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US President Joe Biden exits Marine One as he arrives in Washington on Monday. The American leader’s term in office ends in January. Photo: AP

US to ban outbound investments in China’s chips, AI for national security

From January 2, engagement involving ‘defined set of technologies and products’ is prohibited to guard against fuelling PLA’s modernisation.

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China’s quantum computing leap risks stumbling into a talent-innovation void

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Wary of China, US ranks Japan ‘first’ among Aukus partners: envoy

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Xi Jinping pushes hi-tech message during visit to once-poor Hefei

Hi-tech development cannot be begged for, president is quoted as saying during trip to Anhui capital, now an innovation powerhouse.

President Xi Jinping’s renewed call for hi-tech innovation comes as China doubles down on a strategic shift towards “new quality productive forces”. Photo: Xinhua

China is quietly extracting itself from a US helium ‘stranglehold’

Years of research and development are helping China become less reliant on overseas sources of the valuable noble gas.

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Chinese scientists hack encryption in quantum computer experiment: paper

Breakthrough poses a ‘real and substantial threat’ to password-protection mechanism employed across critical sectors, team says.

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China boosts quantum computer production with self-developed chips

Origin Quantum, a research firm added to the US trade blacklist this year, is expanding its superconducting quantum computer production.

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China is upgrading its first production line of superconducting quantum computers. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s ‘father of quantum’ says global secure communications just 3 years away

Physicist Pan Jianwei outlines timetable for quantum-based ultra-secure networks that will have coverage across the world.

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China quickly outpacing US in preparing for next war, Congress hears

Pentagon’s red tape and its slowness to embrace new technologies leave allies like Britain, Australia, Japan and South Korea in the lurch.

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US study finds China’s tech innovation ‘much stronger’ than understood

Performing best in nuclear power, EVs and batteries, mainland companies will ‘likely equal or surpass Western firms within a decade or so’.

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People visit a booth for Chinese battery manufacturing giant CATL at Automechanika, a leading trade fair for cars, in Frankfurt, Germany, on September 11. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese universities alter course to meet country’s need for hi-tech workforce

President Xi Jinping leads the call for more trained-up professionals in AI, circuitry, quantum tech, cybersecurity and other hi-tech areas.

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China seeks to expand its hi-tech workforce, in both worker numbers and expertise, as part of a drive to be self-reliant in technology and underpin an innovation-driven economy. Photo: Xinhua

China’s hi-tech scientists have their moment in the Beidaihe sun

Dozens of researchers in high-priority fields such as AI and quantum physics invited to annual gathering on the Bohai Sea.

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EU firms resist plan to screen private investment into China

The investments strengthen the German economy, secure jobs and promote prosperity, German industry group says in submission.

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Chinese scientists’ quantum computing pipeline could change drug design

Researchers say quantum computing could ‘revolutionise’ pharmaceuticals as they reveal new drug design approach.

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Chinese researchers have been working to use quantum computing to improve methods of drug design for the pharmaceutical industry. Photo: Shutterstock

How a Chinese team used quantum tech to follow electrons on the superconductor trail

Scientists built a device to simulate movement of the subatomic particles – a task that defies even the best supercomputers.

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The fermionic Hubbard model simulator completed a task well beyond the capacity of classical computers. Illustration: Handout

Humanoid robots, 6G on the horizon as China seeks to hop tech hurdles

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Friday laid out a plan to make breakthroughs in emerging industries while preserving traditional manufacturing as a foundation.

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Opinion | To meet new challenges, Hong Kong must focus on versatile soft skills

Scramble to keep up with emerging tech must not be at the price of the soft skills vital to the city’s connector role.

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Opinion | US warnings against China’s tech dominance smack of thief crying ‘thief’

Washington’s accusations are clearly driven more by its fear of the US losing its tech hegemony than by China overtaking it.

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US-Japan-South Korea training fellowship opens amid tense tech race with China

AI, quantum technology, biosecurity and space are on the agenda for selected mid-level officials from the three countries.

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Chinese scientists harness power of ‘entanglement’ to fuel quantum engine

Breakthrough study is the first experimental realisation of a quantum engine with ‘entangled characteristics’, researchers said.

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Hong Kong a rising contributor to Greater Bay Area’s research in strategic areas

The city has contributed to the GBA’s academic research and development in fields of strategic importance such as biomedicine, artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

Hong Kong’s overall contribution to the Greater Bay Area’s research output has been the strongest in the areas of computer science and engineering. Photo: Shutterstock

China announces domestic quantum computer component days after US sanctions

As tech war heats up, a crucial quantum computing component can now be made in China, it has been announced.

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Origin Quantum has announced a crucial module to quantum computing can now be produced domestically. Photo: Shutterstock

‘Huge’ quantum impact: Chinese physicists say US trade blacklist is major blow

US move to put 22 of China’s major quantum research bodies on trade blacklist could have major repercussions for the science in the country, physicists tell the Post.

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Chinese companies hit with US trade restrictions over ‘spy balloon’ incident

Other entities were added to the list for allegedly trying to obtain US quantum technology for China, or for seeking US parts for military drones.

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Chinese and Finnish team finds way to tune out noise in quantum transfers

Experiment opens ‘intriguing pathways’ for future research, with possible implications for computing or communications.

Particles can share a quantum state no matter how far apart they are physically. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese team makes quantum leap in chip design with new light source

Researchers in China say the semiconductor gallium nitride offers remarkable potential in photonic quantum chips.

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A team of researchers in China has shed light on the potential for gallium nitride in quantum optics. Photo: Shutterstock

Encryption shield installed to protect Chinese quantum computer from attack

Origin Wukong shield shows ‘China’s home-grown superconducting quantum computer can play both offence and defence’: computing centre head.

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Chinese-led team finds first evidence of particles behaving like gravitons

Scientists from China, US and Germany find electrons to have spin only expected in gravitons, a long-sought-after particle that gives rise to gravity.

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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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