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China wrestles with ‘quantity over quality’ in generative AI patents

China has filed for more patents than any other country, but US export controls are not its only hurdle.

Al Jazeera · Aug 9, 2024

After bumpy recovery, China’s economy faces serious headwinds in 2024

The world’s second-largest economy is heading into 2024 on a precarious footing amid deep-seated structural issues.

Al Jazeera · Dec 22, 2023

Do you really need shiny new tech for Christmas? The answer is ‘no’

If you are tempted to ask Santa for the latest smartwatch or phone, think again

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2023

Queues form at fever clinics as China wrestles with COVID surge

People queued outside fever clinics at Chinese hospitals for COVID-19 checks on Monday, a new sign of the rapid spread of symptoms after authorities began dismantling an apparatus they used to surveil residents and curtail movement.

Reuters · Dec 12, 2022

Factbox-China's rigid zero-COVID-19 policy starts to thaw

China unveiled new measures to ease some of the world's toughest COVID-19 curbs on Wednesday, after three years of a "zero-COVID" policy that triggered widespread protests and hammered the economy.

Reuters · Dec 7, 2022

China mourns former leader Jiang Zemin with bouquets, black front pages

Chinese newspapers turned their front pages black on Thursday and flags were put at half mast in mourning for the death of former president Jiang Zemin, while well-wishers laid piles of bouquets outside his childhood home.

Reuters · Dec 1, 2022

What people are saying about the COVID-19 protests in China

Residents in some major Chinese cities took to the streets at the weekend to protest strict zero COVID-19 restrictions, some calling for President Xi Jinping to step down in scenes unprecedented since Xi assumed power a decade ago.

Reuters · Nov 28, 2022

China battles forest fires as fears linger over harvest

The southwestern Chinese regions of Chonqging and Sichuan were battling fires on Tuesday as they awaited a long-anticipated drop in temperatures over the next week, but the country's important autumn harvest remained under serious threat.

Reuters · Aug 23, 2022

Across the sea from Taiwan, Chinese tourists await island's 'return'

Tourists on the beaches of Pingtan island, China's closest point to Taiwan island, were on Thursday treated to an unexpected sight: helicopters in formation and smoke trails from projectiles.

Reuters · Aug 5, 2022

Heatwaves to menace China as almanac's 'big heat' day looms

China will suffer the return of more heatwaves over the next 10 days from east to west, with some coastal cities already on their highest alert level and inland regions warning of dam failure risks because of melting glaciers.

Reuters · Jul 21, 2022