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Big Tech

Nvidia taps 2 young Chinese AI experts to strengthen research

Zhu Banghua and Jiao Jiantao share photos of themselves with Jensen Huang, the founder and CEO of Nvidia.

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China catching up fast with US in algorithms: ex-Microsoft AI head

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Alibaba unveils new AI model for more precise image creation

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China Economy

From Cambridge to Suzhou: a Chinese AI start-up’s journey to unicorn status

For AI Speech, swapping Britain for bustling Suzhou was key to propelling the company to a billion-dollar valuation.

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Suzhou Industrial Park in eastern China’s Jiangsu province has made artificial intelligence a key focus of its development plan. Photo: Getty Images
Suzhou Industrial Park in eastern China’s Jiangsu province has made artificial intelligence a key focus of its development plan. Photo: Getty Images

China Economy

China’s stablecoin edge? WeChat and Alipay, says top economist

As calls grow for Beijing to embrace digital currencies, e-payment giants seen as aiding yuan’s global push.

China Business

Cloudy with a chance of bankruptcy: US tariffs hurt China’s solar firms

One-third of China’s 121 listed solar producers are in the red; more than 50 along the supply chain have filed for bankruptcy this year.

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China Business

Xiaomi’s SU7 SUV a hit with mainland Chinese motorists as bookings reach 240,000

Bookings for the SUV, priced from US$35,366, hit 200,000 in just three minutes, company says.

Xiaomi co-founder and CEO Lei Jun speaks at the launch of the YU7 SUV car in Beijing on May 22. Photo: AFP
Xiaomi co-founder and CEO Lei Jun speaks at the launch of the YU7 SUV car in Beijing on May 22. Photo: AFP

Tech Trends

Chinese firm Dobot develops robotic arm capable of lifting 30kg at record speed

Founded in 2015, Dobot initially specialised in robotic arms but has recently ventured into the field of humanoids.

Tech Trends

Anker partners with Apple battery supplier ATL after massive power bank recall

Anker partners with the battery supplier for Apple and Samsung, confirms cutting ties with Apex Wuxi after reports of overheating.

Big Tech

Alibaba trims partnership as company bets on younger leaders

Nine partners – including former CEO Daniel Zhang – have left, bringing the number down from 26 to 17.

A signage for Alibaba’s offices in the Xuhui district in Shanghai. Photo: AFP

Banking & Finance

Chinese smartphone maker Honor moves closer to onshore share listing

Mainland market’s fourth-largest smartphone maker first announced plans to list A shares in November 2023.

Honor’s logo hangs above the smartphone maker’s booth at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Shanghai on June 18, 2025, during the first day of the Mobile World Conference. Photo: Getty Images
Honor’s logo hangs above the smartphone maker’s booth at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Shanghai on June 18, 2025, during the first day of the Mobile World Conference. Photo: Getty Images

Tech Trends

UN agency pushes AI ethics standards as US-China tech rivalry deepens

Unesco hosted a forum in Bangkok this week to drive the adoption of its AI ethics recommendations.

Blockchain

Hong Kong sharpens crypto hub focus amid rising global competition

Hong Kong is seeking an early lead in stablecoins and tokenisation as Trump pushes the US to become the ‘crypto capital of the planet’.

Tech Trends

Over 40% of agentic AI projects forecast to be scrapped by 2027

Many current models do not have the maturity and agency to autonomously achieve complex business goals, Gartner analysts say.

More than 40 per cent of agentic AI products will be scrapped by 2027, according to Gartner. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

Trump Mobile drops ‘made in USA’ smartphone claims from website

But a spokesman insists that ‘T1 phones are proudly being made in America’.

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The Trump mobile phone is no longer being billed as ‘made in the USA’. Photo: dpa
The Trump mobile phone is no longer being billed as ‘made in the USA’. Photo: dpa

Tech Trends

Decoding the future of China’s C919 jet in a shifting aviation landscape

In the latest China Future Tech webinar, experts discuss questions surrounding home-grown Chinese passenger jet.

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China Business

Xiaomi takes aim at Tesla with 4% cheaper YU7 SUV, a Model Y competitor

YU7 starts at around US$35,322; Xiaomi CEO says ‘we have set an unreasonable goal of beating the Model Y’.

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Big Tech

Tech war takes a new turn as Huawei pushes 5G smartphones with mystery chip

Huawei’s return to the 5G smartphone market and the controversy over its advanced, made-in-China processor reflect the lengths taken by the company to build up its operations, following years of struggles on account of US trade sanctions.

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Illustration: Davies Christian Surya
Illustration: Davies Christian Surya

Big Tech

ChatGPT sparks investment frenzy and soul searching in China

While China had declared AI strategically important as early as 2018, ChatGPT has shattered illusions about the country’s technological prowess.

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Policy

China’s e-CNY blues: major test bed shows sluggish adoption

More than three years after China’s central bank started digital currency trials, adoption in one of the initial test beds, Suzhou, remains lethargic.

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Tech

Can Huawei’s 5G-powered Tianjin Port redefine its enterprise business?

Tianjin Port is the latest technological showpiece of Huawei Technologies, as the world’s largest provider of phone network equipment reinvents itself after nearly four years of crushing US sanctions.

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OpenAI: Zhipu AI is fuelling China’s global push for US tech alternatives

A Zhipu AI booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. Photo: Handout

China Business

Chinese EV battery firm Eve eyes second Malaysia plant

Eve Energy, based in Huizhou in China’s southern Guangdong province, said on June 9 its board had endorsed a Hong Kong listing plan aimed at bolstering its international expansion. Photo: Handout

Big Tech

Nvidia taps 2 young Chinese AI experts to strengthen research

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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang. Photo: Reuters

Tech War

China catching up fast with US in algorithms: ex-Microsoft AI head

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Harry Shum Heung-yeung, former head of AI and research at Microsoft, speaks at an economic summit hosted by the HKU Business School on Friday. Photo: Handout

Big Tech

Alibaba unveils new AI model for more precise image creation

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