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In China, police are now patrolling the streets with a rolling spherical robot that can chase down suspects and beat them in a fight.

Chinese Police Deploy Rolling BB-8-STyle Robot to Patrol Streets, Chase Down Suspects

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new payload of fruit flies on China's Tiangong space station will be used to study the effects of living in deep space environment.

China Deploys Fruit Flies in Space Station

By Frank Landymore

$Novo Nordisk has launched its weight-loss drug Wegovy in China — but for a tiny fraction of what it's charging customers in the US.$

Wait, Why Is Novo Selling Weight Loss Drugs for So Cheap in China?

By Victor Tangermann

Last month, news emerged that Chinese hackers penetrated the networks of a number of US broadband providers. The situation is even worse.

It Appears That Chinese Hackers Have Stolen Your Naughty Texts

By Victor Tangermann

China has shown off a reusable shuttle that it intends to use to ferry cargo to and from its Tiangong space station.

China Shows Off Reusable Space Shuttle

By Victor Tangermann

China's military is working on an experimental weapon system that converges multiple streams of microwaves into a powerful energy beam.

China Working on Energy Weapon That Converges Multiple Beams

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook owner Meta's open source Llama model is being used by the Chinese military. Meta appears to be OK with that.

The Chinese Military Is Weaponizing Facebook’s Open Source AI

By Victor Tangermann

China has showed off a concept for its upcoming Long March 9, a ultra heavy-lift reusable rocket that looks a lot like SpaceX's Starship.

China’s New Spaceship Is a Blatant Ripoff of SpaceX’s Starship

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese space startup Deep Blue Aerospace sold tickets for a 12-minute journey to space, which could take place as soon as 2027.

Chinese Startup Offers Trips to Edge of Space for an Absolute Bargain, Sells Out in Minutes

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese astronauts on board the country's Tiangong space station have given us a rare glimpse into what life is like roughly 260 miles above.

Watch Astronauts Give a Rare Tour of China’s Luxurious Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

In its effort to compete with SpaceX, China has launched the first internet satellites in own constellation — and astronomers are irked.

China Joins SpaceX in Ruining Astronomy for Everybody

By Noor Al-Sibai

China's Manned Space Agency (CMSA) has shown off a spacesuit designed to be worn by astronauts on the surface of the Moon.

China Unveils Spacesuit for Upcoming Moon Landing

By Victor Tangermann

China experienced a major military setback earlier this year when its secret nuclear submarine sank right after being launched.

China Embarrassed When Brand-New Secret Nuclear Submarine Instantly Sinks

By Noor Al-Sibai

Chinese researchers claim that by using the radiation emitted by SpaceX's Starlink constellation, they can detect enemy stealth fighter jets.

Chinese Researchers Say They Can Detect Stealth Aircraft Using Starlink Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

Samples returned by China's Chang'e 5 mission suggest the Moon could still be volcanically active today, a tantalizing finding.

Chinese Lander Finds Evidence of Active Volcanos on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

China has moved up the date for its Mars sample return mission while the US slashes its own trip to collect rocks from the Red Planet.

As NASA’s Mars Sample Return Stumbles, China Is Looking to Beat Them to the Punch

By Noor Al-Sibai

Viral footage shows what appear to be humanoid robots posing at a conference in Beijing. They're actually human cosplayers.

Chinese Company Busted Showing Off Humanoid Robots That Actually Have Humans Inside

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists in China have discovered a shockingly simple trick to extract large quantities of water from lunar soil.

Chinese Scientists Extract Water From Lunar Soil

By Noor Al-Sibai

Chinese scientists want to build a magnetic launch system that spins up and then throws cargo from the Moon's surface to Earth.

Chinese Scientists Working on Magnetic Launch System to Fling Cargo From Moon’s Surface Back to Earth

By Sharon Adarlo

More robotaxis are coming to California after Chinese startup WeRide got the green light to test out its autonomous vehicles in the state.

Artificial Intelligence

Chinese Company Approved to Test Robotaxis in California

By Sharon Adarlo

To address its manpower shortage, Ukraine is planning to let lose packs of robot dogs against the invading Russian military.

Ukraine Is Getting Ready to Unleash a Swarm of Robot Dogs

By Sharon Adarlo

An amateur Austrian space photographer has managed a difficult feat — capturing imagery of China's secretive Shenlong spaceplane.

