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Alibaba Group Holding’s chip design unit, T-Head, is said to be preparing to go public. Photo: Shutterstock

Big Tech

Alibaba, Baidu’s IPO plans for AI chip units bolster China’s self-reliance drive

Alibaba’s T-Head and Baidu’s Kunlunxin intensify competition to unseat Nvidia as China’s top supplier of high-performance AI chips.

From labs to listings: capital markets are the next battleground in the AI race

China’s Trip.com probe targets algorithms, prices after vendor anger: analysts

DJI ‘clones’ curiously emerge as China tech giant battles US scrutiny

Similar devices under new and different brands spark questions about potential efforts to circumvent trade curbs and maintain US market access for popular gadgets.

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The DJI Mavic Pro 2, with an integrated Hasselblad camera, flies towards a forest. Photo: Shutterstock Images
The DJI Mavic Pro 2, with an integrated Hasselblad camera, flies towards a forest. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Policy

TikTok US joint venture seen resembling Apple’s China iCloud deal

ByteDance retains algorithms and intellectual property rights and remains the largest single shareholder of the new joint venture.

Banking & Finance

Wealthy investors propel Hong Kong life insurance sales to another peak

The industry wrote US$34 billion worth of life policies in the first nine months of last year.

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Tech Trends

Computing constraints force China’s Zhipu to restrict AI coding service sign-ups

The issue reflects the challenge faced by Chinese AI firms to expand their businesses amid computing infrastructure constraints.

Zhipu AI’s GLM Coding Plan service was launched in September. Photo: Shutterstock
Zhipu AI’s GLM Coding Plan service was launched in September. Photo: Shutterstock

Business

Nomura banker buys HK$75 million house as Hong Kong luxury market steadies

Villa Rosa purchase comes as top banks strike an upbeat note on Hong Kong’s luxury housing market.

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Aerospace

China’s rocket start-ups push the envelope as IPOs gather pace

A policy-backed push to build commercial space champions is reshaping China’s IPO pipeline, with regulators signalling faster pathways.

China Business

Labubu maker Pop Mart rallies as new toy, state media spotlight spark confidence

Pop Mart CEO’s rare state media remarks and a hit collectible boost shares as China’s consumer stocks gain momentum.

Wang Ning says Pop Mart will grow alongside generation after generation of consumers. Photo: Handout

Banking & Finance

China’s Fosun Pharma eyes spin-off Hong Kong IPO of vaccine unit

Fosun Adgenvax (Chengdu) joins an IPO wave that raised more than US$1.5 billion last year for biotech companies.

Fosun Adgenvax is expected to remain a subsidiary of Fosun Pharma, which currently owns a 70.08 per cent stake. Photo: Handout
Fosun Adgenvax is expected to remain a subsidiary of Fosun Pharma, which currently owns a 70.08 per cent stake. Photo: Handout

China Economy

China lets yuan break through 7 per US dollar mark as dollar jitters grow

China’s central bank set the yuan fixing rate at under 7 per US dollar for the first time since mid-2023 as concerns over dollar assets mount.

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China Business

Major foreign carmakers set to stage a comeback in China this year: analysts

Foreign carmakers ‘will fight back because they will have the same products’ as their Chinese rivals, consultancy head Denis Depoux says.

China Business

Hong Kong stocks rise to 1-week high on China easing hope, US data

Hang Seng Index pares loss for the week after governor of China’s central bank signals more room for policy loosening.

A view of the People’s Bank of China building on March 6, 2025. Photo: VCG via Getty Images

China Business

Global funds, from BlackRock to Temasek, back China’s largest biotech firms

Global institutional investors have built up sizeable positions in firms including Innovent, 3SBio, WuXi Biologics, Jiangsu Hengrui, Akeso and BeOne.

Global investors have reaped sizeable rewards from their investments in Hong Kong-listed biotech and pharmaceutical companies in the past year. Photo: Shutterstock
Global investors have reaped sizeable rewards from their investments in Hong Kong-listed biotech and pharmaceutical companies in the past year. Photo: Shutterstock

Tech Trends

Alibaba prepares potential spin-off, listing of chip unit T-Head

The wholly owned chip unit will first be restructured into a separate business partly held by employees, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.

Property

Complaints against Hong Kong property agents rise faster than home sales

Market recovery exposes pressure points as complaints surge 56 per cent, with online advertising violations dominating cases.

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Big Tech

China curbs US AI chips, shuns foreign capital in pursuit of tech self-reliance

These restrictions signify a new phase in the US-China tech war where ‘offensive and defensive roles have shifted’, says an analyst.

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Illustration: Henry Wong
Illustration: Henry Wong

Banking & Finance

What does HSBC’s buyout of Hang Seng Bank mean for its future and investors?

HSBC’s historic US$13.6 billion buyout of Hang Seng Bank aims to cut costs, tackle bad debts and fuel growth, but challenges abound.

Tech War

China takes confident strides to develop more AI innovation in 2026

‘China’s tech innovation is poised for policy-driven growth in 2026, with AI placed at the centre of the country’s economic agenda,’ NYU’s Winston Ma says.

China Business

From hope to hard numbers: China stocks will need profits to boost the bull run

Chinese shares surged in 2025 on a confidence-led re-rating – strategists now say the next leg in 2026 will hinge on an earnings uplift.

Earnings, and not valuations, will be the main booster for China’s equities in the year ahead. Illustration: Henry Wong
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