China has moved in recent months to allow autonomous car tests on city roads, and has said it hopes that smart cars will make up…
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I rode in a self-driving car on the streets of one of China’s most congested cities
The world is racing to put self-driving cars on the road, and outside the US, no country is moving faster than China. The nation’s tech…
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“Strong men wanted”: Tech hiring in China is rife with blatantly sexist job ads
A review of nearly 40,000 job ads posted in the last five years shows how blatant sexism can be when it comes to hiring in…
LONG SHOT
China’s crackdown on crypto hasn’t stopped its tech giants from flirting with blockchain
China’s big three internet giants, Baidu, Tencent, and Alibaba, are battling for supremacy in almost every front of the country’s tech space. It’s no wonder…
GOOD OR EVIL
This AI expert found it “both exciting and scary” that Xi Jinping reads his book
Xi Jinping’s bookshelf includes not only classics on communism but also works on artificial intelligence, as TV viewers spotted during his new year’s speech this…
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Every big tech firm in China is becoming a self-driving car company
If there’s one thing China’s tech giants are known for, it’s their ability to venture into everything from social media, to online payments, to delivery…
FAST LANE
China just made it easier for self-driving tests to take place on any road in the country
The recent Uber and Tesla fatal crashes in the US don’t seem to have dented China’s confidence in self-driving technology. On the contrary, China is…
SAVAGE
When China’s tech titans fumble, their users make them eat their words
Making fun of the president or any Communist Party official on China’s tightly controlled internet might be near impossible. Tech execs, however, don’t get a…
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China’s reality TV programming is being taken over by robots and AI
Almost two decades ago, Wang Xi, then a teenager living near the Chinese capital of Beijing, fell in love with an American robot combat TV…
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China has shot far ahead of the US on deep-learning patents
China wants to become a country of innovation, and lead the world in artificial intelligence in 2030. By one indicator, it’s on its way. China…
LONG LIVE THE CENSORS
How China reacted to the idea of indefinite rule by Xi, in memes
Xi Jinping could be China’s president for a long, long time. Yesterday the Communist Party’s central committee proposed removing presidential term limits from the country’s…
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Two very new Chinese startups are competing with tech giants to make self-driving taxis a reality
The world’s tech giants are competing to put self-driving taxis on the roads as soon as this year—and so are two very new startups. On…