Amateur Spacewatcher Uses Telescope to Spot Secret Chinese Spaceplane in Orbit

By Noor Al-Sibai

China has deployed its first batch of satellites as it seeks to rival SpaceX's Starlink communications megaconstellation.

China Launches First Portion of Satellite Megaconstellation

By Noor Al-Sibai

As Bloomberg reports, a fleet of Baidu robotaxis is triggering traffic jams in the city of Wuhan, frustrating residents.

Advanced Transport

China Flooded With Robotaxis Causing Traffic Jams

By Victor Tangermann

China's mysterious Shenlong spacecraft may be doing more than just testing out its spacefaring capabilities, experts warn.

Chinese Spacecraft Has Secret Military Use, Experts Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have discovered traces of water while poring over lunar soil samples collected by China's Chang'e-5 rover.

China Detects Water in Samples It Collected From the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted an AI video that disrespects China President Xi Jinping on the social media platform X-formerly-Twitter.

Elon Musk, With Tesla Factories in China, Tweets AI Video of Chinese President Xi Jinping Wearing Pooh Clothes

By Sharon Adarlo

China has built the OceanX, "the world's largest single-capacity floating wind turbine platform." It can withstand hurricanes and typhoons.

China Installs Giant Wind Turbine Built to Harness Power of Hurricanes

By Sharon Adarlo

Two astronauts ventured outside of China's Tiangong space station to armor its exterior against incoming space debris.

China Fortifies Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

In a spiteful retort earlier this week, NASA administrator Bill Nelson said the agency was willing to work with China to examine Moon rocks.

The Head of NASA Is Being Awfully Catty About China’s Amazing New Moon Samples

By Victor Tangermann

During a test launch, a Chinese company accidentally launched one of its rockets, which crashed spectacularly into a nearby mountain.

Chinese Rocket Accidentally Launches During Test, Soars Over City and Crashes Into Mountain

By Noor Al-Sibai

The US enacted a law in 2011 that forbids NASA from cooperating with China, which means it may not be able to study the latest Moon rocks.

There’s an Extremely Stupid Reason NASA Scientists Can’t Study China’s Amazing New Moon Rocks

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese scientists have made an unusual discovery while analyzing the sample Chang'e-5 collected from the Moon's surface in December 2020.

China Finds Something Strange in Sample Retrieved From Moon

By Victor Tangermann

China's Chang'e 6 lunar probe has officially returned the first samples collected from the far side of the Moon.

Chinese Spacecraft Lands on Earth With First Samples in Human History from Far Side of Moon

By Victor Tangermann

A video making its rounds in China unmasks a hidden pipe feeding what is claimed to be the country's tallest, uninterrupted waterfall.

Science & Energy

Hiker Alarmed to Find Pipe Feeding China’s Tallest Waterfall

By Victor Tangermann

As China prepares to beef up its weight loss drug market, the Danish firm that makes Ozempic may soon have its dominance threatened.

RX and Medicine

China’s Creating Cheapo Versions of Ozempic That Could Majorly Shake Up the Market

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new interview, a former OpenAI employee made a shocking admission about his ex-employer's plans for AGI.

Former OpenAI Employee Says Company Had Plan to Start AGI Bidding War With China and Russia

By Noor Al-Sibai

China's Chang'e-6 rover planted a flag on the Moon's far side, a victory lap for the country's highly successful lunar program.

China Plants First-Ever National Flag on Far Side of Moon

By Victor Tangermann

China has just successfully scored its latest forte in the space race after landing on the Moon's dark side for the second time.

China Lands on Dark Side of the Moon, Prepares to Gather Loot and Return to Earth

By Noor Al-Sibai

Last month, China sent four zebrafish to its space station Tiangong. And so far, the fish are thriving in the microgravity environment.

Fish on Board China’s Space Station Are Doing Swimmingly, Confused as Hell

By Sharon Adarlo

Tesla is preparing to introduce FSD to the Chinese market and considering turning it into a monthly subscription.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Makes Moves to Roll Out Its Controversial “Full Self-Driving” Tech in China

By Noor Al-Sibai

China has released video footage of its gun-toting robot dogs, and it's about as scary as you were probably imagining.

