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Artificial intelligence
China-founded AI start-up Manus acquired by Meta for ‘billions’
Deal will bring Singapore-based Manus’ ‘leading agent to billions of people’, Meta says.
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Huawei
Huawei hails Ascend AI ecosystem as Atlas 900 supernode rolls out
2 hours ago
Cryptocurrency
Trip.com tests stablecoin, offering USDT and USDC for prepaid bookings
30 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM
Hong Kong stock market
Xiaomi dips on co-founder’s US$2 billion share sale plan
Co-founder and vice-chairman Lin Bin plans to offload no more than US$500 million in any 12-month period starting in December 2026.
29 Dec 2025 - 4:25PM
Customers try Xiaomi 17 series smartphones at a Xiaomi store in Nanjing, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, on September 27, 2025. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
Semiconductors
Nexperia China eyes new wafer suppliers amid legal fight with Dutch chipmaker
Nexperia owner Wingtech says the China unit produced more than 11 billion chips since mid-October, despite wafer supply constraints.
27 Dec 2025 - 6:36PM
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Semiconductors
China’s CXMT in crosshairs of South Korean prosecutors over Samsung tech leak
Prosecutors in Seoul indict 10 people, including ex-Samsung executives, for allegedly leaking the firm’s technology to memory chipmaker CXMT.
27 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM
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Artificial intelligence
Zhipu AI ramps up push towards human-level AI, reiterates open source pledge
The firm’s campaign to engage with the global tech community comes after it unveiled the latest iteration of its flagship GLM model series.
26 Dec 2025 - 10:00PM
The Zhipu AI logo is displayed on a smartphone with the home page in background, June 26, 2025. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Semiconductors
Chinese EV battery giant CATL and Guoxin Micro set up new automotive chip firm
The two companies expect to launch Tongxin Micro Technology as a developer of automotive domain controller chips.
26 Dec 2025 - 11:14PM
TikTok
China’s stance on TikTok deal seen as acceptance, not approval: analysts
In 2020, a similar arrangement between ByteDance, Oracle and Walmart fell apart after China revised its export control list.
26 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
Robotics
Tech giants go prime time in the fight for China’s biggest audience
ByteDance, Tencent and Alibaba are in talks over Spring Festival Gala sponsorship packages, as AI rivalry becomes a fight for ad real estate.
29 Dec 2025 - 8:53PM
Smartphones
Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra, backed by Leica, challenges Apple’s iPhone Pro Max in imaging
The 17 Ultra’s US$998 starting price is nearly 8 per cent higher than the previous generation owing to the soaring cost of memory chips.
25 Dec 2025 - 11:14PM
Xiaomi’s new 17 Ultra premium smartphone. Photo: Weibo
Semiconductors
Chinese AI champion iFlytek forms new entity to expand into semiconductor design
Shandong Yixun Information Technology’s scope of operations includes integrated circuit design and other AI-related fields.
24 Dec 2025 - 10:00PM
Artificial intelligence
AI-for-Science start-up DP Technology raises US$114 million in Series C round
The Beijing-based AI-for-Science firm said the Series C round would fund hiring and R&D, as interest grows in using AI to speed up scientific discovery.
24 Dec 2025 - 9:24PM
Artificial intelligence
ByteDance, other major Chinese tech firms lead local consumer AI market: report
ByteDance-owned Doubao remains the country’s top consumer AI app, as DeepSeek’s namesake chatbot takes the No 2 spot.
24 Dec 2025 - 8:31PM
Robotics
China’s AgiBot aims for US$142 million revenue as humanoid robots gain momentum
Fast-growing robotics start-up expects to ship out 5,000 units in 2025 amid Beijing backing of the embodied intelligence industry.
24 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM
A customer communicates with an AgiBot humanoid robot at a car dealership in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
Xiaomi
China’s Xiaomi rejects claims of military ties after appeal by US lawmakers
Smartphone-to-vehicle giant says it ‘has always been and continues to be a consumer product company’.
23 Dec 2025 - 7:29PM
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Alibaba
Alibaba’s DingTalk rolls out Agent OS as it bets bigger on AI agents
DingTalk is moving beyond software into a fuller-stack AI agent play, launching a dedicated operating system and physical terminals.
23 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
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Cybersecurity
China’s Kuaishou hit by breach as explicit content floods live-streaming rooms
Short-video platform’s services are thrown into chaos on Monday night after the cyberattack it blames on ‘black and grey industries’.
24 Dec 2025 - 8:38AM
Explicit content flooded Kuaishou’s high-traffic live rooms for more than an hour on Monday night, reports say. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors
Nvidia aims to start H200 AI chip shipments to China by mid-February: sources
The US chip designer plans to fulfil initial orders from existing stock, with shipments expected to total 40,000 to 80,000 H200 chips.
23 Dec 2025 - 4:33PM
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TikTok owner ByteDance’s valuation hits US$500 billion as US plan advances
Figure marks a record for China’s tech giant, which will divest its US entity into a joint venture that includes Oracle and Silver Lake.
22 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
Huawei
Huawei’s HarmonyOS crosses ‘survival line’ as user base hits 27 million
HarmonyOS 6, the latest iteration, was initially made available to developers in June and released to Chinese consumers in October.
22 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
Robotics
Building a humanoid robot without China? Then you better bring a bigger wallet
China has issued five times the number of patents related to humanoid robots than the US, says Morgan Stanley.
21 Dec 2025 - 7:30AM
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A technician teaches a humanoid robot to use a wrench to tighten a bolt at a data collection pre-training center for humanoid robots in Hefei, east China’s Anhui Province. Photo: Xinhua
ByteDance
ByteDance raises pay, boosts bonuses to retain staff amid AI talent war
The TikTok owner has announced higher bonuses, wider pay bands and faster equity payouts as it seeks to stay competitive in the global talent race.
20 Dec 2025 - 4:41PM
Robotics
China’s humanoid arms race: start-ups debut robots for stores, offices and factories
China’s latest venture-backed robotics contenders are unveiling ever more humanlike machines for reception desks, stores and factory floors.
22 Dec 2025 - 9:39AM
Artificial intelligence
China’s Sugon launches AI infrastructure to rival platforms from Nvidia, Huawei
The Beijing-based supercomputer maker says its scaleX platform represents China’s first 10,000-card AI supercluster.
19 Dec 2025 - 10:00PM
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