The Digital Architectural Shift2026-07-08
The 2026 Global Digital Economy Conference held in Beijing from July 2 to 5 served as a compelling showcase of milestones shaping China's digital future, offering a blueprint for what organizers called a digital-friendly city.
Pakistani Student Wins "Progress Star" Award at Chinese University2026-07-08
A 20-year-old Pakistani student has been recognized for academic excellence in China, receiving a "Progress Star" award for outstanding preparatory overseas students at Northeast Normal University (NENU) for the second semester of the 2025-2026 academic year.
China Moves to Govern the Platform Economy It Built2026-07-07
The draft amendment to China's e-commerce law, released for public comment in early July by the market regulator and the commerce ministry, is a modest document of twenty provisions. In practice it marks a shift in how the state intends to manage the digital economy for the rest of the decade.
Pakistan-China Knowledge Corridor Begins in Beijing2026-07-07
The Chairman of Pakistan's Higher Education Commission (HEC) Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmad Akhtar, leading a high-powered delegation of vice chancellors, directors from nine leading Pakistani universities and HEC members, called for the launch of a "knowledge corridor" as the third phase of Pak-China cooperation during wide-ranging talks with Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) President Prof. Duan Peng.
Pakistan team wins top honors in first CICA Skills Competition in Guangzhou2026-07-03
The Pakistani delegation claimed championship in the high-voltage cable intelligent operation and inspection category at the inaugural CICA International Skills Competition held in Guangzhou from June 30 to July 4 and also received the Outstanding Organization Award for their rigorous conduct, orderly coordination and active engagement in the exchange.
China's June PMI Signals a Quiet Industrial Pivot2026-07-03
China's factory activity picked up pace in June, with high-tech production climbing on demand tied to the global AI investment boom. The manufacturing PMI reached 50.3 in June, beating a Reuters consensus of 50.1 and marking the fourth straight month above the expansion line.
How China is edging toward a robotic surgery hub2026-07-02
When Professor Prokar Dasgupta operated in London on a 62-year-old prostate-cancer patient from Gibraltar earlier this year, the distance drew the headlines: about 1,500 miles between a surgeon at a console in Britain and a robotic system moving inside an operating room in Gibraltar, at the southern edge of the Iberian Peninsula. The robot was Chinese-made — Toumai, developed by Shanghai MicroPort MedBot.
MWC Shanghai 2026 Reveals China's AI Infrastructure Lead2026-06-29
The number that should command attention this week is not a geopolitical headline. It is 140 trillion. That is the daily AI token consumption across China as of March 2026, up from roughly 100 billion in early 2024, a thousandfold increase in two years, according to Liu Liehong, head of the National Data Administration. MWC Shanghai 2026, which closed on June 26, served as the stage for announcing what comes next.
