China Economic ReviewChina’s extended “super golden week” holiday saw cinemas’ box-office revenues slump compared to last year’s National Day break, but nationwide takings since the start of the year have already exceeded the total for all of 2024, reports the South China Morning Post. According to box-office tracker Dengta Data, cinemas raked in RMB 1.83 billion ($257 […]
China has stepped up the enforcement of its controls on chip imports, as Beijing seeks to wean the country’s technology companies away from US products such as Nvidia’s artificial intelligence processors, reports the Financial Times. Teams of customs officers have been mobilised at major ports across the country in the past few weeks to carry […]
The NBA is staging its first games in China since a row in 2019 over protests in Hong Kong, ending a rift between the US basketball league and one of its most important markets, reports the Financial Times. The Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns are set to play two games on Friday and Sunday […]
We’re moving towards AGI (artificial general intelligence—capable of learning applying knowledge) and then ASI (artificial super intelligence—smarter than the whole human race combined) beyond it. Nobody knows how long it’s going to take. Some people say two or three years to AGI, some people say 10. But it seems to us that this impending change […]
China has tightened curbs on rare earths to include items manufactured abroad, adding another layer of restrictions on an industry that’s been a source of friction between Beijing and Washington, reports Bloomberg. Overseas exporters of items that use rare earths sourced from China will need to obtain an export license from the country’s Ministry of […]