Technology

China-based Ant Financial and Vanguard are establishing a new robo advisor targeted to serve over 900 million users. (link)

U.S. is reportedly moving to limit exports of advanced technologies to China. If implemented, U.S. will limit technologies such as…

Eric Schmidt, Martin Lau of Tencent, Jean Liu of Didi, and David Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group discuss technology and innovation in China.(link)

China Science Fiction Research Institute has opened in Chengdu. It is the first institute dedicated to science fiction…

Academics studied crop and food sustainability in China — “22% of the world’s population but only 7% of the global cropland.” The study explores the trade-offs between domestic crop production, food imports, and environmental impacts. (link)

November venture capital in China reached $2B (link)

UBS is launching a digital hub in Hong Kong to connect fintech startups in the region and UBS high net worth clients. To date, UBS has invited about 100 startups into their digital hub. (link)

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China’s venture capital activity in June surpassed $2B. See our venture capital report for details

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Innovation

Xi Jinping’s remarks on scientific innovation

Energy and Climate

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Google’s A.I. Program’s defeat of the Chinese Go master shows a fundamental power of AI…a machine can scale trained intelligence significantly while humans can’t.