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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.
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Artificial intelligence
China’s Xreal to power Google’s Android AI glasses as smart eyewear demand grows
11 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
Artificial intelligence
AI race: Meta reportedly uses Alibaba’s Qwen for its ‘Avocado’ model
11 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin drops below US$90,000 as AI worries sour risk appetite
The fall signals renewed market jitters after the historic crypto crash in October.
11 Dec 2025 - 4:03PM
Standard Chartered slashes expectations that bitcoin would hit US$200,000 by the end of 2025, lowering its forecast to US$100,000. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence
AI’s US$400 billion problem: Are chips getting old too fast?
Before the AI wave unleashed by ChatGPT, cloud computing giants typically assumed that their chips and servers would last about six years.
11 Dec 2025 - 11:46AM
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
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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
Supercomputer maker Sugon remains the largest shareholder of chip designer Hygon. Photo: Handout
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
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
Robotics
China’s Deep Robotics raises US$70 million as sector draws more investors
Company founder Zhu Qiuguo says the new funding would be used for research and the recruitment of top robotics talent.
10 Dec 2025 - 9:00AM
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
Artificial intelligence
DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng among top 10 ‘people who shaped science in 2025’
British journal Nature’s top 10 list gives credit to the man behind the widely acclaimed, Chinese-developed R1 reasoning AI model.
9 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM
Smartphones
Z.ai open sources AI agent tool for phones after ByteDance privacy backlash
Beijing-based Z.ai said its work in ‘teaching AI how to use a smartphone’ dates back to early 2023.
9 Dec 2025 - 5:00PM
Robotics
Chinese home appliance giant Midea unveils 6-arm robot for factory work
China is witnessing a surge of interest and strategic investment in the deployment of humanoid robots.
9 Dec 2025 - 3:11PM
The Midea booth is seen at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, in southern China’s Guangdong province, April 15, 2025. Photo: AFP
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
Artificial intelligence
Chinese open-source models account for 30% of global AI use: report
Producing globally competitive models makes China a close peer of the US in AI development.
8 Dec 2025 - 5:30PM
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Hong Kong
Crypto exchange Gate weighs Hong Kong licence return amid high compliance costs
Hong Kong’s policies pose some difficulties and covering the cost of operating locally is difficult, founder and CEO Lin Han says.
8 Dec 2025 - 10:18AM
Lin Han, founder and CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Gate. 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
Artificial intelligence
How China’s solopreneurs are using AI to crack a tough job market
Armed with a variety of AI tools, a new breed of young entrepreneurs forges a path in a challenging economy.
6 Dec 2025 - 4:00PM
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
The Chinese capital market requires a “deep transformation” to enhance its “inclusiveness and adaptability”, says Wu Qing. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence
Bill Gates’ daughter lands US$30 million for star-backed AI firm
The capital raise will value the start-up at US$180 million and comes just months after Phia completed its first US$8 million funding round.
5 Dec 2025 - 11:15AM
Made in China 2025
End of an era: Japan’s Canon shuts China printer plant as local rivals rise
Closure marks a turning point, where Chinese brands have not only caught up with foreign rivals but have also begun to dominate home market.
5 Dec 2025 - 8:00AM
Artificial intelligence
Can China fund its AI push? Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt casts doubt
Capital from the government and Big Tech firms is set to make up for any lack of market-driven capital, analysts say.
4 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
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