Chinese researchers claim breakthrough in training household robots with AI-generated homes
A team of Chinese researchers has claimed a breakthrough in training robots in real-world home environments, tackling a ...
Hong Kong tutor who plotted to murder flight attendant gets 3-year jail term reduction
A Hong Kong private tutor found guilty of orchestrating a failed plot to murder his business partner eight years ago has...
Hong Kong tour guide stripped of licence over coercing visitors into shopping
A Hong Kong tour guide accused of threatening visitors into making shopping purchases has been struck off for damaging t...
Australian fined, given suspended jail term for dining and dashing in Hong Kong
An Australian man, who claimed to be a lawyer, has been fined HK$2,000 (US$255) and given a suspended sentence by a Hong...
AI hyperscaler effect vaults China’s Zhongji Innolight to top of CSI 300 benchmark
The artificial intelligence frenzy has made Zhongji Innolight, a supplier of optical modules to US hyperscalers, the big...
China marks milestone with first home-certified airship pilots
China’s rapidly growing low-altitude economy has reached a new milestone, with the first four domestically trained comme...
Humanoids, robots to drive next chapter of China’s manufacturing dominance: Morgan Stanley
China is poised to leverage the humanoid and robotics market to consolidate its dominance over global manufacturing – a ...
French prosecutors seek charges against Elon Musk and X over child sexual abuse images
French prosecutors are seeking charges against Elon Musk and his social platform X for child sexual abuse images on the ...
Norwegian police arrest Chinese woman on spying allegations
Authorities in Norway arrested a Chinese citizen on espionage allegations on Thursday in connection with a purported eff...
Kimi developer Moonshot AI valued at US$20b as it navigates China’s new IPO rules
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Moonshot AI has raised about US$2 billion in a new funding round, boosting its ...
China woman fired due to husband’s rival firm job receives US$101,000 for unjust dismissal
A Shanghai company has been ordered to pay a woman employee 690,000 yuan (US$101,000) for illegally firing her because h...
Australian lawyer fined for fleeing Hong Kong restaurant, massage parlour without paying
An Australian lawyer has been fined HK$3,000 (US$383) by a Hong Kong court after he admitted to fleeing a restaurant and...
Chinese ex-waiter turned top food influencer Bai Bing fined US$2.6 million for tax evasion
A top online influencer in China who was fined 18.91 million yuan (US$2.6 million) for evading nine million yuan in taxe...
ByteDance’s AI subscription gamble: chatbot faces reality check in China
Chloe Wang, a 26-year-old fund employee in Shenzhen, said she “definitely wouldn’t” pay for a subscription to Doubao, Ch...
Falling sales to widen profit gap between China’s EV makers and battery suppliers
Profit trajectories between automotive assemblers and electric vehicle (EV) battery producers in China are set to diverg...
In China, number of clothing buttons holds meaning; specific counts assigned for the dead
The revival of Chinese hanfu, or traditional dress of the Han people, in recent years has drawn attention to the complic...
Does China’s YJ-20 hypersonic sea-based missile give Beijing an edge over US carriers?
The YJ-20 is China’s first sea-based hypersonic anti-ship missile to have entered mass production, giving the People’s L...
What does an improved Hong Kong property outlook mean for land sales?
The competition could intensify at tenders for Hong Kong’s residential plots as developers replenish their land banks am...
Europe readies trade war weapon amid China export deluge
The European Commission is working on a new trade weapon as the continent struggles to contend with a flood of low-cost ...
EU cyber plan barring Chinese suppliers will cost US$430 billion: report
The European Union’s push to bar Chinese suppliers from its critical infrastructure under a proposed new Cybersecurity A...