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Artificial intelligence
Alipay and Rokid open up ‘look-and-pay’ smart glasses function to developers
The function has been made available to participants in the Rokid Spatial Joy 25 Global AR and AI Developer Competition.
12 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
Huawei
Huawei bolsters AI ambitions with foundation model unit, recruits global talent
12 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM
China stock market
‘China’s little Nvidia’ warns of overheating risks after 723% share surge
12 Dec 2025 - 3:22PM
Huawei
China’s Huawei ramps up foldable handset battle with global launch of Mate X7
Huawei held nearly 70 per cent of China’s foldable smartphone market in the first three quarters, according to research firm IDC.
12 Dec 2025 - 10:41AM
The Huawei Mate X7 features a thickness of 4.5mm when unfolded. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence
AI race: Meta reportedly uses Alibaba’s Qwen for its ‘Avocado’ model
Reported move to reinvigorate Meta’s faltering AI effort with new ‘Avocado’ model is another likely win for Chinese AI.
11 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling
China’s top cybersecurity regulator has called Nvidia in for questioning about whether its products contain back doors.
11 Dec 2025 - 10:50AM
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Artificial intelligence
Less hype, more hardware: SenseTime banks on multimodal AI to regain its edge
SenseTime may have slipped from the spotlight as one of China’s “AI dragons”, but its tilt at multimodal, real-world AI hints at a comeback.
11 Dec 2025 - 8:12AM
SenseTime co-founder and chief scientist Lin Dahua. Photo: Vincent Chow
Mergers & Acquisitions
Chinese supercomputer maker Sugon and chip developer Hygon call off merger plans
The aborted merger dashes industry expectations for a major domestic ecosystem covering advanced processors and high-performance servers.
10 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba names AI-lab leader Zhou Jingren as new group partner
He will join the 17-member Alibaba Partnership, which steers the company’s course and includes co-founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai.
10 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
Semiconductors
China’s Moore Threads to unveil AI chip road map to rival Nvidia’s CUDA system
Founder Zhang Jianzhong is expected to launch the firm’s next-generation AI chip architecture and MUSA platform road map in Beijing.
10 Dec 2025 - 5:01PM
Artificial intelligence
Microsoft makes US$17.5 billion pledge for AI cloud in India
The country of 1.45 billion people is increasingly drawing the attention of AI power brokers as a market and a source of talent and data.
10 Dec 2025 - 12:03PM
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (left) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: Microsoft via AP
Artificial intelligence
OpenAI names first chief of revenue as ChatGPT maker aims to make a profit
OpenAI is facing increased competition from rivals, including Google, which last month unleashed the latest version of its own AI assistant.
10 Dec 2025 - 10:45AM
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba creates new unit to push consumer use of its Qwen AI models
Significant organisational change underlines company’s determination to turn the Qwen chatbot into a ‘super app’.
10 Dec 2025 - 10:00AM
Semiconductors
China’s AI developers to welcome Nvidia’s H200 chip shipments, analysts say
Nvidia faces stronger domestic competition from the likes of Huawei, Cambricon, Moore Threads and MetaX.
9 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
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China’s private sector
Tencent quits Paramount’s Warner Bros bid amid US regulatory concerns
Tencent has been dropped as a financing partner from Paramount Skydance’s US$108 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery.
9 Dec 2025 - 7:06PM
Tencent’s failed bid underscores how US regulatory oversight is narrowing the space for Chinese investment in US media and technology deals. Photo: Shutterstock
Ant Group
Ant International signs WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu as brand ambassador
Payments firm says star player ‘embodies the spirit of perseverance’ driving young people and small businesses to ‘uplift their communities’.
9 Dec 2025 - 12:01AM
Liang Wenfeng
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng cleans up on chip firm Moore Threads’ IPO
Liang’s quantitative hedge fund, High-Flyer, subscribes to more than 80,000 Moore Threads shares, which saw a stellar trading debut in Shanghai.
8 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
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Artificial intelligence
China AI chipmaker MetaX draws more IPO investors than Moore Threads
More than 5 million investors vied for allotments in the chipmaker’s share offering, which aims to raise US$594 million.
8 Dec 2025 - 7:30PM
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Founded in 2020, MetaX is viewed as one of China’s best hopes to develop chips that can rival Nvidia’s high-performance AI processors. Photo: Handout
China’s private sector
ByteDance’s agentic AI smartphone dials up a digital backlash by China’s top apps
ByteDance’s new AI smartphone has run into resistance, as major Chinese platforms move to block its features citing fairness and security.
7 Dec 2025 - 10:00AM
Made in China 2025
China’s Pudu Robotics rolls out overseas charm offensive with robot dog
Quadruped dubbed D5 from Pudu – founded by former HKUST engineering student Felix Zhang – draws crowds at Tokyo expo.
7 Dec 2025 - 9:00AM
Huawei
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei sees divergence in US and China AI strategies
US focusing on supercomputing power while China is adopting a more practical approach to solve real-world problems, says Ren Zhengfei.
8 Dec 2025 - 9:13AM
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Xiaomi
China’s Xiaomi says returns from AI investments ‘far exceed expectations’
Xiaomi’s smart EV, AI and other new initiatives turned a profit for the first time in the third quarter.
5 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM
A Xiaomi SU7 Ultra electric vehicle is displayed during a media day for the Shanghai Auto Show, April 23, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence
Moore Threads aspires to become ‘leading global player’ in AI chips after IPO
Unlike Huawei, Moore Threads’ GPUs, along with its own MUSA platform, are compatible with Nvidia’s CUDA ecosystem.
5 Dec 2025 - 5:00PM
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Banking & finance
CSRC vows deeper reforms to open China’s capital market and boost tech listings
CSRC chairman Wu Qing outlines ‘deep transformation’ of capital market to attract long-term investors who ‘can stay and can develop well’.
5 Dec 2025 - 5:01PM
Meta Platforms
Meta plans budget cuts as high as 30% to its metaverse efforts
Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse vision has not taken off despite his conviction that people will one day work and play in virtual worlds.
5 Dec 2025 - 10:19AM
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