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China has created a new specialist committee on artificial intelligence (AI), as part of the country’s vision for the development and governance of the technology, amid simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington. The AI Experts Committee will help spearhead efforts to promote the country’s perspective on how the fast-growing technology should be governed, according to […]
Former Chinese vice-president Wang Qishan has replaced ex-premier Zhu Rongji as honorary chairman of a high-profile multinational academic board that serves as a key “track 1.5” diplomacy channel for Beijing. The advisory board of the Tsinghua University school of economics and management was founded by Zhu in the year 2000 to be a platform for […]
China’s plans to issue special government bonds to help local governments get their debts under control as it pushes them to pay their overdue bills gave Edward Zeng, the founder of a tech start-up, a glimmer of hope this month because he has been waiting for payment for years. In 2019, Zeng’s tech company was […]
China and the US are likely to face more “political conflict” if Kamala Harris beats Donald Trump next month to become America’s next president, according to a prominent Chinese political scientist. The Democratic Party’s presidential candidate would be “more reluctant” than her Republican rival to accept that China is catching up and the US is […]