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China is gearing up to activate the world’s first ‘clean’ commercial nuclear reactor

China is gearing up to activate the world’s first ‘clean’ commercial nuclear reactor

By Ben Turner – Staff Writer  Plans include building up to 30 reactors in partnered nations. A top down view of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s 1960s molten salt reactor experiment, an early…

Weapon of the future, today: Russia unveils ‘Checkmate’, new 5th-generation lightweight stealth fighter, unmanned version in works

Weapon of the future, today: Russia unveils ‘Checkmate’, new 5th-generation lightweight stealth fighter, unmanned version in works

Sukhoi and the Russian military-industrial conglomerate Rostec have revealed a single-engine supersonic stealth fighter. Dubbed ‘Checkmate’, the new design resembles the US F-35, but is intended to be superior –…

US home-made drones are inferior and cost more than the Chinese ones they’ve replaced… and that spells trouble for Biden

US home-made drones are inferior and cost more than the Chinese ones they’ve replaced… and that spells trouble for Biden

The difficulties of America’s efforts to wean itself off Chinese technology have been revealed, after the Pentagon spent over $13m developing far less capable aerial devices. It’s a stark illustration…

Physicists Levitate a Glass Nanosphere, Pushing It Into The Realm of Quantum Mechanics

Physicists Levitate a Glass Nanosphere, Pushing It Into The Realm of Quantum Mechanics

Quantum mechanics deals with the behavior of the Universe at the super-small scale: atoms and subatomic particles that operate in ways that classical physics can’t explain. In order to explore this…

US moves to contain Huawei & knock it down from #1 has only helped another of China’s companies rise as China’s Xiaomi overtakes Apple in global smartphone market

US moves to contain Huawei & knock it down from #1 has only helped another of China’s companies rise as China’s Xiaomi overtakes Apple in global smartphone market

Xiaomi founder, Chairman and CEO Lei Jun. © Reuters / Bobby Yip Follow RT onChina’s Xiaomi Corporation has become the world’s second biggest smartphone producer, beating US rival Apple Inc by 3% in…

Proving To Be Trillion Dollar Junk: F-35 Simulator Still Not Working So Aircraft Can Not Even Be Tested Yet, GAO Reports

Proving To Be Trillion Dollar Junk: F-35 Simulator Still Not Working So Aircraft Can Not Even Be Tested Yet, GAO Reports

© AP Photo / Petros KaradjiasMILITARY & INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the most expensive aircraft in history, still cannot be adequately tested for…

Unforeseen consequences of US sanctions…Huawei unit signs chip supply chain deal with China partner

Unforeseen consequences of US sanctions…Huawei unit signs chip supply chain deal with China partner

Agreement between HiSilicon and Shenzhen toolmaker aimed at beating US pressure A Kunpeng 920 chipset designed by Huawei’s Hisilicon subsidiary is on display at Huawei’s headquarters in Shenzhen.    ©…

Toilet at South Korean University Turns Poop Into Energy & Virtual Currency

Toilet at South Korean University Turns Poop Into Energy & Virtual Currency

© CC0ASIA & PACIFIC by Andrei Dergalin452Subscribe The toilet’s creator said that the daily amount of excrement produced by an average human can be converted into enough methane to either make 0.5kWh…

China to US: Two can play at technological war

China to US: Two can play at technological war

Beijing threatens to block US access to vast stores of Chinese data – the lifeblood of many AI-driven applications By DAVID P. GOLDMAN NEW YORK – Beijing’s crackdown on initial public…

World’s first new-energy air-rail vehicle rolls off production line in SW China’s Sichuan

World’s first new-energy air-rail vehicle rolls off production line in SW China’s Sichuan

By Global Times    The air-rail vehicle is in operation. Photo: China Central Television (CCTV) The first air-rail vehicle using new energy rolls off the production line in Chengdu, Southwest China’s…

