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Tokyo (AFP) April 28, 2026 When is a Chinese AI startup not a Chinese AI startup? When it's based in Singapore, or elsewhere, to distance itself legally and politically from Beijing. The practice known as "Singapore-washing" is under scrutiny after China blocked a major US acquisition on national security grounds. China's top economic planning body said Monday it prohibited the deal between…
Mbabane, Eswatini (AFP) May 2, 2026 Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Saturday announced his arrival in Eswatini - Taipei's only diplomatic ally in Africa - after an earlier trip was cancelled when several countries revoked overflight permits. Those various African nations withdrew overflight permission following "intense pressure" from Beijing, one of Lai's closest advisers said at the time,…
Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 For decades, China's economic growth has largely unfolded on land - across factory floors, highways and ports. Now the country is turning its gaze upward. What was once empty airspace below commercial flight paths is the next frontier of industrial expansion. The so-called 'low-altitude economy' - encompassing drones, electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft…
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 Researchers from Ocean University of China and Huzhou University have developed a phase-change photothermal foam that continues to produce freshwater after sunlight fades, addressing one of the core limitations of solar-driven desalination technology. The material, designated PPy-CS/PF@DDA, is constructed by confining dodecylamine inside a polypyrrole-coated…
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 Researchers have achieved a power conversion efficiency of 20.21 percent in pseudo-planar heterojunction organic solar cells by introducing a crystalline polymer buffer layer that shields against solvent-induced erosion during fabrication. The study, published in Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, addresses a persistent challenge in layer-by-layer deposition.…
Kathmandu, Nepal (AFP) May 3, 2026 As global fuel markets reel from the Middle East war, motorists in Nepal are increasingly turning to electric vehicles, with high demand putting a strain on dealerships. Electric microbus driver Purushottam Adhikari said he was now shuttling more passengers along the 300-kilometre (186-mile) journey between his town in Chitwan district and the capital Kathmandu.…
Beijing (AFP) April 29, 2026 At a dusty lot an hour outside Beijing, a steady stream of vehicles come and go for a quick battery charge - just one node in China's rapidly expanding network of electric trucks. While the country's prowess in electric passenger vehicles has long been known globally, electric trucks have only recently gained traction. Now powered by extensive charging and…
Beijing (AFP) April 24, 2026 Thousands squeezed into the world's biggest car show Friday, snapping selfies beside Chinese electric vehicles as automakers showcased AI, humanoid robots and flying-car ambitions in a cut-throat market. Rows of influencers posed in front of gleaming models at the capital's cavernous international exhibition centre, darting to suitcases stuffed with outfit changes,…
Hefei, China (AFP) April 27, 2026 In a sprawling office in Hefei, the eastern Chinese electric vehicle hub, hundreds of employees and several robotic arms sat refining software developed jointly by German behemoth Volkswagen and Chinese EV maker XPeng. The days when foreign firms saw such partnerships largely as a necessary entrance fee to the world's largest auto market are long gone. Legacy…
Stockholm (AFP) May 4, 2026 The Chinese captain of a ship that Sweden boarded this weekend over suspicions it belonged to Russia's "shadow fleet" has been arrested, the Swedish prosecution authority said on Monday. Sweden's coast guard on Sunday boarded the 182-metre (597-foot) Jin Hui, suspected of sailing under a false Syrian flag. It was the latest of several boardings carried out by the…
