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We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China’s analogue AI chip could work 1,000 times faster than Nvidia GPU: study Chinese scientists …

A man who referred to his ex-wife as “chubby” in his mobile phone contacts has been accused of being disrespectful and harmful to their marriage. A court in Turkey has ruled that the man’s pet name for his ex-wife caused her emotional harm. According to the Turkish news outlet Sabah, a woman in Usak, Western Turkey, filed for divorce, citing …

China topped the world in knowledge and technology outputs this year in a leading innovation index, driven in large part by its scientific productivity, patent applications and hi-tech exports. Despite its strong showing in sci-tech output, China came in 10th overall in the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo)’s annual Global Innovation Index (GII) released last month. It was Switzerland that …

A subsidiary of Chinese battery company Gotion has abandoned a plan to build a US$2.4 billion plant in Michigan to produce essential materials for electric vehicle batteries, the state said on Thursday. The plan, first announced in October 2022, was expected to create 2,350 factory jobs but came under criticism from some lawmakers for the company’s Chinese ownership. The Michigan …

US President Donald Trump will meet with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, it has been confirmed, as the White House chief sends a chilling nuclear warning to Beijing. The two leaders will meet in South Korea next week as part of a trip to Asia, the White House said on Thursday. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Trump will first …

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Amidst intense competition for job opportunities in China, Zhenye GAO, who pursued his master’s degree at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), HKUST(GZ) for short, has recently started his career as an algorithm engineer at Tencent, a world-leading internet and technology company based in Shenzhen, …

A Chinese national who United States authorities accuse of trafficking large quantities of cocaine and fentanyl into the US before being arrested and then escaping custody in Mexico was recaptured in Cuba, Mexican authorities said Wednesday. Zhi Dong Zhang, alias “Brother Wang”, was indicted in federal court in Atlanta in 2022 on drug trafficking and money laundering charges. Mexican authorities …

Hong Kong’s aviation industry will suffer greatly if the United States slaps export curbs on American-made critical software to the city, experts have warned. The sector relied heavily on this technology, making it nearly impossible to find alternative solutions, they said. US President Donald Trump earlier threatened to curb the export of “any and all critical software” to China amid …

The Chinese government’s recent announcement of more export controls on rare earth-related items marks a significant shift in global economic statecraft. The new measures, covering a spectrum of rare earth elements, other critical materials and relevant processing technologies, have been justified as measures to safeguard national security and fulfil non-proliferation obligations. The controls aim to deny the use of the …

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Wednesday that he and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent would travel to Malaysia later that day as scheduled to meet with Chinese officials over what he called Beijing’s “incredibly aggressive” measures to curb rare earth exports. The meeting is seen as a stepping stone to a sit-down in South Korea next week on the …