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Steven Laureys is working with researchers at Hangzhou Normal University. Photo: Handout
Science

China offers ‘wonderful opportunity’ for scientists: top European neurologist

Consciousness expert Steven Laureys has taken on a role at Hangzhou Normal University amid ‘challenging times’ for science in the US.

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Food and Drinks

Best places to eat in Hangzhou, China’s rising fine-dining hotspot

Made in China 2025

China’s Unitree teases platform allowing users to control robots via smartphones

China’s Communist Party

China’s fake name scandal sparks warnings about government credibility and graft

Construction bids, social security card records and university lists among public documents found to feature imaginary people.

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Institutions across China have been caught using entries from the same popular names list on documents unearthed by the media and online sleuths. Photo: Weibo/ 中国新闻周刊
Robotics

China’s Deep Robotics raises US$70 million as sector draws more investors

Company founder Zhu Qiuguo says the new funding would be used for research and the recruitment of top robotics talent.

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng among top 10 ‘people who shaped science in 2025’

British journal Nature’s top 10 list gives credit to the man behind the widely acclaimed, Chinese-developed R1 reasoning AI model.

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Artificial intelligence

China’s DeepSeek challenges Google DeepMind with new AI model

DeepSeek’s V3.2-Speciale equals Google’s Gemini 3 Pro in reasoning capabilities, the Chinese start-up says.

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A shop advertising DeepSeek in Hong Kong. Photo: Universal Images Group via Getty Images
China’s private sector

Kelly Zong steps down as Wahaha chief amid bitter inheritance feud

The succession drama at Wahaha has entered a new phase, with heiress Kelly Zong relinquishing her top roles at the beverage giant.

China technology

Video | Hiking in China made easy with rental exoskeletons

Once a device only found in science fiction, exoskeletons are now becoming available to consumers.

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Robotics

UBTech humanoid robots to patrol China-Vietnam border crossings

The initiative features the industrial-grade Walker S2, billed as the world’s first humanoid robot capable of replacing its own battery.

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A UBTech humanoid robot seen at the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing in July. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Ant Group’s vibe coding app hits 1 million downloads in just 4 days

LingGuang, an AI app that generates custom software applications, sees a surge in popularity.

Ant Group’s logo seen at the fintech giant’s headquarters in Hangzhou, in eastern Zhejiang province. Photo: Shutterstock
Ant Group

Alibaba founder Jack Ma visits Ant Group as fintech giant ramps up AI efforts

Ma’s visit marks almost a year since he publicly endorsed Ant Group’s AI initiatives during the firm’s 20th anniversary.

IPO

China’s Unitree Robotics completes pre-IPO tutoring for onshore listing

The unicorn is reportedly aiming for a valuation of up to US$7 billion in a listing on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-style Star Market.

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Semiconductors

How Nexperia saga exposes Europe’s waning influence in US-China chip war

The dispute around the Dutch chipmaker shows the erosion of Europe’s geopolitical neutrality in the face of escalating US-China rivalry.

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Nexperia is caught in a geopolitical tussle between the Netherlands and China. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Hong Kong stock market

Rising China robotics star AgiBot restructures in potential bid to join IPO race

Shanghai-based firm’s move comes as a wave of Chinese humanoid robot makers – including Unitree and Leju – gear up for public listings.

AgiBot has restructured from a limited liability company to a joint stock limited company. Photo: Reuters
Science

World-leading cancer drug scientist Lin Wenbin joins China’s Westlake University

The move follows distinguished contributions at the University of Chicago towards developing more effective cutting-edge treatments.

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2025 National Games

National Games: Chinese hurdler Wu Yanni chasing beauty as well as results

Flamboyant athlete who was ‘made for hurdling’ divides opinion like no other, will be out to go one better than the silver she won in 2021.

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China manufacturing

China’s southwestern industrial base eyes breakthroughs on novel drugs

As country pushes for scientific and technological self-reliance, Chongqing will provide support for pharmaceutical research and development.

Tablets and capsules made using key pharmaceutical ingredients from China. Photo: DPA
Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI app start-ups lag behind US peers in making money: report

Only four Chinese developers are included in the world’s top 100 AI apps from private firms by annual recurring revenue.

SCMP Highlights

‘Historic moment’ in US-China ties; scientist deaths: SCMP daily highlights

From Chinese seeking ‘affordable dignity’ dining out to a top Belgian neurologist moving to China, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

Science

Top Belgian neurologist Steven Laureys joins China’s Hangzhou Normal University

European scientist is one of the world’s first to use brain-imaging tech to study hidden awareness in unresponsive patients.

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Belgian neurologist Steven Laureys uses advanced brain imaging and electrophysiology to study how consciousness is sustained and restored. Photo: Handout
E-commerce

Alibaba boosts instant commerce drive with US$281 million convenience store plan

A network of Taobao-branded partner convenience stores is expected to roll out in more than 200 cities across the mainland.

The first batch of Taobao-branded partner convenience stores launched on Saturday. Photo: Sina
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong developer NWD seals record deal for global firm Aecom’s Asia headquarters

Multinational firms, including Ralph Lauren and Lush, drive up occupancy rate of NWD’s grade A office building in Cheung Sha Wan.

Robotics

Start-up Deep Robotics scrambles for top talent amid China’s quest for dominance

The company needs talent in the algorithm area to help fine-tune its humanoid robots, top executive Li Chao says.

DeepSeek

Will DeepSeek’s new model break the ‘long-context’ bottleneck holding back LLMs?

The solution proposed by DeepSeek in its latest paper is to convert text tokens into images, or pixels, using a vision encoder.

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The Deepseek v3.1 logo appears on a smartphone screen. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images
Robotics

China’s Unitree builds course for students to learn how to train robot dogs

The curriculum reflects efforts in China to increase robotics training data, while deepening the industry’s talent pool.

A student studies data to figure out how to train and operate Unitree’s latest quadruped robot, the Go2. Photo: qq.com
Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek unveils AI model that uses visual perception to compress text input

New release continues Chinese start-up’s efforts to raise AI models’ efficiency, while driving down the costs of building and using them.

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Robotics

China’s Unitree Robotics unveils latest humanoid ahead of US$7 billion IPO

The firm’s latest creation comes as it prepares for a mainland listing, underscoring China’s growing edge in humanoid robotics over global rivals.

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