Video Shows China’s Rifle-Equipped Robot Dog Opening Fire on Targets

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

China's navy has apparently tested out its hypersonic rail gun — but during a demonstration of its power, things didn't go quite as planned.

China Uses Giant Rail Gun to Shoot Smart Bomb Nine Miles Into the Sky

By Noor Al-Sibai

In China, the AI cloning of dead relatives has become a thriving cottage industry, driving down prices and spurring technological advances.

Artificial Intelligence

People Are Selling AI Clones of Dead Relatives for Just $150

By Noor Al-Sibai

Images show what appear to be a small rover attached to China's Chang'e-6 sample return mission on the far side of the Moon.

Chinese Moon Lander Appears to Be Carrying Secret Lunar Rover

By Victor Tangermann

China launched a probe for the Moon's mysterious dark side and hopes to collect rocks and samples to bring back to Earth.

China Launches Spacecraft to Collect First-Ever Samples From Moon’s Dark Side

By Sharon Adarlo

China has shown off a CGI video of its vision of an international lunar base, which features a NASA Space Shuttle for some reason.

China Releases CGI Video of Moon Base and It Contains Something Very Strange

By Victor Tangermann

In China, scientists are developing technology that uses lasers to propel submarines nearly as fast as a jet engine.

Advanced Transport

China Working on Super-Fast Submarines Powered by Lasers

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to a recent report, China's data centers could soon consume more water than all of South Korea, in large part thanks to AI.

Artificial Intelligence

Report: Thanks to AI, China’s Data Centers Will Drink More Water Than All of South Korea by 2030

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's administrator is once again making outrageous claims about China's space capabilities, fueling the rivalry between the two.

Head of NASA Says China Is Hiding Military Experiments in Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new study discovered that nearly half of China's major cities are caving into the Earth, adding to a growing global issue of subsidence.

Chinese Cities Are Sinking Into the Earth, Scientists Find

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Chinese rocket maker Space Epoch has announced a partnership with Alibaba-owned Taobao to make global rocket deliveries in just one hour.

Alibaba Exploring How to Deliver Cheap Plastic Garbage Via Space Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

As the space race heats up, the US is growing increasingly concerned about China, its chief adversary, using the Moon to launch attacks.

US Military Commander Worries China Could Launch Attack From Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

The China Manned Space Agency revealed the names of its crewed capsule, as well as a lander, which will lower crews down to the surface.

China Announces Name of Spacecraft Landing Crew on Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Philippines claimed that Chinese fishermen are intentionally using cyanide to destroy the Scarborough Shoal, a tropical atoll.

Science & Energy

China Accused of Pumping Cyanide Into Ocean to Kill Life

By Sharon Adarlo

The China National Space Administration is encouraging companies to come up with a special device that can squeeze moon soil into bricks

New Chinese Lander to Start Building Base From Moon Dust Bricks

By Victor Tangermann

In China, new artificial intelligence chatbots offer romance and companionship that can rival that of a human lover.

Artificial Intelligence

Chinese Women Say AI Boyfriends Are “Better Than a Real Man”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Chinese scientists have opened the deepest and largest underground lab in the world to study dark matter particles.

China Opens Huge Underground Dark Matter Lab

By Victor Tangermann

Now that NASA is pushing back the Artemis lunar mission again, Congress is more anxious than ever that China will beat the US to the Moon.

Congress Terrified China Will Beat the United States to the Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

Before important elections in Taiwan, the island nation sent out an air raid for a Chinese satellite flying overhead.

Taiwan Sets Off Air Raid Siren as Chinese Satellite Flies Overhead

By Sharon Adarlo

Videos show what appears to be a pair of Chinese rocket boosters crashing in inhabited areas in the country's Sichuan province.

Videos Show Chinese Rocket Parts Raining Down, Exploding

By Victor Tangermann

China's population is falling and falling -- and that's a major problem for its economic and demographic outlook.

Leaked Data Shows China Is in Deep Trouble

By Sharon Adarlo

Amateur astronomer and satellite tracker Scott Tilley says China's top-secret spaceplane is emitting strong signals over North America.

Chinese Spacecraft Emitting Strong Signal Over North America

By Victor Tangermann

After embarking on its third mission, China's top-secret spaceplane dubbed Shenlong has released six mysterious objects into Earth's orbit.

Chinese Spaceplane Releases Six Mysterious Objects That Are Emitting Signals

By Victor Tangermann