Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to boost its use of artificial intelligence and unmanned intelligent technologies to build an "intelligent military system." This directive reflects the leadership's focus on modernizing the PLA to meet its centenary targets.
North Korean Premier Pak Thae-song arrived in China for a three-day visit, receiving rare praise from Beijing for the socialist neighbor's economic achievements, including significant progress in housing projects.
China's Politburo, chaired by Xi Jinping, convened a meeting to address escalating threats from drought, flooding, and typhoons. The body urged "forceful" measures and prioritizing public safety, emphasizing the need for robust flood control for major water bodies and infrastructure.
China's National People's Congress removed six senior military officers and two political figures, including former Politburo member Ma Xingrui and ex-financial regulator Li Yunze, from their lawmaker positions. This action is seen as part of President Xi Jinping's ongoing anti-corruption campaign targeting the country's establishment.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has called for "urgent and necessary changes" to overhaul the country's communist economic model, citing a severe crisis exacerbated by a US oil blockade and internal issues like bureaucracy. He pointed to China and Vietnam as potential models for economic opening.
Cai, a close aide to Xi, appointed to oversee training of top officials at party school, solidifying ties with Xi after decades of collaboration.
China and the United States are taking divergent paths to developing artificial intelligence (AI), putting their technology ecosystems increasingly at odds. This divergence was on show on April 24 when start-up DeepSeek launched its next-generation V4 AI models that were optimised for use with the Ascend chips and associated software tools of tech giant Huawei Technologies. China has for years been pursuing technological self-reliance, a policy reiterated by the Communist Party’s Politburo at...
China's Politburo concluded a meeting on Tuesday pledging a holistic approach to external shocks and energy security, while emphasizing technological self-reliance and control over industrial supply chains. The leadership vowed to push forward with new water, power and computing infrastructure projects, noting the economy has started strongly this year with key indicators better than expected, though challenges remain.
China's top leadership has pledged a holistic approach to responding to external economic shocks and safeguarding energy security following a Politburo meeting. The Communist Party body, led by President Xi Jinping, committed to advancing water, power and computing infrastructure projects while accelerating major projects ready to break ground, as fallout from US-Israel conflict with Iran continues impacting the global economy.
A senior Chinese official who oversees religious and ethnic minority affairs has called for China to “strengthen” the education, training and management of Tibetan Buddhist personnel. Li Ganjie, head of the Communist Party’s United Front Work Department and a member of the now 22-man Politburo, made the call during a trip to Tibetan areas in western China, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday. He visited several religious organisations and study institutions in the Tibetan autonomous...
