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China is planning an underwater base that sounds like a bold initiative to learn more about the uncharted depths of the ocean.

Robots and Machines

Details Emerge About China’s Mysterious Underwater Base

By Jon Christian

China has announced the "imminent launch" of the first mission to build its new orbital space station, according to state and local media.

China Announces “Imminent Launch” of New Space Station

By Jon Christian

A group of Google employees believe the company is still working on Dragonfly, a controversial project to build a search engine in China.

Google Is Still Working on Chinese Search Engine, Say Employees

By Kristin Houser

Thousands of Chinese Fans Paid to See a Virtual Hologram Singer

Virtual Reality

Thousands of Chinese Fans Paid to See a Virtual Hologram Singer

By Victor Tangermann

China's $22.3 million Mars simulation base is now open, and in addition to inspiring the public, it might even help humanity reach the real Mars.

China Opens Its First Mars Simulation Base

By Kristin Houser

Tesla protests are breaking out overseas after the company slashed the prices of its EVs, causing the value of owned vehicles to drop overnight.

Tesla Owners Are Enraged That the Company Cut Its Prices

By Kristin Houser

China Plans to Launch a Mars Rover Next Year

China Plans to Launch a Mars Rover Next Year

By Victor Tangermann

A train pulls into a station in Hong Kong.

China’s Social Credit System Barred Millions from Traveling in 2018

A study into Chinese censorship revealed that the nation doesn't want its citizens conversing about He Jiankui's genetically edited babies.

China Is Censoring “Genetically Edited Babies” on Social Media

By Kristin Houser

China says it's developing a non-lethal weapon that uses millimeter microwave radar tech to inflict horrible pain on targets.

China Says Its New Microwave Weapon Inflicts Horrible Pain

By Jon Christian

China's state-run media outlet Xinhua adds a female AI news anchor to its news team, and she'll make her professional debut in March.

Artificial Intelligence

China Unveils the World’s First Female AI News Anchor

By Kristin Houser

According to a prominent think tank's new report, the Chinese military is adopting artificial intelligence tech as quickly as it can.

China Thinks AI Could Make Its Military As Powerful as America’s

By Dan Robitzski

A newly published analysis of 445 Chinese transplant studies reveals a startling lack of information on the source of the organs.

Health & Medicine

Study Accuses China of Likely Stealing Organs From Prisoners

By Kristin Houser

A programmer at a Chinese bank found a flaw in the institution's software that let him extract about $1 million from its ATMs.

Robots and Machines

Hacker Figures out How to Drain $1 Million in Cash From ATM

By Jon Christian

Beautiful New Photo Shows the Moon With Earth In the Background

Beautiful New Photo Shows the Moon With Earth In the Background

By Victor Tangermann

The Chinese government built an AI that finds signs of local corruption — but local officials in many areas are shutting it down.

Artificial Intelligence

China Built an AI to Detect Corruption and Officials Shut it Down

By Jon Christian

Chinese media report that one of Tesla competitor Nio's cars shut down in the middle of a Beijing traffic jam after the driver triggered a software update.

Tesla Competitor Traps Driver For an Hour While It Completes Software Update

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese scientists built a robot submarine designed to travel into storms to fire meteorological rockets that will collect data from the atmosphere.

China Built a Robot Submarine to Shoot Rockets Into Typhoons

By Jon Christian

A team of Chinese scientists just unveiled five cloned monkeys produced from the cells of a monkey whose genes they edited with CRISPR-Cas9.

Science & Energy

Chinese Scientists Cloned Gene-Edited Monkeys With Horrifying Results

By Kristin Houser

A new Chinese app tells you if any "deadbeat debtors" are within 500 meters — like Grindr, essentially, but for insolvent borrowers.

