Inside China's top computer science university training the next generation of AI engineers

Multiple theses, coding marathons, joining research labs — this is life inside China's top AI training ground.

China Shuts Down Meta’s $2.5B Bid for AI Startup Manus

China has blocked Meta’s $2.5 billion Manus AI acquisition, raising new questions about cross-border AI deals and who ...

Cambricon shares jump 14% after its AI chip sales surge in China

Chinese AI chipmaker Cambricon Technologies Corp.’s shares surged 14% in Shanghai, after its first-quarter sales more than ...
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DeepSeek V4 Signals a New Phase in the U.S.-China AI Rivalry

The latest Chinese model trails U.S. competitors on benchmarks. But it may not have to win the performance race to reshape ...

CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: AI is moving into the physical world — fast

From cars to robots, industries across China are seeing AI expand from cloud-based systems into devices.

China-US tensions build over Iran and AI before Trump meets Xi

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are headed toward a summit next month with a shared desire to stabilize ties. That calm is being ...

Plastic Flake Sorting Enters a New Era of AI Hyperspectral Integrated Identification

At the Chinaplas 2026 international exhibition in Shanghai, DataBeyond, a global leader in intelligent sorting equipment, officially launched China's first self-developed "AI-Hyperspectral ...

A former ByteDance engineer says China's AI industry is 'far behind' the US — and the gap is getting worse

"I don't even agree with the assumption that Chinese models are catching up — I believe we're still far behind," a former ...