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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
8 Dec 2025 - 5:30PM
Hong Kong
Crypto exchange Gate weighs Hong Kong licence return amid high compliance costs
8 Dec 2025 - 10:18AM
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
ByteDance’s agentic AI on the Nubia M153, launched by ZTE, is facing a backlash from other apps over security and fairness concerns. Photo: Handout
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
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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
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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VR and AR
Ex-Apple engineer unveils chip to rival Vision Pro for XR headsets, AI glasses
The Jizhi G-X100 features a photon-to-photon latency of just 9 milliseconds, faster than 12 ms for Apple’s Vision Pro.
3 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
The Jizhi G-X100 is claimed to be the first Chinese all-in-one mixed reality (MR) chip for spatial computing. Photo: Handout
Robotics
Shenzhen robotics start-up Daimon secures China Mobile backing for AI push
Daimon Robotics, co-founded by HKUST professor Wang Yu, received a fresh injection of funds from the mobile operator’s Lianchang Fund.
3 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
Huawei
Huawei’s new app allows AirDrop-style transfers between HarmonyOS and Apple iOS
HarmonyOS 6 is expected to be found in more than 90 Huawei devices after a software update by year end.
3 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba’s Qwen app becomes the world’s fastest growing AI app as MAUs surge 149%
Just two weeks into its public beta, Qwen has shown explosive growth, underscoring Alibaba’s challenge to global rivals OpenAI and Google.
3 Dec 2025 - 5:00PM
Artificial intelligence
OpenAI CEO declares ‘code red’ to improve ChatGPT as rivals move in
The call comes after Google released its Gemini 3 AI model last month that gained praise for its capacity to reason and code.
3 Dec 2025 - 10:07AM
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS
Artificial intelligence
Ant Group’s LingGuang a hit as users create millions of flash apps with AI tool
The multimodal AI assistant can generate simple apps in as little as 30 seconds in response to users’ prompts.
3 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM
Artificial intelligence
Huawei-style ‘chip stacking’ seen as a path for China to rival Nvidia’s GPUs
With US curbs biting, experts say near-memory computing and chip stacking could narrow the AI hardware gap with Nvidia.
2 Dec 2025 - 9:02PM
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Artificial intelligence
ByteDance-powered AI phone snapped up by consumers keen to try agentic assistant
The joint effort is the latest example of China’s advantages in combining AI capabilities with conventional consumer gadgets.
2 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
The ZTE smartphone running on ByteDance’s agentic AI phone assistant sold out on the first day. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence
Kuaishou debuts multimodal AI video model with ‘Nano Banana’ editing capability
Kuaishou expects the new model’s abilities to drive its adoption by filmmakers, production studios, advertisers and influencers.
2 Dec 2025 - 5:00PM
Artificial intelligence
China’s DeepSeek challenges Google DeepMind with new AI model
DeepSeek’s V3.2-Speciale equals Google’s Gemini 3 Pro in reasoning capabilities, the Chinese start-up says.
2 Dec 2025 - 4:51PM
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Smartphones
Samsung unveils its first multi-folding phone as competition set to heat up
The launch of the Galaxy Z TriFold marks Samsung’s bid to reinforce its footing in a segment where Chinese rivals have been gaining ground.
2 Dec 2025 - 12:00PM
IPO
Hong Kong crypto exchange HashKey wins listing nod in test of investor appetite
HashKey could raise around US$300 million this month amid Hong Kong’s push to develop its digital asset sector.
1 Dec 2025 - 6:42PM
HashKey is one of 11 licensed virtual asset trading platforms in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Cryptocurrency
Uptick in China’s bitcoin mining prompts debate on tapping energy surplus
China’s oversupply rate of solar energy in some regions has exceeded 10 per cent while that of wind energy has reached up to 15 per cent.
30 Nov 2025 - 10:00AM
Artificial intelligence
Beyond DeepSeek: Moonshot and MiniMax step up as China’s new frontier AI labs
DeepSeek might be grabbing the headlines, but Chinese start-ups Moonshot AI and MiniMax are emerging as serious rivals to US frontier labs.
30 Nov 2025 - 9:00AM
Artificial intelligence
DeepSeek releases first open AI model with gold-level scores at maths olympiad
‘Imagine owning the brain of one of the best mathematicians in the world for free,’ Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue says in a post on X.
29 Nov 2025 - 9:00AM
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