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US losing out to China with ‘onslaught’ on cutting-edge research: Nobel laureate
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China’s massive project to funnel clean energy from Tibet enters new phase
The ultra-high-voltage power lines will connect Tibet’s vast hydropower, solar and wind projects with factory hubs in southern China.
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Nvidia
Chinese tech giants face dilemma as Nvidia’s H200 chips are held at the border
With firms waiting for import approval from Beijing, one reseller said finding H200 chips has gotten harder – even on the black market.
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Why practical use of AI, not race for supremacy, is key for this author
Academic Jeffrey Ding explains why human capital will determine whether US or China wins the AI race, not which attains superintelligence first.
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US-China trade war
Trump’s decision to sell AI chips to China under pressure as House bill advances
A key Republican challenges White House AI czar and Nvidia despite Maga backlash; it must still pass both chambers and get Trump’s signature.
22 Jan 2026 - 7:18AM
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DeepSeek
Google study finds DeepSeek, Alibaba models mimic human collective intelligence
The Google researchers found that the reasoning models generate internal multi-agent debates, which they termed ‘societies of thought’.
22 Jan 2026 - 7:00AM
United States
Bezos’ Blue Origin to deploy thousands of satellites to rival Musk’s Starlink
The TeraWave plan coincides with a rush to build data centres in space that can meet the soaring demand for large-scale AI data processing.
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United States
Trump lays out Greenland-Arctic deal framework, pauses February tariffs
In his speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, the US president vowed not to invade Greenland while slamming Nato and Europe.
22 Jan 2026 - 5:18AM
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Mercy: Chris Pratt battles a virtual judge in flawed AI courtroom thriller
Chris Pratt plays a detective accused of murder who has 90 minutes to clear his name in this ‘screenlife’ thriller that fluffs its third act.
22 Jan 2026 - 1:00AM
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China technology
China-founded Shanda’s AI lab boosts Singapore operation, pulling China research
MiroMind asks some staff in Shanghai to relocate and continue their AI research work in Singapore, sources say.
21 Jan 2026 - 9:30PM
World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos
AI shaping world’s biggest infrastructure buildout: Nvidia CEO
Each country should build their own AI system, incorporating its own language and culture into the AI models, Huang says at the WEF in Davos.
21 Jan 2026 - 10:21PM
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Education in Hong Kong
Hong Kong teams up with experts to develop AI tailored for schools
Secretary for Education Christine Choi tells legislature authorities are exploring launching a large language model relating to city’s school curriculum.
21 Jan 2026 - 8:54PM
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China technology
Beijing outlines tech push with focus on AI, 6G, humanoid robots
Tech ministry’s plan targets breakthroughs in AI models, agents and chips, as well as AI’s spread into diverse sectors.
21 Jan 2026 - 5:35PM
Diplomacy
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Why so many states reject bloc rivalry to choose partnership with China
It’s a calculated choice to keep growth, infrastructure momentum and policy space alive in a world that punishes the economically exposed.
21 Jan 2026 - 5:15PM
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Asean
As more nations block Grok for obscene content, calls for Asean-wide curbs mount
The Philippines should push the fight against deepfakes high on the Asean agenda as the bloc’s chair, analysts say.
21 Jan 2026 - 5:20PM
Mainland China
Divergent AI growth paths emerge from China, US amid bubble concerns: CICC
Last year, US venture capital investment in AI reached US$175 billion, nearly 30 times China’s US$6 billion in the same period.
21 Jan 2026 - 9:30AM
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China Telecom develops MoE models trained entirely on Huawei’s AI chips
The state-owned telecoms network operator trains its TeleChat3 models on Huawei’s Ascend 910B chips.
20 Jan 2026 - 10:54PM
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China’s Xiaomi, Transsion slash 2026 smartphone shipments as memory crunch bites
Xiaomi cut its latest shipment forecast by between 10 and 70 million units, while Transsion lowered its target by 30 to 45 million units.
20 Jan 2026 - 7:15PM
HKEX
New energy, AI, EV and biotech to drive Hong Kong IPO growth: HKEX
11 companies raised US$4 billion in Hong Kong in the first three weeks of 2026, with hundreds more lining up to list, Bonnie Chan says.
20 Jan 2026 - 7:15PM
Japan
Japan arrests man for selling AI-generated celebrity porn
A 31-year-old in Japan arrested for using generative AI to create and sell 520,000 explicit images of celebrities for US$70,000 in profit.
20 Jan 2026 - 7:05PM
MiniMax
China signals global AI push as MiniMax CEO joins meeting with Premier Li Qiang
Last January, DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng met the Chinese premier in the same setting following the start-up’s rapid rise to prominence.
20 Jan 2026 - 2:17PM
China's economic recovery
Shanghai unveils road map to rival world cities in finance, tech and innovation
Economic powerhouse has sights set on AI, advanced manufacturing and global financial services, reflecting a national 5-year plan’s first explicit financial-centre directive.
20 Jan 2026 - 11:00AM
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China challenges US in AI drug race, but rivals still reliant on each other
While US biotech firms increase use of Chinese clinical data, Chinese firms need US counterparts for monetisation, investor and scientist says.
20 Jan 2026 - 11:16AM
DeepSeek
DeepSeek a year on: how a Chinese start-up sparked a global AI arms race
DeepSeek’s meteoric rise propelled the growth of the open-source AI ecosystem by spurring its competitors to join the movement.
19 Jan 2026 - 10:24PM
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Will Trump’s new industrial policy make the global memory chip shortage worse?
The US government warns major memory chipmakers to either pay 100 per cent duties or build their products in America.
20 Jan 2026 - 3:47PM
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Energy
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Clean energy works at scale. Now it must be coordinated
The next decade will be defined not only by new clean energy capacity, but by how well grids, storage and demand systems are connected and optimised.
19 Jan 2026 - 4:30PM
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Hong Kong economy
58% more applicants per job in Hong Kong in 2025 amid AI takeover of roles
Jobsdb Hong Kong says competition even keener for frontline roles, but some jobs hit by AI, with technology automating many repetitive processes.
19 Jan 2026 - 8:41PM
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