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Latest news, features and opinion on China’s technology industry, including AI, the US-China tech war, 5G, smartphone makers and apps, and issues surrounding China’s Great Firewall.
A visitor looks at a DeepSeek poster during the Global Developer Conference in Shanghai, February 22, 2025. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
DeepSeek

DeepSeek is hiring interns to label medical data for AI use in hospitals

The move comes as Chinese hospitals embrace open-source AI models from DeepSeek to generate diagnoses and prescriptions.

Video | Hundreds of robots move Shanghai city block

Made in China 2025

China eyes 10 new national data zones in digital economy push, AI race with US

Alibaba

Alibaba unveils new AI embedding models, a field it leads globally

The Chinese tech giant ranks top on Hugging Face’s benchmark for measuring the performance of text-embedding services.

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Alibaba has released a new series of embedding models under the Qwen brand. Photo: Shutterstock
Apple

Apple gives Tata India iPhone repair business as partnership expands

As the US tech giant looks beyond China for manufacturing, Tata has quickly emerged as a key supplier.

Electric & new energy vehicles

After CATL’s spark, China’s EV players bank on Hong Kong IPOs for growth funds

China’s top smart mobility firms like Chery Auto, Seres Group and Hesai eye Hong Kong market to fund global expansion plans.

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China jobs

AI might solve China’s labour woes, but could also fuel deflation, report says

Morgan Stanley analysts say companies’ spending on artificial intelligence might lead to reduced hiring in an already-weak employment market.

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People wearing virtual reality goggles experience an immersive virtual exhibition recreating life during the Tang dynasty at the Hangzhou International Expo Centre on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
Censorship in China

China will drop the Great Firewall for some users, but only in southern Hainan

Employees of companies operating in the island province can apply for the ‘Global Connect’ scheme, but some content will remain restricted.

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US-China trade war

Trump-Xi call: US to allow Chinese students, mineral trade to resume

US president says he has accepted an invitation to visit China and extended his own offer of a visit to Xi.

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Hong Kong

Chinese app firm Newborn Town sets up in Hong Kong for AI, global push

Firm plans to make use of city’s capital markets, international connections and talent while also collaborating with local universities.

Newborn Town developed and operates the Mico, Yoho, TopTop and Sugo apps. Photo: Handout
Science

US still king of critical tech, but China quickly closing gaps: report

Contrary to other global trackers, university’s tech race scorecard puts US in front in critical fields with China gaining from ‘research achievements, human capital’.

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A staff member stands under a robotic hand at an exhibition centre at Beijing Robotics Industrial Park last month. According to a Harvard report, China largely trails the US in all key technology fields, but it is steadily narrowing the gaps, despite structural challenges. Photo: Reuters
China energy security

China hopes to power AI boom with green energy in new data centre strategy

Beijing’s new plan links data centres to renewables as power demand from high-end computing surges.

Xiaomi

Xiaomi founder stays on as honorary chairman at Chinese software firm

Kingsoft Office is best known for its WPS Office software, a popular local alternative to Microsoft Office.

China airliners

China hails new helicopter engine as a milestone for its aviation ambitions

Beijing is doubling down on efforts to produce home-grown aircraft amid a US push to restrict sales of jet engine technology to China.

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The AES100 turboshaft engine is designed to be used on double-engine or single-engine helicopters. Photo: Xinhua
Science

Next-generation battery expert Zhou Jianbin leaves US for China amid global race

Research into solid-state batteries, seen as a key tech battleground, is a priority for major economies.

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Solid-state batteries are seen as a key technological battleground. Photo: Xinhua
RedNote

China’s RedNote sees valuation soar with backing from GSR Ventures

The social media platform has garnered traction among investors following the Chinese government’s pledge to support private firms.

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Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong must reform its degree offerings to attract West’s brightest

Universities must evolve and burnish their offerings in the latest disciplines, from AI to cybersecurity, as US crackdowns send more to the East.

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China-EU relations

EU pushes China to address ‘alarming’ rare earth export controls

EU trade chief says bloc’s manufacturers have been harmed by controls on elements ‘absolutely essential for industrial production’.

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The EU has told China its export controls on rare earths and magnets has left some manufacturers in an “alarming situation”. Illustration: Reuters
Semiconductors

China’s top three EDA firms under spotlight after US ban on chip design tools

Electronic design automation firms Empyrean, Primarius and Semitronix are poised to drive China’s chip design tools market after the US ban.

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US-China relations

Opinion | US-China trade war goes nuclear with Trump’s chip software ban

Sweeping ban, albeit hard to enforce, threatens to kneecap China’s semiconductor ambitions and endanger its national security.

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Huawei

Huawei claims better AI training method than DeepSeek using own chips

Huawei’s progress in AI model architecture could prove significant, as the company seeks to reduce its reliance on US technologies.

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Huawei researchers say they have improved on an AI training method used by DeepSeek. Photo: EPA-EFE
Banking & finance

Opinion | As geopolitics hits venture capital, Asia must start funding its own tech

For all its technical firepower, Asia remains undercapitalised. With funds no longer flowing freely, it needs a financial system that serves its purpose.

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The gong ceremony marks the start of trading in Hong Kong for Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL), at the HKEX Connect Hall in Central on May 20. Photo: Sun Yeung
Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek rekindles US venture capital’s interest in China’s AI scene

Thrive Capital and Capital Group have made separate visits to the country to discuss AI with local companies and funds, sources say.

China-EU relations

‘Getting seriously worse’: EU firms sound alarm over China’s rare earth curbs

Influential European lobby group says it senses Beijing is overwhelmed with applications to export the highly sought-after minerals.

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US-China relations

Opinion | US-China rivalry morphing into a multifront war with no easy way out

It’s not just trade, tech, student visas and academic collaboration – the military stakes are rising too in this contest of endurance.

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China exports

Sweet deal: how China’s agritech helped turn Egypt’s desert into top sugar farm

Chinese technical expertise drives recent investments across Middle East, as regional economies look to diversify, analysts say.

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Li Chundi, chairman of Zhongman Petroleum, tastes groundwater from a water well drilled in Egypt in the desert of New Valley Governorate, on May 3, 2025. Photo: Xinhua
China-EU relations

A tale of two cities: why views of China differ so much in Barcelona and Prague

The stark contrast between Spain’s wish for close economic ties and Czech suspicion highlights the growing divide within the EU over China.

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US-China trade war

Why new US curbs on China’s tech tests could raise prices for American consumers

Or is this another ‘Taco’ moment for the Trump administration?

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