Tag: Xi Jinping

Xi pitches China as leader of new global AI order

Posted on   |  by Laurie Chen and Casey Hall
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday cast Beijing as the champion of a new global AI order, using China’s premier tech conference to promote open-source technology and challenge US...

China orders Meta to unwind US$2bn buy of AI startup Manus

Posted on   |  by Eduardo Baptista
China ordered US tech giant Meta to unwind its $2 billion-plus (A$2.8 billion) acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus, as Beijing tightens scrutiny of US investment in domestic startups...

China’s Xi pushes for global AI governing body at APEC

Posted on   |  by Staff Writers
Chinese President Xi Jinping took centre stage at a meeting of APEC leaders on Saturday to push a proposal for a global body to govern artificial intelligence and position...

China’s Xi ramps investment in technology arms race

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
China’s president Xi Jinping touted a $626 billion investment in science and technology over the last decade and reaffirmed a national goal of becoming one of the world’s most...

China’s USD crypto rival looms

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
China is set to launch a digital version of its currency, backed by its central bank. The new blockchain based central bank digital currency (CBDC) has the potential to...

Taking a tech lead from China

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The vocal ‘anti-China’ forces in Australia that the federal government is now attempting to counter – somewhat awkwardly – continue to view the technology world through a very US...

Beijing’s Catch-22 for Aust unis

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The independence of Australian and other western universities with fully-fledged sister universities, joint ventures, campuses and research institutes in China is under attack from Beijing after Xi Jinping’s regime...