China launches first GEO Yaogan satellite as India lofts record-mass commsat China launched a new Yaogan reconnaissance satellite late Sunday, following India’s launch of its highest mass communications satellite to date.

In this conversation, the FT’s John Thornhill and MIT Technology Review’s Caiwei Chen consider the battle between Silicon Valley and Beijing for technological supremacy.

China’s ruling Communist Party said Thursday it will focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and technology, a long-running push that has become more pronounced as the U.S. has imposed increasingly tight controls on access to semiconductors and other high-tech items.

While Chinese medical technology companies are gaining market share, insiders said trust still needs to be built for global success.

China already has two large underwater data centers. The first, off the coast of Hainan, launched in 2022 and is now in full commercial use. A second, $226 million project off Shanghai recently went online and is powered partly by offshore wind. Both rely on the ocean’s naturally cold water for cooling.

The advantage many miss is simpler: China ... technology bend fights. Accelerate ready mass. Keep F-35 production healthy; fast-track software drops and electronic-warfare upgrades that raise mission-capable rates and lethality without waiting for new ...

Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic administrations has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American firms to sell technology to Chinese police,

The coffee giant entered China more than a quarter of a century ago but has faced tough competition in recent years.

Chinese scientists have reportedly developed a new prototype “morphing” hypersonic vehicle that can fly faster than Mach 5 (6,174 kph). According to reports, this new technology can change shape mid-flight.