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China’s WeRide to expand autonomous driving services in Guangzhou
WeRide’s ambitious goal is emblematic of China’s larger drive to make roads and vehicles smarter and interconnected, to increase transport efficiency in the world’s largest automobile market.
3 Feb 2021 - 11:06PM
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Size of China’s health care market draws global telemedicine firms
2 Feb 2021 - 9:05AM
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US leads world on artificial intelligence but China is catching up: study
26 Jan 2021 - 12:05AM
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China Business
China doubles renewable capacity in 2020 while ramping up thermal plants
China is smashing wind power building records and continues to show strong solar growth, making it a top destination for foreign clean-energy investment, but it needs to halt coal-fired plants to meet its 2030 objectives, analysts say.
21 Jan 2021 - 4:00PM
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An aerial shot of a solar and windpower farm in Dongtai near Yancheng in Jiangsu province. China expanded its renewable-energy capacity in 2020 while increasing its thermal plants at the same time. Photo: EPA-EFE
Science
Beijing sets sights on building ‘trillion yuan’ hi-tech manufacturing clusters
City wants to attract more global talent by offering better work conditions, and opening up its research facilities, according to new five-year plan.
21 Jan 2021 - 9:44PM
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Policy
China made more chips in 2020, but also imported more
Semiconductors, industrial robots and new energy vehicles saw double-digit growth in 2020, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, but analysts say China remains far from its goal of technological self-sufficiency.
19 Jan 2021 - 9:00PM
Companies
Tesla faces a new foe as Baidu enters the fray for electric cars
The search engine giant is teaming up with carmaker Geely to design and make smart electric vehicles, joining a crowded field of partnerships racing to challenge the dominance of Tesla.
8 Jan 2021 - 9:54PM
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Policy
China to restructure state-backed labs as key tech priority for 2021
State-backed labs that can carry out the world’s most advanced research are an important part of China’s efforts to boost its technological capabilities, but the country has fallen short of its targets so far.
8 Jan 2021 - 11:32AM
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A researcher examines luminescent materials developed by the State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry at the University of Hong Kong in Pok Fu Lam. Photo: SCMP/Dickson Lee
Companies
China’s 2021 health care outlook favours pharmaceutical and device makers
Chinese health care stocks rallied 61 per cent last year with more upside expected in 2021. The pressure, however, will be on drug makers and device manufacturers after massive price cuts.
3 Jan 2021 - 10:08PM
China Economy
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What is China’s home-grown C919 aeroplane, and why is it important?
China’s government formed the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) in 2008 to design and construct the single-aisle C919 to reduce reliance on Europe’s Airbus and the United States’ Boeing.
28 Jan 2021 - 7:25PM
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Policy
Shenzhen’s hi-tech goals for 2025 defy US hostility and slowing growth
China’s southern tech hub of Shenzhen aims for 40 per cent growth over five years, with the goal of becoming an international hub of innovation, despite challenges from the US for local tech giants.
31 Dec 2020 - 11:14PM
Companies
Can the world’s largest methane plant help China cut carbon output?
Hitachi Zosen will build the world’s largest facility to produce methane from carbon dioxide and hydrogen generated at a coal-based industrial zone in Shaanxi province.
28 Dec 2020 - 11:00AM
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Hitachi Zosen ‘aims to realise a low-carbon, recycling oriented hydrogen society’ in China through its methanation technology, the company said. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Science
Hong Kong team behind Chang’e 5 moon rock sampling set sights on Chang’e 6
PolyU team who developed scoops and container for China’s lunar craft to assess whether adjustments are needed for the next mission, as samples arrive on Earth.
18 Dec 2020 - 8:00AM
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Science & Research
Chip brain implant shows promise in treating depressed patients
A public hospital in Shanghai is treating depression in adult patients by using brain-computer interface (BCI) therapy
15 Dec 2020 - 5:45PM
Policy
China eyes advanced ‘weather modification’ tech by 2025
The country’s weather modification efforts would support emergency response plans to deal with events such as drought and hailstorms.
10 Dec 2020 - 7:00PM
Hong Kong
Change of speed in the biotech race between Hong Kong and Singapore
Hong Kong’s research and development (R&D) efforts get a chance to catch up to Singapore with plans for Lok Ma Chau Loop project.
8 Dec 2020 - 1:37PM
When the Hong Kong Institute of Biotechnology was built in 1988, it was just a year after Singapore set up its Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, the first research centre of its kind there. Illustration: Henry Wong
Politics
Analysis
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How China’s plan to boost innovation could benefit Greater Bay Area research
Five-year plan included overhaul of state key laboratories, while government also vowed to do more to attract domestic and foreign talent.
17 Dec 2020 - 8:39PM
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Big Tech
Inside China Tech: ‘Sky Eye’ stays focused on space after Arecibo collapse
This week’s round-up of leading stories include Chinese space telescope FAST’s big task post-Arecibo, Beijing’s new data protection effort and Genshin Impact, the toast of the video game industry.
5 Dec 2020 - 6:35AM
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Enterprises
Huawei takes a step towards supply chain independence with new ‘light fab’
A newly completed optoelectronics chip fab in Wuhan is a first step in giving Chinese telecoms champion Huawei semiconductor supply chain capabilities it currently lacks
4 Dec 2020 - 4:00PM
Science & Research
China’s FAST is only giant, single-dish radio telescope after Arecibo collapse
China’s FAST, which became fully operational in January this year, is expected to open to foreign scientists in 2021.
3 Dec 2020 - 7:30PM
Aperture Spherical radio Telescope, also known as FAST. Photo: National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Science
US could be next to approve Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for use
US Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory committee will meet on December 10; BioNTech official says company is engaged with agencies in several countries and will be ready to roll out vaccine quickly after approvals.
3 Dec 2020 - 12:54AM
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Science & Research
DeepMind AI breakthrough helps solve how diseases invade cells
Google’s artificial intelligence unit takes a giant step to predict the structure of proteins, in a development that has implications for research on new diseases like Covid-19.
1 Dec 2020 - 9:52AM
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Politics
Analysis
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State-corporate partnerships to drive China’s technology research
Home-grown innovation has been identified as a ‘strategic pillar’ in the next five-year plan and companies are expected to step up.
1 Dec 2020 - 8:00AM
OPINION
Wang Xiangwei
China Briefing
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To win US-China tech race, Beijing needs to mind the talent gap
24 Oct 2020 - 9:30AM
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Opinion
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How can we create fairer machine learning systems and algorithms?
30 Jun 2020 - 6:48AM
Craig Addison
Opinion
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Covid 19 may seed the next big thing in tech – but you’ll never guess what
27 Apr 2020 - 2:35PM
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