- Tianyi quadcopter built by a subsidiary of a state aerospace corporation is designed to carry out ground-level reconnaissance and precision strikes in cities
- The unmanned aerial vehicles are still under development, but once ready could be available on the international market as a cheap and versatile option
One in 20 Chinese workers could be replaced by robots in the next five years, according to survey
- Up to 40 per cent of China’s manufacturing workforce could be “potentially affected” by the use of robots
- The rise of automation had a disproportionate impact on workers with lower levels of education
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A worker assembles air conditioner's components next to the robot arms at a factory in Suixi county in central China's Anhui province in 2018. Photo: AP
Trade war: China’s trading partners wary of phase one deal, while analysts puzzle over US$200 billion import figure
- Giant increase in China’s imports from the US would come at the expense of other trading partners, which are concerned at the prospect of phase one trade deal
- Analysts say US$200 billion purchase agreement is mathematically possible, but wonder about long-term impact on trade and supply chains
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China has agreed to increase imports of US agricultural products over two years. Photo: EPA-EFE
Trudeau to Trump: Don’t sign US-China trade deal until Canadians released
- PM wants Washington to use ongoing talks as leverage to secure freedom of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who have been held for more than a year
- Detention of Canadians appears to be attempt to pressure Ottawa to release Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Vancouver at request of US
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media in Ottawa in March. Photo: AFP
Trade war: China using talks to prevent relations with US spinning out of control, former minister says
- China using trade talks to keep relations with US from spinning out of control amid an increasingly hostile bilateral atmosphere, says Chen Deming
- But Beijing still strongly opposes US legislation on Hong Kong and Xinjiang and will enact retaliatory measures, former Chinese Commerce Minister says
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Chen Deming speaking at the South China Morning Post’s China Conference in New York. Photo: SCMP Pictures
China dreams of becoming an AI utopia, pushing beyond surveillance and into education and health care
- This is the fourth instalment in a four-part series examining the brewing US-China war over the development and deployment of artificial intelligence technology
- China has had success with AI and surveillance, but when it comes to social issues such as education, health care and agriculture, there is still a ways to go
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Illustration: Perry Tse
Second-place China to overtake the US in global AI race in five to 10 years on current growth, report says
- Number of AI companies globally has doubled in four years, with almost 20,000 now developing technologies ranging from self-driving cars to medical algorithms
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Over the next decade, more than US$35 billion has been publicly earmarked by governments to spend on AI development, with US$22 billion promised by China alone. Photo: Shutterstock
Trade war: China’s trading partners wary of phase one deal, while analysts puzzle over US$200 billion import figure
- Giant increase in China’s imports from the US would come at the expense of other trading partners, which are concerned at the prospect of phase one trade deal
- Analysts say US$200 billion purchase agreement is mathematically possible, but wonder about long-term impact on trade and supply chains
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China has agreed to increase imports of US agricultural products over two years. Photo: EPA-EFE
Trudeau to Trump: Don’t sign US-China trade deal until Canadians released
- PM wants Washington to use ongoing talks as leverage to secure freedom of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who have been held for more than a year
- Detention of Canadians appears to be attempt to pressure Ottawa to release Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Vancouver at request of US
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media in Ottawa in March. Photo: AFP
Trade war: China using talks to prevent relations with US spinning out of control, former minister says
- China using trade talks to keep relations with US from spinning out of control amid an increasingly hostile bilateral atmosphere, says Chen Deming
- But Beijing still strongly opposes US legislation on Hong Kong and Xinjiang and will enact retaliatory measures, former Chinese Commerce Minister says
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Chen Deming speaking at the South China Morning Post’s China Conference in New York. Photo: SCMP Pictures