China is first out of the gate to Industry 4.0

China is first out of the gate to Industry 4.0

5G technology, conceptual illustration. (Photo by SERGII IAREMENKO/SCIENCE PHOTO L / SIA / Science Photo Library via AFP) The race towards the 5G-powered Fourth Industrial Revolution is on and China…

Chinese tech giant Baidu spins off $2 billion AI chip unit, gears up for homegrown production amid fierce competition

Chinese tech giant Baidu spins off $2 billion AI chip unit, gears up for homegrown production amid fierce competition

By Global Times    Kunlun Chip Chinese search giant Baidu Inc has confirmed that its artificial intelligence (AI) chip unit Kunlun has been spun off as an independent company with a…

‘US abuses state power to suppress Chinese firms’

‘US abuses state power to suppress Chinese firms’

This photo taken on May 31, 2021 shows the Huawei flagship store in Shenzhen, in China’s southern Guangdong province. (Photo by AFP) China has denounced as “bullying” a US Federal…

With The Coming War With America on Their Minds…China’s PLA Deploying Artificial Intelligence in Mock Warplane Battles to Train Both Pilots and AI

With The Coming War With America on Their Minds…China’s PLA Deploying Artificial Intelligence in Mock Warplane Battles to Train Both Pilots and AI

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force is using artificial intelligence (AI) to prepare pilots’ for battle, according to a new report. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air…

China-built landmark railway in Nigeria starts service, to boost local economy

China-built landmark railway in Nigeria starts service, to boost local economy

By Li Xuanmin   A view of Nigeria’s Lagos-Ibadan railway. Photo: Coutesy of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation A railway project connecting Nigeria’s city of Lagos, Africa’s largest city, to the country’s…

Another unintended consequence of the US policy of sanctions is making the Chinese Chip production chain totally independent as Huawei unit invests in lithography, aims to forge complete chip industry chain

Another unintended consequence of the US policy of sanctions is making the Chinese Chip production chain totally independent as Huawei unit invests in lithography, aims to forge complete chip industry chain

By GT staff reporters  A researcher shows a device produced with the lithography equipment on November 29. Photo: VCG Huawei is apparently stepping up its foray into the field of…

Huawei Launches Long-Awaited Operating System in Bid To Knock Google Off Top Place

Huawei Launches Long-Awaited Operating System in Bid To Knock Google Off Top Place

by Nikita Folomov121517Subscribe The Chinese company has in the past been cut off from updating Google’s Android OS as a result of sanctions implemented by the US government last year. What’s…

Iran Reveals Simorgh, Nation’s First Completely Self-Developed Supercomputer

Iran Reveals Simorgh, Nation’s First Completely Self-Developed Supercomputer

by Kirill Kurevlev1160 According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), developers said the country’s new supercomputer will provide large-scale data processing services for a range of state-run and private scientific…

Chinese team designs 62-qubit quantum processor with world’s largest number of superconducting qubits

Chinese team designs 62-qubit quantum processor with world’s largest number of superconducting qubits

By Wan Lin    Photo: Weibo A Chinese research team has successfully designed a 62-qubit programmable superconducting quantum processor, naming it Zu Chongzhi after the noted 5th century Chinese mathematician and astronomer. The…

China successfully launches core module for its space station, kicking off intense construction phase

China successfully launches core module for its space station, kicking off intense construction phase

China successfully launches core module for its space station, kicking off intense construction phase By Deng Xiaoci, Fan Anqi in Beijing and Liu Yang in WenchangChina has successfully sent the first…

Turkish Nationalist Party Calls for Activating S-400 After US Recognizes Armenian Genocide

Turkish Nationalist Party Calls for Activating S-400 After US Recognizes Armenian Genocide

© AP Photo / Michael SohnMIDDLE EAST ANKARA (Sputnik) – The leader of Turkey’s right-wing Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahceli, on Tuesday called on the government to put the…

China develops self-made brain-computer interface chip, curbing tech ‘bottleneck’ amid US tension

