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Artificial intelligence
Meta sees role reversal as it adopts Alibaba’s Qwen to train AI models
Throughout 2023 and 2024, Chinese firms keen to catch up with the US used Meta’s Llama to help them build their own models.
13 Dec 2025 - 10:39AM
Artificial intelligence
Alipay and Rokid open up ‘look-and-pay’ smart glasses function to developers
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
Moore Threads shares drop 13 per cent on Friday after the GPU maker cautions investors to ‘make decisions prudently and invest rationally’.
12 Dec 2025 - 3:22PM
“The company’s shares have had a big swing in recent days,” says Moore Threads. Photo: Getty Images
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
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
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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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The Nvidia logo is displayed on a building in Taipei, Taiwan April 16, 2025. Photo: Reuters
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
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
Moore Threads Technology expects to release a new-generation graphics processing unit every year. Photo: Moore Threads
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
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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Nvidia’s H200 chips are expected to be in demand in China after Washington approved shipments to the country. Photo: Shutterstock
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
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
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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
Liang Wenfeng, the founder and CEO of artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek. Photo: Shutterstock
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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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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Huawei Technologies’ founder Ren Zhengfei in Taiyuan in Shanxi province on February 9, 2021. Photo: Xinhua
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
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
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