Day: February 3, 2026

Chinese companies are mitigating the risks of artificial intelligence in their own way and should not be judged through a Western lens, according to Chinese industry insiders. Last year, concerns about the risks of Chinese models held back some global users from adopting them, with high-profile DeepSeek in particular banned or restricted in more than 10 countries, including the US, Italy and India. Advertisement In a podcast released on Sunday, former DeepSeek researcher Tu Jinhao said an obsession with catching up with the US had overshadowed domestic work on AI…

Chinese companies are mitigating the risks of artificial intelligence in their own way and should not be judged through a Western lens, according to Chinese industry insiders. Last year, concerns about the risks of Chinese models held back some global users from adopting them, with high-profile DeepSeek in particular banned or restricted in more than 10 countries, including the US, Italy and India. Advertisement In a podcast released on Sunday, former DeepSeek researcher Tu Jinhao said an obsession with catching up with the US had overshadowed domestic work on AI…

Speaking at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Tuesday, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the US needed to mine, process and refine critical minerals, and called on its allies to do the same to “break those chokepoints”. “We need to be capable of building and taking care of ourselves and making sure our allies are building and capable so that we can trust our supply chains,” he said. Advertisement “We’re going to set pricing policy. We’re going to set tariff policy. We’re going to create…

An advanced stealth attack drone may have been photographed on the Chinese navy’s amphibious assault ship Sichuan, possibly marking another step towards the commissioning of the Type 076 naval vessel that is expected to play a key role in the Taiwan Strait. Photos circulating on Chinese social media since Saturday purportedly show the Sichuan leaving its home port in Shanghai. In one of the images, a carrier-based aircraft draped in green cloth can be seen resting on the deck. Advertisement The Type 076 is equipped with an electromagnetic catapult system,…

A profound energy transformation is reshaping Shanxi, China’s traditional coal heartland, where renewable power capacity has officially surpassed coal-fired generation, marking a historic turning point for one of the nation’s most carbon-intensive economies. The central province’s installed capacity for new energy surged to 90.48 million kilowatts in 2025 – a year-on-year increase of 18.29 million kW – vaulting renewables past the halfway point to claim 55.1 per cent of Shanxi’s total power-generation capacity, Xinhua reported on Monday. The milestone comes as Beijing strives to achieve “dual carbon” goals – leadership’s…

A profound energy transformation is reshaping Shanxi, China’s traditional coal heartland, where renewable power capacity has officially surpassed coal-fired generation, marking a historic turning point for one of the nation’s most carbon-intensive economies. The central province’s installed capacity for new energy surged to 90.48 million kilowatts in 2025 – a year-on-year increase of 18.29 million kW – vaulting renewables past the halfway point to claim 55.1 per cent of Shanxi’s total power-generation capacity, Xinhua reported on Monday. The milestone comes as Beijing strives to achieve “dual carbon” goals – leadership’s…