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1. Will rise of Chinese AI firm DeepSeek tilt the balance in US-China tech war?

The rise of little-known Chinese tech start-up DeepSeek has exposed weaknesses in America’s “small yard, high fence” strategy to contain China’s technological progress, according to experts.
2. Trump calls China’s DeepSeek AI leap a ‘wake-up call’ for US tech
US President Donald Trump has called Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek’s strong showing a “wake-up call” and “positive” for America’s tech sector, and also warned that he would slap tariffs on foreign-made semiconductor chips, including those made by Taiwan’s TSMC, if they do not start producing them stateside.
3. DeepSeek breakthrough, Nvidia rout raise concerns over massive AI spending
The model’s capabilities roughly match those of advanced models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google while having significantly lower training costs. Large US tech companies may follow suit and replicate some of the training techniques that DeepSeek leveraged to drive the cost of R1 down.
4. US tech stocks plunge on China AI’s unexpectedly strong showing

The US markets got a loud wake-up call on Monday when shares of major US artificial intelligence and semiconductor companies slumped on a wave of fear that Chinese companies were poised to surpass them in the high-stakes battle for supremacy.
5. Chinese AI disrupter DeepSeek claims top spot in US App Store, dethroning ChatGPT
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek’s chatbot app has dethroned OpenAI’s ChatGPT to claim the top spot on Apple’s US App Store, a development that could potentially change the AI landscape due to the firm’s open-sourced approach.
6. DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough could alter China’s ‘national fate’ in US tech war
In a widely shared Weibo social media post, Feng Ji, founder and chief executive at Black Myth: Wukong developer Game Science, wrote that DeepSeek’s achievements in AI could change China’s “national fate” amid its prolonged tech war with the US.
7. Beijing puts spotlight on China’s new face of AI, DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng

The founder of artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek, touted as 2025’s “biggest dark horse” in the open-source large language model (LLM) arena, emerged as the industry’s new face in China at a symposium hosted by Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Monday.


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Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek: 7 highlights

The logo of DeepSeek is displayed alongside its AI assistant app on a mobile phone. Photo: Reuters 

A DeepSeek app is shown on a a mobile phone. Photo: AFP

Nasdaq headquarters in Times Square in New York. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index fell sharply on Monday. Photo: AFP

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng (right) meets Chinese Premier Li Qiang. Photo: CCTV

China’s push for hi-tech dominance, Trump’s hopes for Sino-US ties: SCMP daily highlights

Early data shows that the intensity of China’s research spending continues to rise steadily, despite the economic headwinds. Photo: Shutterstock


Visitors wearing costumes take selfies at the opening of a Harry Potter-themed park in Japan in 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE

illustration by Lau Ka-kuen

An artist’s depiction of the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MSS) Mission. The four satellites have been collecting valuable data about the Earth’s magnetic field since 2015. Illustration: Nasa

China’s R&D spending passes US$496 billion in steady rise to hi-tech dominance

Tech war: China poised to expand AI infrastructure to keep pace with US Stargate project

The US-China rivalry in artificial intelligence has widened to cover the digital infrastructure used to drive the technology’s development. Photo: Shutterstock

US President Donald Trump announces the Stargate Project – accompanied by, from left, Oracle chairman Larry Ellison, SoftBank Group chief executive Masayoshi Son and OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman – in a press conference at the White House on January 21, 2025. Photo: TNS

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Everything you need to know from our coverage of the artificial intelligence start-up from China that has taken the tech world by surprise


Everything you need to know from our coverage of the artificial intelligence start-up from China that has taken the tech world by surprise.


Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek: 7 highlights

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1. Will rise of Chinese AI firm DeepSeek tilt the balance in US-China tech war?

Everything you need to know from our coverage of the artificial intelligence start-up from China that has taken the tech world by surprise