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The redevelopment of the West Bund in Shanghai’s Xuhui district started in 2010. Photo: Getty Images

Shanghai’s West Bund defies property slump as it attracts MNCs like BMW, Adidas

Shanghai’s overall office vacancy rate rose to 22.4 per cent in June from 22.1 per cent at the end of 2024, according to CBRE.

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China’s AI glasses market takes shape as Xiaomi’s entry inspires early adopters

13 Jul 2025 - 11:00AM

US-China trade war

What are China’s ‘future industries’? And why they count in the global tech race

13 Jul 2025 - 9:35AMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

Chinese unicorn Moonshot launches AI model Kimi K2 in red-hot open-source market

Kimi K2 reflects a broader trend in the AI sector towards open-source development to improve efficiency and gain wider product adoption.

12 Jul 2025 - 6:02PM

With its open-sourced Kimi K2 model, Moonshot is looking to gain fresh attention in the global AI market. Photo: Shutterstock

Huawei eyes export of AI chips to Middle East, Southeast Asia to rival Nvidia

The Chinese firm has reached out to potential clients in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Thailand about buying its Ascend 910B processors.

12 Jul 2025 - 1:08PMvideocam

US-China tech war

Chinese lidar maker Hesai loses lawsuit against US government for blacklisting

Hesai, the world’s largest maker of automotive lidar sensors, was added to the Pentagon’s blacklist last year.

12 Jul 2025 - 11:21AM

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Explainer | No-fly zone: what brought about China’s largest power bank scandal

The State Administration for Market Regulation expects to conclude its review of power bank products and batteries by the end of July.

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The State Administration for Market Regulation expects to conclude its review of power bank products and batteries by the end of July. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s state-asset watchdog explores role of stablecoins, other digital assets

The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission calls on state-backed firms to study the role of digital assets in trade.

11 Jul 2025 - 9:00PM

Huawei’s Pura 80 roll-out in Dubai is latest move in global smartphone push

The Pura 80 series, which debuted in mainland China last month, marks Huawei’s latest expansion into major overseas markets.

11 Jul 2025 - 5:02PM

Artificial intelligence

Robinhood CEO raises US$100 million to build AI models for maths

Harmonic adopts a maths-first approach, which it hopes will make its model better at solving complicated problems than large language models.

11 Jul 2025 - 11:50AM

Autonomous vehicles

Tesla plans robotaxi expansion to California and Arizona

Tesla has contacted the Arizona Department of Transportation to begin the certification process for autonomous vehicle ride-sharing.

11 Jul 2025 - 10:50AM

A Tesla Model Y electric car with special equipment for robotaxi operation is seen in downtown Austin, Texas, June 19, 2025. Photo: ZUMA Press Wire/TNS

Robot maker AgiBot seeks stake in Shanghai firm in potential back-door listing

The Tencent-backed start-up plans to acquire a controlling stake in Swancor Advanced Materials for US$279 million.

11 Jul 2025 - 7:00AM

Artificial intelligence

China’s cloud services spending hits US$11.6 billion on AI-related demand

Alibaba leads the market with a 33 per cent share, followed by Huawei and Tencent with shares of 18 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively.

10 Jul 2025 - 11:24PM

Artificial intelligence

Global AI conference in Shanghai to showcase China’s prowess, vision

High-level meeting on AI governance to be held in tandem with the three-day World Artificial Intelligence Conference, starting on July 26.

10 Jul 2025 - 8:00PM

A billboard and sculpture are seen at the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 3, 2024. Photo: AP Photo

Head of China’s state-owned firm regulator visits DeepSeek, Unitree

Zhang Yuzhuo says state-owned enterprises should learn from the agile innovation practices of private firms.

10 Jul 2025 - 7:00PM

A Unitree humanoid robot blows a kiss at the company’s offices in Hangzhou, eastern China’s Zhejiang province. Photo: Xinhua

Artificial intelligence

Hong Kong’s IntelliGen AI takes on Google DeepMind in drug discovery

The start-up, which aims to raise tens of millions of US dollars in an angel funding round, hopes to compete globally, founder says.

10 Jul 2025 - 7:50PM

Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk unveils xAI’s updated chatbot, Grok 4, after antisemitism controversy

The world’s wealthiest person says Grok 4 is ‘smarter than almost all graduate students, in all disciplines, simultaneously’.

10 Jul 2025 - 4:21PM

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Samsung bets on AI foldable phones to challenge Apple, Chinese rivals

The South Korean giant lost its global smartphone crown to Apple in 2023, and faces growing competition from Huawei and Honor.

10 Jul 2025 - 11:51AM

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 (left) and Z Flip 7 (right) from Samsung. Photo: Handout

JD.com’s US$1.4 billion plan heats up delivery battle with Meituan, Alibaba

E-commerce giant unveils ‘Double Hundred Plan’ as industry-wide daily delivery orders reach a new high of more than 200 million.

9 Jul 2025 - 11:57PM

Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV maker Zeekr plugs in to hybrids to tap into soaring sales

The Geely subsidiary's switch to plug-in hybrids leaves Nio and Tesla as the only pure EV players on the mainland.

9 Jul 2025 - 7:51PMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

Chinese start-up Manus AI relocates to Singapore amid US chip curbs

Manus AI has begun recruiting in the city state, offering positions such as data analyst and AI agent engineer.

11 Jul 2025 - 10:45AM

Chinese start-up Manus AI has moved its global headquarters to Singapore. Photo: Shutterstock

‘EV moment’ for humanoid robots may be 5 years away, UBS says

Global humanoid robot population will surpass 300 million by 2025, with annual demand reaching 86 million units, Swiss bank says.

9 Jul 2025 - 6:00PM

A man controls an AgiBot robot during an event organised by the Shanghai AI Industry Association, in Shanghai, February 21, 2025. Photo: AFP

Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans share sale that would lift value to US$400 billion

That would mark the largest-ever valuation for a privately held US company, surpassing SpaceX’s previous record of US$350 billion.

9 Jul 2025 - 4:13PM

Alibaba expert envisions AI agents transforming daily life in 5 years

Hong Kong poised for bigger role in the AI landscape thanks to capital and research capabilities, Huang Fei says at Post’s China Conference.

8 Jul 2025 - 10:35PM

Artificial intelligence

Hong Kong’s financial centre status gives it an edge in AI market, experts say

SenseTime chief financial officer Wang Zheng says ‘having easy access to capital is extremely important’ for AI companies.

10 Jul 2025 - 11:28AM

TabbyML co-founder Lucy Gao (left) and SenseTime chief financial officer Wang Zheng highlight the benefits for AI firms in Hong Kong on Tuesday at the SCMP’s China Conference 2025. Photo: Eugene Lee

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Huawei eyes export of AI chips to Middle East, Southeast Asia to rival Nvidia

12 Jul 2025 - 1:08PMvideocam

Huawei is offering Ascend 910B AI chip volumes in the low thousands to potential customers in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Photo: Shutterstock

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Chinese lidar maker Hesai loses lawsuit against US government for blacklisting

12 Jul 2025 - 11:21AM

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