China develops self-made brain-computer interface chip, curbing tech ‘bottleneck’ amid US tension

By Li Xuanmin and Qi Xijia A concept image of brain-computer interface Photo: VCGChinese research teams are striving to build self-developed chips for brain-computer interface (BCI), a critical bioscience sector that could…

While America & the West are just starting to field 5G Technology (with Chinese help), Chinese Corporation Huawei set to launch test satellites for 6G technology verification

While America & the West are just starting to field 5G Technology (with Chinese help), Chinese Corporation Huawei set to launch test satellites for 6G technology verification

Photo: Courtesy of Galaxy Space Chinese technology giant Huawei is reportedly set to launch two satellites together with two Chinese partners in July this year, with aims including the verification…

Chinese developed flagship anti-stealth radar’s key performances superior to foreign counterparts: top radar scientist

Chinese developed flagship anti-stealth radar’s key performances superior to foreign counterparts: top radar scientist

AI tech expected to enhance operational efficiency By Cao Siqi and Liu Xuanzun in Nanjing Hu Mingchun, director of the No.14 Research Institute under China Electronics Technology Group Co, talks to the Global Times…

Beijing Vows to Retaliate in Response to US Blacklisting Chinese Supercomputing Companies

Beijing Vows to Retaliate in Response to US Blacklisting Chinese Supercomputing Companies

by Evgeny Mikhaylov16862 The US Commerce Department previously announced that seven Chinese supercomputing companies were “destabilising military modernisation efforts”, adding them the “Entity List for conducting activities that are contrary to…

(Truth Be Told, The US Fears China’s Growing Tech Power)US Blacklists 7 Chinese Supercomputing Companies Over ‘Destabilizing Military Modernization Efforts’

(Truth Be Told, The US Fears China’s Growing Tech Power)US Blacklists 7 Chinese Supercomputing Companies Over ‘Destabilizing Military Modernization Efforts’

© CC0WORLD by Henry Batyaev2719105 Tensions in relations between Beijing and the West escalated in late March after the EU, Canada, the UK, and the US introduced sanctions against Chinese citizens and…

US is losing the energy tech war against China

US is losing the energy tech war against China

A new report from Bank of America has revealed that China vastly outspent the US in renewable energy technology while becoming a monopolist in much-needed rare-earth materials that are often…

(They’re Chasing Down This American White Man In Everything He Once Dominated In )A Challenger Appears: China’s Geely Launches ‘Zeekr’ Luxury Electric Car Brand to Compete With Tesla

(They’re Chasing Down This American White Man In Everything He Once Dominated In )A Challenger Appears: China’s Geely Launches ‘Zeekr’ Luxury Electric Car Brand to Compete With Tesla

© REUTERS / Aly SongASIA & PACIFIC by Morgan Artyukhina3231 China is already the world’s largest car market, but with the government’s concentrated effort to shift the economy to electric power derived…

China Breaks US/Western Nuclear Power Plant Monopoly as Pakistan Connects First Chinese-Designed Nuclear Power Plant to Electrical Grid

China Breaks US/Western Nuclear Power Plant Monopoly as Pakistan Connects First Chinese-Designed Nuclear Power Plant to Electrical Grid

Sputnik ScreenshotASIA & PACIFIC by Morgan Artyukhina120 The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has boasted that the new domestically-designed Hualong One nuclear reactor “breaks the monopoly” of foreign nuclear power technology.…

Another pivotal moment as China out out maneuvers the US…China’s ion implanters reach 28-nm chipmaking capacity, break bottleneck in the nation’s chip sector amid a technology stand-off with the US

Another pivotal moment as China out out maneuvers the US…China’s ion implanters reach 28-nm chipmaking capacity, break bottleneck  in the nation’s chip sector amid a technology stand-off with the US

By Global Times  A chip manufacture machine Photo: VCG China’s domestic-made ion implanters can now produce 28-nanometer chip wafers, breaking a bottleneck in the nation’s chip sector amid a technology…