China’s AI industry has drawn increasing media attention as its progress generates excitement and trepidation about a global future fueled by Chinese AI. One dimension of this success is the ability of Chinese actors, such as...
Last week, Beijing hosted the fourth China-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Forum. While this triennial gathering was described as a ministerial-level meeting, the presidents of Brazil, Colombia, and...
The recent “4+4” scandal, which started with the public exposure of one doctor’s extramarital affairs and medical malpractice, has morphed into a broader societal discussion about medical and personal ethics, research fraud,...
In response to reports that India and Pakistan have agreed to a tenuous ceasefire following several days of intense military conflict between both nuclear-armed nations last week, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
A viral scandal that started out as the tale of one doctor’s extramarital affairs and medical malpractice has exploded into a wide-ranging societal discussion encompassing medical and personal ethics, research fraud, “returnee”...
On Saturday, Beijing hosted the world’s first half-marathon in which humans competed alongside humanoid robots. Among the 21 robots to compete, six completed the race, and the winning robot required several battery changes to...
Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison and its owner Li Ka-shing have found themselves in the crosshairs of the Chinese government over a multibillion-dollar port deal, which received heavy criticism in state media for supposedly...
At South China Morning Post last week, Mandy Zuo reported on employment targets announced at the Two Sessions legislative and advisory meetings, which concluded on Tuesday in Beijing: The Chinese government wants the economy to...
Chinese soccer team Shandong Taishan have raised eyebrows and fueled rumors with their sudden withdrawal from a match in the AFC Asian Champions League Elite, mere hours before they were due to take the field against South...
On Monday, Xi Jinping presided over a highly publicized meeting with CEOs from China’s tech giants. In the eyes of many observers, the meeting served as a signal that, after years of relentless regulatory crackdowns on the...
Last weekend’s Munich Security Conference (MSC) unleashed a geopolitical earthquake that may realign Europe’s relationship with the U.S. and China. U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance delivered a conference speech that The...
As geopolitical competition and national security continue to dominate the China-U.S. relationship, Chinese nationals are finding it increasingly difficult to live in the U.S. This month, Tsinghua University highlighted top chip...
China looms large in President Trump’s threats of U.S. expansionism in Greenland and Panama. “China is running the Panama Canal […] and we’re going to take it back, or something very powerful is going to happen,” he...
DeepSeek’s rapid rise to fame this month after the release of its new AI chatbot has supercharged debates about the efficacy of U.S. export controls and the race to AI-tech superiority. Many in China celebrated DeepSeek’s...
Like their American counterparts, Chinese leaders in academia, government, and the media are working to discern and shape the new trajectory of U.S.-China relations under a second Trump administration, now that he has officially...
The U.S. and China intensified their conflict over critical technology this week, accelerating the trend towards decoupled economies on the basis of protecting national security. The tit-for-tat trade restrictions, which...
Xi Jinping’s latest diplomatic tour began this week in Peru, where he will participate in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima and the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On Thursday, Xi made headlines...
Following a hotly contested U.S. election that reverberated across Chinese social media, drawing hundreds of millions of views on Weibo and birthing myriad memes, many Chinese academics and commentators are turning their...
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