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China’s 788-EFLOP AI Super-Brain: How Beijing’s Massive Compute Push Is Rewiring Global Artificial Intelligence

China’s 788-EFLOP AI Super-Brain: How Beijing’s Massive Compute Push Is Rewiring Global Artificial Intelligence

BEIJING, Nov. 17, 2025 — An AI “power grid” behind the scenes China’s AI boom isn’t just about flashy chatbots or humanoid robots; it’s being driven by a vast, largely invisible infrastructure of intelligent computing centres, dense racks of servers and accelerators
November 18, 2025
This Fern Grows Rare‑Earth Crystals Inside Its Leaves - and It Could Rewrite ‘Green Mining’

This Fern Grows Rare‑Earth Crystals Inside Its Leaves – and It Could Rewrite ‘Green Mining’

What the scientists actually found In Blechnum orientale, a known REE‑accumulating fern, rare‑earth ions taken up from soil first precipitate as nanoparticles between plant cells and then crystallize into monazite‑(La) inside leaf tissues. The EST authors describe dendritic nanocrystals forming under ambient
November 12, 2025
China’s Digital Yuan Quietly Surges Past $2 Trillion—And a New ‘Dual‑Center’ Signals What Comes Next

China Digital Yuan Quietly Surges Past $2 Trillion – And a New ‘Dual‑Center’ Signals What Comes Next

The story China’s central bank says the digital RMB has moved beyond experimentation into an initial ecosystem, clocking ¥14.2 trillion in cumulative transactions by the end of September 2025. The pilot now spans 26 localities across 17 provincial‑level regions, with retail and
November 11, 2025
Phones, Micro‑Drones, One‑Click Pickup: China Supercharges Duty‑Free Shopping to Jump‑Start Spending

Phones, Micro‑Drones, One‑Click Pickup: China Supercharges Duty‑Free Shopping to Jump‑Start Spending

What changed—at a glance 1) Tax refund & duty‑free rules for domestic goods.Domestic products sold in outbound port or downtown duty‑free shops will be treated as exports and can qualify for VAT/consumption‑tax refunds (or exemptions)—a structural incentive to put more quality “Made‑in‑China”
November 11, 2025
240 Photos Per Kiwi?! Inside China’s AI Sorting Lines That Promise Better‑Tasting Fruit From Shaanxi

240 Photos Per Kiwi?! Inside China AI Sorting Lines That Promise Better‑Tasting Fruit From Shaanxi

What’s new in Zhouzhi: a factory for flavor consistency At the newly inaugurated Zhouzhi Kiwifruit Integrated Development Demonstration Center in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, high‑speed conveyors flip and rotate fruit under multi‑camera arrays that take 240 images per kiwi to flag blemishes
November 11, 2025
XPENG AEROHT Switches On the World’s First Flying‑Car Factory

It’s Happening: XPENG AEROHT Switches On the World’s First Flying‑Car Factory — Trial Production Begins in Guangzhou, Mass Deliveries Target 2026

What happened — and why it matters XPENG AEROHT, the flying‑car affiliate of Chinese EV maker XPENG, began trial production at what it calls the world’s first intelligent factory for mass‑produced flying cars on Monday, Nov. 3. The Guangzhou plant immediately rolled
November 9, 2025
EU €15k - €20k - New EV class to reboot affordability and blunt China surge

EU €15k – €20k ‘Small Car Initiative’ lands Dec. 10: New EV class to reboot affordability and blunt China’s surge

The announcement—and the name In her State of the Union address on September 10, 2025, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: “We will propose to work with industry on a new Small Affordable Cars initiative.” She added, “I believe Europe should
November 8, 2025