Chinese scientists have refueled a nuclear reactor without shutting it down, the first time the feat has been achieved.
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CHINA’S PRESIDENT URGES PUSH ON AI AND TOUTS “THE GLOBAL SOUTH”
During a 29 April visit to the city of Shanghai, Chinese president Xi Jinping called for continuing work to establish the country as a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and emphasized China’s place as a leader of what he called the “Global South.”
SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S AUTO INDUSTRY ON THE RISE
Last month, retail auto sales in China leaped up 14.4 percent to 1.94 million vehicles, 40 percent more than in February and marking the greatest increase in any March since 2015, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).
IS CHINA PLACING ‘AI EVERYWHERE’ FASTER THAN THE U.S.?
In the “anyone who hates my enemy is my friend” vein, some may have noticed a recent glut of stories positively spinning practically any policy or anti-U.S. statements by China.
CAR MARKET UPSET: BYD SETS SALES RECORD, TESLA SLUMPS
BYD, China’s premiere maker of hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs), saw its sales rocket up 58 percent in this year’s first quarter, the company said. Sales of pure EVs rose 39 percent.
CHINA APPROVES PILOTLESS ROBOTAXIS FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATION
Urban mobility company EHang has received a green light from China’s regulators to fly pilotless taxis at low altitude in the cities of Guangzhou and Hefei.
FOREIGN INVESTORS ARE RETURNING TO CHINESE STOCKS
China’s sudden emergence as a global player in artificial intelligence, combined with Beijing’s easier hand of regulation, is drawing foreign investors back to Chinese equities.
ANOTHER CHINESE DEVELOPER CLAIMS AN AI BREAKTHROUGH
Ant Group, the largest Chinese digital payments and financial services group, claims it has used Chinese-made chips to train a large language model AI at a cost 20 percent below that incurred by Western developers such as Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI.
BOEING WINS CONTRACT TO DEVELOP THE NEXT-GENERATION U.S. FIGHTER, LIKELY RAMPING UP ARMS RACE WITH RUSSIA, CHINA
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that his administration tapped Boeing to develop a sixth-generation fighter jet called the F-47 that will eventually replace the F-22 Raptor.
TOP U.S. COLLEGE GRADS SEND THEIR RESUMES TO CHINA
New graduates from Harvard, Stanford, and other leading U.S. universities are applying for work at China’s Manycore AI company, Bloomberg reported.