SOAPBOX is taking a short summer brake and will be back in you inbox on Monday August 18th!Several EU voices harshly criticized the outcome of Ursula von der Leyen’s July 27 meeting with Donald Trump. In our view, this reaction is premature. Beyond the tariff details, the broader picture suggests the EU is prioritizing geopolitics…
China’s summoning of Nvidia showcases Beijing’s zero tolerance towards chips with “backdoor” security risks, and such risks, if validated, will deal a huge blow to the US firm’s global business, experts said on Friday. The comments came after the Cyberspace Administration of China on Thursday summoned Nvidia over alleged security risks concerning its H20 AI chip…
People visit Guangdong village, which borders the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in Helong of Jilin province, in July. SHAO ZEDONG/XINHUA HOHHOT — A domed ceiling painted with cherubs decorates the airport. Castlelike facades line the boulevards, and oversized matryoshka doll-shaped hotels loom overhead. This place may look like a Russian fairy tale town, but it’s…
Consumers browse products at Ikea, a Swedish home furnishings and housewares retailer, in Beijing in August 2024. [SONG YU/FOR CHINA DAILY] STOCKHOLM — As the European Union and China mark 50 years of diplomatic ties, Swedish businesses are looking to deepen their engagement with the world’s second-largest economy, with experts and business leaders calling for…
BEIJING — At a bustling appliance store near Shanghai’s Zhongshan Park, sales staff enthusiastically demonstrated product features and calculated discounts. The summer shopping season has been in full swing. A local resident surnamed Yao was looking for an energy-efficient air conditioner, who was informed by sales staff that the latest models not only offer AI-powered…
Galbot’s robot is handling a bag of snacks at the exhibition of the 2025 World AI Conference in Shanghai. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] As humanoid robots transition from product development to real-world commercialization and deployment, Beijing Galbot Co Ltd is working to crack the code to achieve scalable automation through a radical synthetic data approach.…
China’s renewable energy sector cemented its dominance in new power capacity additions in the first half, accounting for 60 percent of the nation’s total capacity, the National Energy Administration said on Thursday. China added 268 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity during the first six months, a 99.3 percent increase year-on-year, representing 91.5 percent of all…
CEO Tim Cook (left) attends the 2025 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC25) in Cupertino, California, the United States, June 9, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] SAN FRANCISCO — Apple on Thursday announced financial results for its fiscal 2025 third quarter that ended on June 28, with quarterly revenue of $94 billion, up 10 percent year-over-year. The company posted…
US tech firm Nvidia said in a statement to China Daily on Friday that cybersecurity is critically important to it and Nvidia does not have “backdoors” in its chips that would give anyone a remote way to access or control them. China’s cyberspace regulator on Thursday summoned Nvidia over security risks concerning its H20 AI…
WeRide is operating an autonomous taxi service in Saudi Arabia in partnership with Uber. CHINA DAILY Chinese autonomous driving technology provider WeRide announced that its Robotaxi has received the first approval for autonomous driving in Saudi Arabia last week, a milestone that makes it the only tech company globally with autonomous driving-approved products in six…