Grindr-Like Chinese App Tells You If “Deadbeat Debtors” Are Nearby

By Jon Christian

A government official in China said on Monday that the country was planning new punishments for local officials who don't meet air pollution goals. Chinese pollution

China Plans “Punishment” for Officials Who Miss Pollution Goals

By Jon Christian

Chinese Gov: Doctor Who Gene-Edited Babies Forged Ethical Review

Prosthetics and Devices

Chinese Gov: Doctor Who Gene-Edited Babies Forged Ethical Review

By Kristin Houser

Chin is facing a "precipitous" population decline that leaders fear could lead to economic catastrophe for the rising world power.

China Is Facing A “Precipitous” Population Decline

By Jon Christian

China's space agency renewed its promises to launch future Mars exploration missions — including a mission to Mars as early as next year.

China Plans to Launch Its First Mars Lander Mission Next Year

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. navy is planning to add medium, and large unmanned surface combatants — military for warships — to accompany their manned ships.

The U.S. Navy Wants to Roll out Autonomous Killer Robot Ships

By Victor Tangermann

Science journalists were obsessed with a seedling sprouted by China's Moon lander. The only problem: the Moon plant is already dead.

Bad News: That Moon Plant Everybody Was Talking About Is Dead

By Jon Christian

Officials have approved a plan for the development of the Greater Bay Area, a region in China they hope will become the next Silicon Valley.

Beijing Greenlights Plan to Create Chinese Silicon Valley

By Kristin Houser

China announced Monday that the country's space program plans to launch three more lunar missions, with the eventual goal of an international Moon base.

China Announces Plans for Moon Base

By Jon Christian

China’s Lander Just Sprouted First-Ever Plants on the Moon

China’s Lander Just Sprouted First-Ever Plants on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

A report from the Chinese media claims that the NYPD is using facial recognition software developed by Chinese companies.

Facial recognition

China Claims US Police Are Using Its Facial Recognition Software

By Kristin Houser

According to research by Standard Chartered Bank, China will have the world's strongest economy by next year, with India taking second place by 2030.

China Poised to Overtake US Economy in 2020

By Dan Robitzski

China's moon lander just sent back more pictures, including a 360 degree panorama, and a video taken during its landing.

Here’s a 360 Degree Lunar Panorama Taken by China’s Moon Lander

By Victor Tangermann

Robin Lovell-Badge, the geneticist who recently said the infamous geneticist He Jiankui may face the death penalty, now dials back his speculations.

Prosthetics and Devices

Doctor Who Gene Edited Babies Rejects Death Penalty Rumor

By Dan Robitzski

The Chinese moon rover could be scoping out whether the Moon could be a source for helium-3, a fuel that could make it a gateway to interplanetary missions.

The Chinese Moon Rover Could Be Scouting for Interplanetary Fuel

By Jon Christian

Bill Gates' nuclear energy company, TerraPower, was building a Traveling-Wave Reactor near Beijing when the Department of Energy stepped in.

China Tariffs Blocked Bill Gates’ Plan for Safe Nuclear Power

By Dan Robitzski

In a world's first, Chinese lunar probe Chang'e-4 just touched down on the far side of the moon -- the more mysterious, and lesser known side.

China Just Landed a Rover on the Far Side of the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. government's proposed AI export restrictions could backfire on the nation in a number of ways, according to Silicon Valley insiders.

Artificial Intelligence

U.S. Plan to Restrict AI Exports Could Backfire

By Kristin Houser

Prosthetics and Devices

Chinese Scientists Reportedly Lost Track of Gene-Edited Patients

By Kristin Houser

An App That Does Your Homework for You Is Now Worth $3 Billion

An App That Does Your Homework for You Is Now Worth $3 Billion

By Kristin Houser

The Chinese government just approved plans for a massive energy storage grid that will help the Gansu Province better rely on renewable electricity.

China Is Building Its First Huge Battery Storage Facility

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX has shattered the record for commercial rocket launches in a year, at 20. That beats the prior record of 18 launches in a year — which it also set.

SpaceX Smashed the Record for Commercial Space Launches This Year

By Jon Christian

A Chinese lander destined for the side of the Moon — the side that always faces away from the Earth — has now entered lunar orbit.

