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China's video-game market jumped back up this year with domestic revenue topping 300 billion yuan for the first time
One expert has predicted quantum computers might be capable of cracking the encryption that protects most digital communications by 2025
The spike this year highlights the growing struggles in the chip design, semiconductor manufacturing and wafer fab equipment sectors
Some staff at German consultancy distanced themselves over an audit by the firm that found no forced labour at a Volkswagen joint venture in China's Xinjiang province
Brite Semiconductor is part-owned by blacklisted SMIC and services six Chinese military units but still gets access to US tech and financial support; firm is now planning an IPO in Shanghai
The laptop — dubbed the Qingyun L540 — is powered by the Kirin 9006C chip, which uses 5nm process technology, company brochures and the laptop's web listing shows
The University of Technology Sydney team say their electroencephalography cap can read and translate brainwaves
Bilateral pacts cover possible investments in rail links, security, plus telecoms and digital data, but analysts said any boost in ties could be more symbolic than real
The deal – hailed as "historic" by some, and slammed as "soft" by island nations – is the first global agreement that promises an eventual end to the use of oil and coal
Chinese leader, who began a 2-day visit to Hanoi on Tuesday, wants Vietnam to embrace a 'common future', but anti-Chinese sentiment is still widespread in the Southeast Asian nation
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PaymentsCan China Take Place of SWIFT System? Analysts Say ‘No’There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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