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Passenger jet billed as China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus prepares to make first international flight
China hopes to break into the world of commercial aviation with the first international flight of a Chinese-made passenger jet scheduled for Wednesday.The Comac C919 will take off from...
Apple tests China’s CXMT memory chips for iPhones and MacBooks, WSJ reports
Published Sun, Aug 9, 2026 · 08:41 PM[BEIJING] Apple has been testing memory chips from China’s CXMT across product lines including iPhones and MacBooks, to mitigate a component shortage...
China’s AI ecosystem is not as open as it claims. Nor is any other country’s | Letters
Ambassador Zheng Zeguang rightly celebrates openly released AI models, and the Chinese labs behind Qwen, DeepSeek and Kimi have led the way – competition that benefits everyone, especially where...
China’s tech advances are causing chaos from Silicon Valley to the White House
Over the past month, a series of advancements in China’s artificial intelligence, chip manufacturing and robotics technologies have rattled financial markets, caused divisions among US tech moguls and left...
China’s economy grows at 4.3%, one of its lowest rates on record
China has posted worse-than-expected growth figures for the three months to June as its economy expanded by just 4.3% – one of its lowest quarterly readings on record.The rate,...
China’s ethnic unity law denounced as ‘forced assimilation’ by rights groups
A new ethnic unity law has come into effect in China despite warnings from Taiwan, the United Nations and rights groups that it could threaten freedoms, especially for minorities.The...
What is China’s SpaceSail, and could it rival Elon Musk’s Starlink?
Elon Musk’s Starlink has long dominated the satellite internet industry, but a Chinese government-backed project is aiming to challenge its position.SpaceSail has just a few hundred satellites in low...
BYD and Alibaba among big names aiding China’s military, Pentagon says
The US added Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, internet search provider Baidu and automaker BYD to a list of companies it believes are aiding Beijing’s military, in a move that...
From sanctioned cars to beauty clinics, Russian rubles have flowed into China’s border towns since Ukraine war
Suited and booted in a navy twinset tracksuit and colourful high-top trainers, Wang Runguo is hustling. Darting across the gleaming floors of his cavernous car showroom, the 45-year-old from...