China’s Moon Lander Just Entered Lunar Orbit

By Jon Christian

In a hearing in front of a House Committee, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that Google had "no plans" to launch a search product in China.

Google CEO: “No Plans” To Launch Censored Chinese Search Engine

By Victor Tangermann

A plant in the Chinese city of Jinan is feeding food waste to cockroaches, which then become food for pigs and other livestock.

How a Billion Cockroaches Are Helping China Process Food Waste

By Kristin Houser

China just successfully launched a rocket with a lunar rover on board that will hopefully get the first-ever close-up look at the dark side of the Moon.

China Launches First-Ever Lander Headed to Far Side of Moon

By Victor Tangermann

China is officially launching its Chang'e--4 rover and probe on December 8, and it's planning to land them on the far side of the moon near the South Pole.

China to Land First-Ever Rover on Dark Side of the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

China Forces Tesla and Other EV Makers to Turn Over Driver Data

China Forces Tesla and Other EV Makers to Turn Over Driver Data

By Kristin Houser

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences plan to construct a deep sea base run by artificially intelligent robots.

Artificial Intelligence

China Plans to Build a Deep Sea Base Run Entirely by AI

By Kristin Houser

China's "artificial sun" can now heat plasma to 100 million degrees C, the minimum temperature needed to produce a self-sustaining nuclear fusion reaction.

China’s “Artificial Sun” Is Now Hot Enough for Nuclear Fusion

By Kristin Houser

The Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) has selected 31 students to participate in a four-year-long program focused on developing AI weapons.

Artificial Intelligence

China Recruits “Patriotic” Children to Develop Its AI Weapons

By Kristin Houser

Chinese state media agency Xinhua just revealed the world's first "AI anchor." But it's not going to fool anybody.

Artificial Intelligence

Meet The World’s First AI News Anchor

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese police are now employing gait recognition software to identify citizens, making it the latest weapon in the nation's war against privacy.

China Can Now Identify a Citizen Based on Their Walk

By Kristin Houser

This Week in Tech: Oct 27 – Nov 2

Science & Energy

This Week in Tech: Oct 27 – Nov 2

By Victor Tangermann

China is sharing its censorship and surveillance knowledge with other nations, including many in Africa, according to a new report.

China Is Helping African Nations Spy on Their Citizens

By Kristin Houser

artificial moon

There’s No Way China’s Artificial Moon Will Work, Says Expert

By Kristin Houser

Science & Energy

Report Identifies China as the Source of Ozone-Destroying Emissions

By Kristin Houser

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Former General: The US Will Likely Fight a War With China

By Dan Robitzski

The Chinese city of Chengdu plans to launch an artificial moon into the sky to provide light during the night, eliminated the need for streetlights.

A Chinese City Plans to Replace Its Streetlights With an Artificial Moon

By Kristin Houser

Laws outlining China's expectations for tech companies in a Muslim-heavy region add to the morally questionable nature of Google's Project Dragonfly.

China Wants Google’s Help Persecuting Muslims. Google Appears Ready to Give It.

By Kristin Houser

The World of the Future Will Have Two Separate Internets, Former Google CEO Predicts

The World of the Future Will Have Two Separate Internets, Former Google CEO Predicts

By Dan Robitzski

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Artificial Intelligence

China Spotlight: Next AI Superpower?

By Peter H. Diamandis

Though still unconfirmed, it is likely that the mysterious symptoms of people at the U.S. Embassies in Cuba and China were caused by microwave weaponry.

Robots and Machines

Those Mysterious Attacks In Cuba Probably Involved Weaponized Microwaves

By Dan Robitzski

China Is Serious About Cracking Down on Cryptocurrency

China Is Serious About Cracking Down on Cryptocurrency

By Victor Tangermann

China just announced new details for its Chang'e-4 lunar mission, including plans to study's the Moon's most ancient rocks for clues into its history.

China Will Send Two Robots to Study the Moon

By Kristin Houser