13 December 2024

Local government officials across China are rushing to introduce policies to level up the innovation and deployment of robots, especially humanoid robots, as Beijing’s policymakers upped the ante for future industries at the tone-setting central economic work conference. The cities of Hangzhou, Chongqing and Nanjing, plus a part of the southwestern Sichuan province, have released

China’s video gaming industry grew 7.53 per cent this year, reaching record sales of 325.8 billion yuan (US$44.8 billion), aided by the release of new hit games, according to the country’s semi-official gaming industry association. The figures for the domestic video game market, the second-largest in the world, mark the highest annual sales since the

Britain’s financial regulator is taking longer than usual to approve fast-fashion retailer Shein’s initial public offering because it is checking its supply chain oversight and assessing legal risks after an advocacy group for China’s Uygur population challenged the listing, according to two sources close to the matter. Britain’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, a monitoring body of