China’s Constellation of Satellites Is Unsettling the Pentagon. It Can Track a Fighter Jet as Well as an Asteroid
SpaceChina has the largest network of observation satellites. The Pentagon is astounded by their definition.
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China Has Just Surpassed All Other Countries in the Space Race. The Most Sought-After Element on the Moon Is in Its Hands
Space“Lunar water” is a concept you’ve probably heard before, but it’s never been more accurate than now.
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China Has Continued to Open Coal Plants, But They’re No Longer a Problem: Renewables Have Just Overtaken Their Capacity
EnergyChina, the world’s largest producer, importer, and consumer of coal, has done the unthinkable.
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Microsoft Wants Its Engineers in China to Leave the Country. They're Not So Sure
Business and EconomicsBetween 700 and 800 of the company’s AI and cloud computing engineers have been offered voluntary relocation.
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In China, an Increasing Number of Young People Are Dissatisfied With the Future That Awaits Them, So They’re Pretending to Be Birds
MagnetA bird can symbolize either the desired freedom or confinement in a cage.
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Chinese Companies Sanctioned by the U.S. Have a Plan to Keep Buying AI Chips, a Very Creative One
Business and EconomicsThe U.S. government is determined to prevent the most powerful GPUs for AI manufactured by U.S. companies from falling into the hands of China at all costs.
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The Hong Kong Government Has Recruited a Top AI Scientist. Its Plan Goes Beyond China’s Borders
Business and EconomicsYang Hongxia isn’t just another AI guru.
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Volkswagen’s Software Is So Bad That the Company Has Found Only One Solution: Sending Its Engineers to China to Learn How to Fix It
MobilityDesperate, Volkswagen turns to China to fix its software problems.
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China Is Closing the Gap With the U.S. in AI, the New Space Race
Robotics and AIChinese AI companies are embracing open source, which can accelerate their progress.
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China Is the World’s Largest Producer of Renewables, But It Has a Problem: What to Do With All the Used Turbines and Panels
EnergyThe goal is to prevent wind turbines and panels from becoming environmental problems.
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China Banned Mukbang in 2020. Now, a Streamer Reignited the Debate When She Died While Binge Eating in a Live Stream
MagnetPan Xiaoting’s story serves as an example of the dangerous some kinds of content creation can be.
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Sanctions Are Keeping China Out of the International Economy. Last Friday, They Staved Off Something Worse: CrowdStrike
SecurityThere’s a simple reason: CrowdStrike’s presence in China is minimal.
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China Is Betting Big on a Business That Has Never Managed to Take Off: Sustainable Aviation Fuels
EnergyChina has the raw materials and abundant renewable energy to lead in sustainable aviation fuels.
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China Envisions a Future With Ultra-Light Carbon Fiber Subway Trains. It's Already Produced the First One
TransportIt’s ready to join Line 1 of the Qingdao in Shandong.
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‘Be Careful With Chinese Students:’ The U.S. Warning to ASML and Dutch Universities
ComponentsThe U.S. doesn't want more Chinese espionage cases, so it's setting its sights on Dutch universities.
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The First Commercial Aircraft ‘Made in China’ Has Been a Success. It’s Preparing to Take On Airbus and Boeing
TransportIts first model has accumulated more than 1,000 reservations. The manufacturer is already preparing two other models.
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Submarines Are Key to U.S. Naval Dominance. China Now Knows How to Detect Them: With Bubbles
TransportThe key: extremely low-frequency electromagnetic signals.
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America's Hypersonic Aircraft Has Been an Open Secret Since 2007. China Used the Intel to Get Ahead
TransportThe Lockheed SR-72 is the secret U.S. hypersonic aircraft that appeared in a movie and motivated China to reroute a radar.
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China Is Reinforcing Its Space Station Against Potential Impacts Following the Explosion of a Russian Satellite
SpaceEven a tiny fragment traveling at 17,400 mph could have devastating effects.
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