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The World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. Chinese artificial intelligence companies have not been exposed to the same level of public scrutiny as in the United States.
WORLD
Sep 30, 2026
China’s AI agents can lie and scheme — just like their U.S. rivals
In one case, agents from Alibaba, DeepSeek and Moonshot lied to win a simulated business tender, then doubled down when told to try again.
Jack Guo, an engineer who leads the development of Tiangong Ultra, stands among Tiangong Ultra and Tiangong Omni humanoid robots at the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, also known as X-Humanoid, in Beijing on Sept. 4.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 10, 2026
After outrunning Bolt, China’s robot champion races toward real-world work
The goal underscores the harder task facing the robotics industry as it struggles to turn dazzling demonstrations into useful workers.
A humanoid robot takes part in a wushu contest during the second World Humanoid Robot Games at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing on Aug. 26.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 8, 2026
From dance floor to war: China readies humanoid robots for combat
China’s defense establishment is accelerating research into humanoids’ military uses and planning for their eventual wartime deployment.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping poses for a photo with a group of CEOs and other executives at Microsoft's main campus in Redmond, Washington, in September 2015.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2026
China’s Xi seeks to bring large CEO delegation on U.S. visit
Xi rarely travels abroad with corporate executives, many of whom fell out of favor after Beijing’s regulatory crackdowns on the tech, education and property sectors.
A human trainer teaches a robot how to package noodles while holding a controller and wearing a headset fitted with motion sensors at a robot data training center in Liuzhou, Guangxi, China.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 27, 2026
China’s humanoid robots aren’t smart enough to take your job — yet
Though the country’s robot makers produce world-beating hardware, the humanoids currently lack the intelligence needed for general-purpose work, limiting their practical uses.
In the past five years, at least 15 Microsoft branch offices and joint ventures in China have been shut, corporate filings show, and Microsoft is pursuing what five company sources described as a strategy of retreat.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 18, 2026
Microsoft retreats in China, but AI boom helps it keep a window open
Microsoft once regarded the idea of quitting China as unthinkable. But in the past five years, at least 15 branch offices and joint ventures in China have been shut.
Remotely-controlled Unitree humanoid robots take part in a fight during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 18.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 12, 2026
What is Unitree and why are China’s humanoid robot makers racing to list?
Unitree said its retail tranche was ?more than 8,000 times oversubscribed, underscoring intense investor enthusiasm in China for humanoid robotics.
A car makes its way through strong winds and rain as Typhoon Dolphin approaches, on Amami island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday in this screenshot obtained from a social media video.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2026
Typhoon Dolphin hits Okinawa, with China shutting ports ahead of landfall
The storm left five people injured and cut power to 14,000 buildings in the prefecture.
A military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing last September
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2026
Chinese military researchers tap U.S. AI models to train defense systems
The report shows widespread use of a technique known as “model distillation,” in which outputs from a powerful AI system are used to train ?smaller, specialized ?models.
China said the U.S. was threatening Chinese companies with punishment based on allegations ?they used "distillation" to copy advanced U.S. AI models, despite what it called a lack of ?factual or ?legal grounds.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 28, 2026
China accuses U.S. of ‘AI hegemonism,’ threatens countermeasures over potential probes
U.S. officials recently said Chinese AI companies could face investigations, sanctions and trade restrictions over the alleged theft of U.S. technology.
A SpaceX building ahead of the SpaceX initial public offering (IPO), in Starbase, Texas, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Jun 13, 2026
SpaceX playbook set to fuel China’s IPO ambitions but tech gap persists
In China, the initial public offering was watched as a benchmark for a younger industry eager to go public.
A Kirin 9000s chip fabricated in China by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., taken from a Huawei Mate X5 foldable smartphone in 2023.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 25, 2026
China’s Huawei reveals chip design breakthrough amid U.S. sanctions
China is seen as unlikely to reach Huawei’s target through conventional manufacturing alone because of restricted access to advanced lithography tools and other technologies.
A Huawei booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai last year
BUSINESS / Tech
May 25, 2026
Huawei’s ‘chip queen’ etches her name in China’s tech folklore
He Tingbo’s career has tracked Huawei’s rise, its struggle following U.S. sanctions, and then a rebirth as the ?core ?driver of China’s mission to become a high-tech juggernaut.
A policewoman controls traffic in Pyongyang in 2017. North Korea’s capital is experiencing a surge in passenger cars, creating traffic jams for the first time and necessitating new parking lots.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 12, 2026
Even in North Korea, someone’s in your parking spot
North Korea’s capital is experiencing a surge in passenger cars, creating traffic jams for the first time and necessitating new parking lots.
A robot and its engineers take part in the second Beijing E-Town Half Marathon and Humanoid Half Marathon in Beijing on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 20, 2026
Humanoid robots race past humans in Beijing half-marathon, showing rapid advances
Developers showed off the fast-improving robots and their autonomous navigation skills, highlighting the sector’s rapid technical advances.
This handout picture released on Wednesday by NASA shows a view of the moon, including the Orientale basin and the dark lava plains visible, as seen from the Orion spacecraft on Monday.
WORLD
Apr 9, 2026
NASA’s lunar success sharpens focus on China’s 2030 crewed landing goal
Four U.S. astronauts on the Artemis II mission this week flew past the moon’s shadowed far side, traveling deeper into space than any humans before.
Zhipu staff members help residents install and setup AutoClaw, a local version of the AI agent OpenClaw developed by Zhipu, at an office building in Beijing.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 20, 2026
As OpenClaw enthusiasm grips China, school kids and retirees alike raise ‘lobsters’
The hype over the open-source bot is the latest example of how a new technology could overhaul the world’s second-largest economy through unbridled consumer adoption.
A powerful artificial intelligence model that appeared ?anonymously on a developer platform last week was revealed to be from Chinese smartphone and electric vehicle giant Xiaomi, and not DeepSeek as initially thought.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 19, 2026
Mystery AI model suspected to be DeepSeek V4 is revealed to be from Xiaomi
The model, called Hunter Alpha, surfaced ?on an AI gateway platform on March 11 without any developer attribution and was later described as a “stealth model.”
Employees gather during an event next to a test rocket body for the Zhuque-2 program at LandSpace’s factory in Huzhou, China, on Dec. 17.
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2025
China’s LandSpace gears up to take on Elon Musk and SpaceX
The first Chinese entity to conduct a reusable rocket test is now preparing to go public to fund its future projects, as rival SpaceX considers its own initial public offering.
A Long March 2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft launches in?China on?Oct. 31.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 25, 2025
China launches Shenzhou-22 mission to Tiangong space station
The country is looking to plug safety risks to its crewed spaceflight program and space station after a vessel was damaged in orbit earlier this month.
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Tomoka Nishiyama to become first woman to enter kishi shogi ranks
Shogi player Tomoka Nishiyama, who holds four women’s titles, speaks at a news conference about her decision to become a <i>kishi</i> in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on Monday.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia&#039;s South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month&#039;s World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan&#039;s immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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