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Volcano Engine sign is seen at the company’s headquarters in Beijing, China. Photo: Shutterstock

AI

ByteDance’s Volcano Engine lands exclusive AI cloud slot at Spring Festival Gala

The Spring Festival Gala’s sponsorship race is intensifying, as tech groups and consumer electronics brands chase exposure and reach.

Chinese robot vacuum maker Dreame gives staff gifts of gold, trip to Antarctica

Hong Kong accounting firms plan hiring spree and embrace AI to attract talent

China Business

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.

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
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

Tech Trends

How a Chinese start-up is scaling 3D printing from sneakers to robots

Materials expert Wang Wenbin founded PollyPolymer in 2017 and developed a mature 3D-printing technology for footwear two years later.

Tech Trends

Untapped global demand to drive next phase of robotic vacuum growth: Dreame

Europe is Dreame’s largest market for robotic vacuum cleaners, with more than half of its revenue there generated by premium products.

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Big Tech

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.

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Nexperia’s China unit expects to complete the validation of potential domestic wafer suppliers in the first half of next year. Photo: Shutterstock
Nexperia’s China unit expects to complete the validation of potential domestic wafer suppliers in the first half of next year. Photo: Shutterstock

Tech

Chinese researchers unveil new technique for near-instant AI video creation

TurboDiffusion is expected to enable commercial-scale video creation at less cost and a faster pace.

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Big Tech

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.

Big Tech

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.

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

Tech Trends

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.

Contemporary Amperex Technology makes another semiconductor-related investment. Photo: Shutterstock
Contemporary Amperex Technology makes another semiconductor-related investment. Photo: Shutterstock

Big Tech

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.

Big Tech

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.

Tech War

Shanghai to double down on open-source AI amid push for tech self-sufficiency

Shanghai is headquarters for AI model developers MiniMax and SenseTime, as well as AI chip developers such as Biren Technology and Enflame.

Crowds at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 28, 2025. Photo: AFP

Companies

Why Hong Kong is emerging as the world’s AI crossroads between East and West

Hong Kong’s AI sector comprises 500 organisations, 290 companies and 183 investors active in finance, healthcare and government services.

Hong Kong is well positioned as an international hub for AI-driven innovation. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong is well positioned as an international hub for AI-driven innovation. Photo: May Tse

China Business

China’s rising biotech clout on show in flurry of billion-dollar licensing deals

A burst of overseas licensing pacts is spotlighting China’s biotech sector, as Jacobio, Coherent Biopharma and Harbour BioMed land deals.

Tech Trends

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.

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Tech War

How Nexperia saga exposes Europe’s waning influence in US-China chip war

The dispute around the Dutch chipmaker shows the erosion of Europe’s geopolitical neutrality in the face of escalating US-China rivalry.

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Nexperia is caught in a geopolitical tussle between the Netherlands and China. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Nexperia is caught in a geopolitical tussle between the Netherlands and China. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Tech War

China’s lesson for the US: it takes more than chips to win the AI race

The AI war is increasingly waged among ‘hyperscalers’ – companies with full-stack capabilities across software, hardware and applications.

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Tech War

How Huawei and DeepSeek are tending the garden of China’s AI aspirations

Amid growing AI rivalry with the US, the two companies are leading China’s drive to shake off the nation’s dependence on Nvidia processors.

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Big Tech

Immediate gratification: instant commerce transforms China’s retail market

Instant commerce has developed over a short period of time, as providers expanded their on-demand delivery coverage beyond food.

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AI

ByteDance’s Volcano Engine lands exclusive AI cloud slot at Spring Festival Gala

Volcano Engine sign is seen at the company’s headquarters in Beijing, China. Photo: Shutterstock

Tech Trends

Chinese robot vacuum maker Dreame gives staff gifts of gold, trip to Antarctica

A Dreame 10s Ultra robot vacuum cleaner. Photo: Dreame

China EVs

China’s oldest carmaker FAW buys US$534 million stake in EV assembler Leapmotor

A Leapmotor electric vehicle is seen on display at the Essen Motor Show in Germany on December 3, 2025. Photo: AFP

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How a Chinese start-up is scaling 3D printing from sneakers to robots

3D-printed footwear accounts for 60 per cent of PollyPolymer’s total revenue. Photo: Handout
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How a Shanghai start-up is digitalising Chinese tea

Safety, verification and trust behind start-up company Teakan Technology’s goal to make traditional Chinese tea digitally traceable
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Humanoid robots take centre stage at Shanghai summit

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