Donald Trump says China is opening up. American bosses disagree
Chipmakers’ record sales disguise a gloomy picture
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Chipmakers’ record sales disguise a gloomy picture

Researchers in China have extended the lifetime of entanglement in a room-temperature, solid-state system by up to a factor of 240. Led by Shuo Ren and Rui-Jian Liang at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, the team transferred entangled states from the electron spins of solid-state defects to the spins of surrounding atomic nuclei, which are far more resilient to noise. The research has been published in Physical Review Letters.

President Trump has touted development of artificial intelligence by U.S. companies as a competitive advantage over China that he wants to maintain.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb tells POLITICO he aims to create an international AI institution and hopes to get the U.S. and China on board.

The Seagull is BYD’s most affordable EV, starting at about $10,000 in China. In Europe, the UK, and other markets, it’s sold as the Dolphin Surf or Mini, but BYD is preparing to launch a larger variant that may be an even “bigger” hit. more…

Saudi Arabia's central bank dropped out of China's mBridge digital payment platform last year.

The proposed alert system would give the world’s two biggest AI powers a way to flag incidents that threaten national security

McDonald’s plans 10,000 China locations by 2028, while Wendy’s and Church’s Texas Chicken are plotting hundreds more.
The looming deadline risks reigniting trade tensions, potentially disrupting global markets and supply chains, especially in tech and aerospace.

The proposed extension highlights ongoing US-China tensions, risking prolonged economic uncertainty and impacting global trade dynamics.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the U.S. is proposing a notification system between Washington and Beijing on AI amid growing concerns about the technology’s risks to humanity. The system, called the “U.S.-China AI dialogue,” would create a mechanism for the two superpowers to communicate when there are incidents that rise to “a national security…
China is aiming to account for at least 25% of first-in-class drugs as part of a five-year push to cement its emerging status as a hotbed for innovative R&D.

Washington and Beijing discuss AI hotline idea amid escalating competition and restrictions on advanced technologies.

The teen phenomenon won her second gold medal in the 200m medley in 2:06.10 to set a new Games and Asian record.

Vivo's new X500 flagship phones have arrived in China, and as usual the company's focus is firmly on photography. The X500 Pro Max - a new tier in its lineup - is the first phone to use new sensors and silicon from Sony and MediaTek that enable impressive dynamic range and slow-motion video recording. The […]

Zhang Youxia, once the People’s Liberation Army’s top uniformed commander, and another general had taken “exceptionally large” bribes, investigators said.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said recent talks with Chinese officials went well, a few days before President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet later this week. “We just had a very successful engagement with the Chinese on trade — the — and AI, completing where we left off in Beijing — we…

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet at the White House on September 24, with trade, tariffs, artificial intelligence, critical minerals and other major issues expected to shape talks between the world’s two largest economies. China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed on September 21 that Xi

China's Xi Jinping is traveling to Washington this week. Regardless of what comes from talks between him and Donald Trump, Europeans will likely remain stuck between erratic US trade policy and Beijing's export machine.

A bilateral AI incident notification system could enhance transparency and trust, mitigating risks in US-China tech relations and global AI governance.