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Blackstone's Steve Schwarzman built a program to teach young leaders about China. It's harder to get into than Harvard

Inspired by the Rhodes Scholar program, Schwarzman's philanthropic initiative brings students in their early-to-mid-20s to spend a year immersed in understanding how China works.

Two Gen Zers turned down millions from Elon Musk to build an AI based on the human brain—and it's outperformed models from OpenAI and Anthropic

Two Gen Zers turned down millions from Elon Musk to build an AI based on the human brain—and it's outperformed models from OpenAI and Anthropic

William Chen and Guan Wang believe they will be the first ones to build artificial general intelligence.

Move over Harvard and MIT—this university might be winning the AI race, and you've probably never heard of it

Move over Harvard and MIT—this university might be winning the AI race, and you've probably never heard of it

China’s Tsinghua University is outperforming U.S. Ivy Leagues in generating AI-related patents and top-cited research papers—though American influence remains high.

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Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang dies at 103

Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang, a key figure in modern physics, has died in Beijing at 103

The Independent UK

Beijing's Galaxea AI Raises $100 Million At $700 Million Valuation, Says Humanoids Will Enter Homes In Less Than A Decade

Beijing-based Galaxea AI has secured more than $100 million across two new financing rounds, pushing its valuation to $700 million and intensifying the race against Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) in humanoid robotics, Forbes reported.

Zombie fabs plague China's chipmaking ambitions, failures burning tens of billions of dollars

China has made progress in advanced chipmaking, but many ambitious fab projects failed due to lack of expertise, poor planning, and U.S. export restrictions — leaving behind numerous costly but unused 'zombie fabs' across the country.

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China's leading homegrown CPU maker announces lineup of Lenovo PCs — five other OEMs have new Zhoaxin-powered designs, too

Zhaoxin, the Chinese tech firm behind CPUs like the Kaixian KX-6000 and KX-7000 series, has announced several important design wins. It says companies including Lenovo, Tsinghua, Ziguang, Ruijie, Honghe, and Seewo have Kaixian-powered devices ready.

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China Nobel prize winner tarred as one of ‘three new evils’ amid rise in nationalist fervour

China Nobel prize winner tarred as one of ‘three new evils’ amid rise in nationalist fervour

Mo Yan is widely celebrated in China but now faces a lawsuit accusing him of smearing the Communist party amid an increasingly febrile atmosphere online

The Guardian - UK

China’s Tsinghua University Names New President

China’s Tsinghua University Names New President

Prestigious school promotes Li Luming, formerly one of its vice presidents and an expert in the integration of engineering and medical sciences

China's AI Analog Chip Claimed To Be 3.7X Faster Than Nvidia's A100 GPU in Computer Vision Tasks (Updated)

China's AI Analog Chip Claimed To Be 3.7X Faster Than Nvidia's A100 GPU in Computer Vision Tasks (Updated)

A new research paper in Nature published by Tsinghua University describes a new analog computing chip that beats Nvidia's A100 at 3 times its performance and 4,000 million times higher energy efficiency at computer vision tasks. Considering the potential markets for devices such as these and the potential for further…

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Tsinghua University Considers Erecting On-Campus Quarantine Facility

Tsinghua University Considers Erecting On-Campus Quarantine Facility

The university administration said it is studying the idea before making a final decision, a student source says

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