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New regulations effective April 10 ban algorithmic price discrimination and merchant coercion on Chinese internet platforms, capping a year-long crackdown on subsidy-fueled competition among Alibaba, JD.com, and Meituan.

AECC's AEP100 liquid hydrogen turboprop completed a 16-minute maiden flight in Zhuzhou, producing zero carbon emissions and establishing China's lead in hydrogen aviation propulsion.

Stanford HAI's annual AI Index report reveals that China has nearly closed the gap with the US on model benchmarks, generative AI adoption has outpaced the PC and internet, and AI data centers now draw enough power to run New York state.

The second Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon on April 19 will field over 300 robots from 100-plus teams, up from 20 in 2025, with a new autonomous navigation category.

A trove of late Ediacaran fossils in Yunnan province reveals bilaterians, deuterostomes, and comb jellies existed at least four million years before the Cambrian explosion, reshaping the timeline of animal evolution.

The EU and US are finalizing a non-binding agreement to coordinate critical minerals supply chains and challenge China's processing dominance, while the DOE launches a $69 million funding program for domestic extraction and refining.

A fleet of 100 autonomous electric trucks at China's Yimin coal mine has exceeded productivity benchmarks by 20 percent after nearly a year, replacing 300 diesel trucks and 1,200 drivers.

China's Announcement 18 export controls on seven rare earth elements remain permanently active, disrupting defense supply chains and forcing the U.S. to accelerate a mine-to-magnet strategy still years from completion.

A fossil assemblage preserved as carbonaceous films in Yunnan Province reveals more than 700 specimens of complex animals, including the oldest known deuterostomes, dating to 554-539 million years ago and closing a major gap between the Ediacaran period and the Cambrian explosion.

Beijing's E-Town district is hosting the world's largest humanoid robot race, with a fivefold increase in robot participants and a new autonomous navigation category.

Alibaba's Damo Academy has announced the XuanTie C950, a 5nm RISC-V CPU core capable of natively running hundred-billion-parameter language models, marking RISC-V's first serious entry into high-end AI computing.

U.S. investigators believe China-affiliated hackers penetrated the FBI's Digital Collection System Network, which manages FISA warrants and wiretap surveillance, by exploiting a commercial ISP vendor relationship.