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ByteDance

ByteDance advances DeepSeek work in AI reasoning with open-source project

DAPO is a scalable reinforcement learning algorithm that helps a large language model achieve better complex reasoning behaviour.

Artificial intelligence

AI start-up challenges Nvidia’s dominance with Beijing support

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Artificial intelligence

Former ByteDance executive takes helm at Chinese video AI start-up

Artificial intelligence

In push to develop AI, more courses and projects emerge at Chinese universities

Among them, Tsinghua will enrol 150 students at a new academy to ‘cultivate talent in fields that integrate AI with other disciplines’.

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Tsinghua University says it’s using AI-assisted teaching in a pilot programme run across 117 courses. Photo: Shutterstock
Ukraine war

Opinion | How Trump’s Ukraine policy cracks open the door for China in Europe

Beijing’s support for European autonomy and discontent over US stance might resonate but close ties with Moscow could spark a backlash.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia CEO shakes off DeepSeek effect, says ‘new scaling law’ driving demand

After a 78 per cent jump in revenue last quarter, Nvidia sees continued growth despite concerns that DeepSeek’s compute-efficient models could dent demand.

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Science

Top mathematician Shing-Tung Yau leads China’s bid for 2030 maths Olympics

Prominent theorist is on a mission to showcase China’s global ascendancy in mathematics, shifting research landscape.

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Professor Shing-Ting Yau,, director of the Yau Mathematical Sciences Centre at Beijing’s Tsinghua University, says a lot has changed since China last hosted the maths Olympics. Photo: Edmond So
Ukraine war

China could take peacekeeping role in post-war Ukraine – but at what cost?

Retired senior colonel says it may ‘showcase China’s peaceful rise’ but analyst warns it could also raise new concerns over ties with Russia.

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Science

Record transmission by Chinese team lays ground for future quantum internet

Team’s new quasi-quantum secure direct communication protocol ‘offers a unique method to detect eavesdropping online’.

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China’s Communist Party

Open Questions | Political theorist Daniel A. Bell reflects on how China melds Confucius and Marx

In a wide-ranging interview, Bell considers Confucian and other ancient Chinese traditions and their role in modern politics.

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Science

America’s loss, China’s gain: Chinese universities welcome PhD refugees from US

As the US cuts funding and suspends graduate admissions, China’s leading educational institutions are offering new academic pathways.

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Fudan University is one of several institutions coming up with innovative ways to attract overseas Chinese students, amid funding cuts and admissions pauses in the US. Photo: Xinhua
Science

The Chinese-origin scientists who helped to hone the US’ leading edge in defence

Chinese experts continue to make outstanding contributions to the American industry but the path appears to be narrowing.

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Artificial intelligence

Lenovo reshuffles leadership amid AI-driven growth and DeepSeek adoption

The world’s largest PC maker named a new CFO and board members after months of double-digit growth and aggressive AI adoption.

US-China relations

Joint projects and visas: how US embassy job cuts could play out in China

American diplomatic offices are expected to shed 10 per cent of their staff on the mainland and in Hong Kong.

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The US expected to reduce its diplomatic presence in China by about 10 per cent. Photo: AP
Climate change

My Take | As the US turns away, China has even bigger role in climate fight

While Trump has again withdrawn from the Paris Agreement, Beijing shows no signs of altering its commitment to greening its economy.

US President Donald Trump holds letter to the UN stating the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. Photo: AFP
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

Who is Yu Renrong, China’s only chip delegate at Xi Jinping’s symposium?

Yu founded Will Semiconductor in 2007 and has made a name as a successful deal maker in China’s chip industry.

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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

Chinese scientists boost brain-computer link efficiency 100-fold, study shows

Breakthrough marks initial step towards mutual adaptation between biological and machine intelligence, according to study.

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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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Ukraine war

China could play ‘substantial’ peace role in Ukraine as US seeks a quick deal

Beijing has already backed a place for Kyiv and Europe more generally at the negotiating table ahead of US-Russia talks.

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Chinese peacekeeping troops pictured during their 2015 mission for the United Nations in South Sudan. Photo: Xinhua
US-China relations

China ‘narrowing gap with US in new cold war over technology’

Ex-US congressman tells event that an existential conflict’ in ‘which at least one side is trying to destroy the free world’ is under way.

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Former US congressman Mike Gallagher said “we’re not competing for competing’s sake”. Photo: Getty Images/ TNS
Tibet

Why death of Dalai Lama’s brother marks the end of an era for ‘Tibetan cause’

Gyalo Thondup, who sought to mediate with Beijing, died aged 97 last week in his adopted Indian hometown.

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DeepSeek

DeepSeek fuels China’s push to cut reliance on Nvidia ecosystem

Chinese chipmakers’ rush to support DeepSeek’s popular AI models is giving a boost to the country’s efforts to cut reliance on US tech.

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Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek founder skips Paris summit as China champions its AI

China’s academics tout the country’s contribution to global AI development, while its hottest start-up avoids the limelight.

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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE
SCMP Highlights

Top chip designer leaves US, ‘ghost particle’ detector: 7 science highlights

From an underwater observatory in the South China Sea to hybrid rice, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

Chinese scientists have placed detectors in the South China Sea, as they plan to build a huge underwater observatory in a bid to observe neutrinos, and discover the origin of cosmic rays. Photo: The Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Science

Top chip designer Sun Nan leaves US and finds ‘room to play’ in China

Tsinghua University highlights professor who has returned to China to train next generation of chip experts and tackle tech problems.

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US-China relations

China in ‘axis of evil’, says US lawmaker of countries under Trump and Xi

Republican on influential House Armed Services Committee recalls 1938 as Chinese academic suggests American leader is carving up the world.

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