China used to be trying to catch the West, specifically the US. Then it caught up. Now the West is trying to catch up to ...

China’s release of the DeepSeek chatbot has sent shockwaves through the U.S. stock market and beyond. The makers claim that the underlying DeepSeek-V3 model was trained for around $6m, a tiny fraction ...

At the upcoming Fourth Plenum and beyond, we can expect to see the CCP take techno-nationalism to a new level. The forthcoming Fourth Plenum of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist ...

Energy, rare earth elements, and talent: these critical inputs face vastly different structures in the two countries and may determine the pace and scale of AI innovation. After China revealed its own ...

That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

The PLA has been moving fast to modernise its arsenal and warfare strategy, but it's seen as 'seriously deficient' in some ...

China's five-year plan emphasizes tech self-reliance amid US rivalry Manufacturing remains central despite calls for consumption boost High debt and low inflation pose risks to China's growth model ...

China rolls out some new world-changing, headline-grabbing technological marvel every month, it seems. BYD, now the globe's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, just debuted a flash charger it says ...

Dunhuang, a pivotal hub on the ancient Silk Road, served as a crossroads where diverse civilizations converged, giving birth ...