China’s Social Credit System

Reports 104% revenue surge: iFlytek’s AI Learning Machine revenue jumped 104% year-on-year in 1H25 , with gross profit up 116% , making it a rare scaled success in China’s crowded AI hardware market. Delivers deep-reasoning advantage: The Spark X1 large model achieved 2.39% hallucination rates versus 6.8% for peers, using…

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The increase in China’s overseas shipments last month fell below a Bloomberg forecast of 5.5 percent. China’s exports expanded 4.4 percent year-on-year in August, official data showed Monday, as the world’s second-largest economy navigated an uneasy trade war truce with the United States. The increase in China’s overseas shipments last…

Opinion China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin were this week reportedly overheard chatting about the possibility that organ transplants might help them achieve immortality. That's scary because both already show signs of intending to rule their nations for the remainder of their lives, and because we know those…

Pakistan and China have entered a new chapter in their economic partnership as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif officially launched CPEC 2.0 during his visit to Beijing. In this important step, both sides signed 21 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) worth $8.5 billion, reflecting their strong commitment to expanding cooperation. The second…

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MANILA, Philippines — Defense chief Gilberto Teodoro Jr’s echoes the view of a vast majority of Filipinos, the Department of National Defense (DND) said on Friday after the Chinese Embassy slammed the secretary’s “anti-China” remarks. The Chinese Embassy took exception to Teodoro’s remarks against Chinese President Xi Jin Ping’s pronouncements…

China’s AI and fintech scene are moving fast, but not always as expected by outsiders. At AFAC (Advanced FinTech AI Competition) this year, three experts with deep industry insights outlined a practical, down-to-earth roadmap for how AI and fintech innovations in China can serve as a reference for global markets:…