantages due to national security concerns.

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A container ship carrying new energy vehicle parts leaves port in Qinzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on October 25. Photo: Xinhua
Professional Education

EMBA and DBA programmes evolve to meet the needs of today’s business leaders

They are focused on developing and enhancing leadership skills, while embracing emerging technologies like AI and promoting sustainability.

China GDP

Can China top the US economically by 2030? Economist reaffirms 1994 prediction

Before US President Joe Biden’s attack on China’s growth prospects, Justin Lin Yifu said it was on track to becoming the world’s largest economy despite challenges, as ‘soldiers are met with generals, water with earth’.

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