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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 Pony AI robotaxi is displayed at the Beijing Auto Show. Photo: DPA
Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese robotaxi firms accelerate global roll-outs as cost edge drives expansion

Pony AI and WeRide harness China’s supply chain strength to cut costs, boost efficiency and scale robotaxi fleets worldwide.

Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s CATL touts landmark energy-storage order for sodium-ion batteries

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China GDP

Guangdong’s rule as China’s GDP king faces an unprecedented threat to the crown

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China jobs

China outlines new labour protection plan for nation’s 200 million gig workers

The 12-point document pledges stronger protections for gig-economy workforce, which has rapidly grown amid China’s economic slowdown.

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A group of delivery riders for the Chinese online platform Meituan takes a break in Chongqing, southwest China. Photo: Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek takes step away from Nvidia amid export curbs on China

DeepSeek’s new artificial intelligence model puts up a price challenge to US rivals and is a further step towards a stand-alone Chinese AI ecosystem.

Artificial intelligence

China blocks Meta’s Manus deal after months-long probe, thwarting purchase

Economic planner asks both parties to withdraw from deal for AI firm, in move with wider implications for other start-ups operating overseas.

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China shipbuilding

China delivers record LNG carrier – is South Korea losing its shipbuilding edge?

The vessel’s completion follows China dominating global shipbuilding orders last year, with South Korea leading in high-value segments.

Delivery and naming ceremony of Celsius Georgetown, taken on April 8 in Nantong, China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: Handout
IPO

China’s solar giant Sungrow revives Hong Kong IPO plan amid clean energy boom

Refiled application comes as a cluster of mainland China companies submits listing documents, signalling a pickup in the city’s IPO pipeline.

Artificial intelligence

From scepticism to concern: Mythos panic is slowly starting to reach China

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said on its influential social media account that Mythos showed ‘unprecedented cyberattack capabilities’.

China exports

Chinese EVs are making inroads in one of world’s most competitive auto markets

BYD is now one of Korea’s fastest-growing imported EV brands while rivals like Chery look to break into a market long dominated by local giants.

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An aerial drone photo taken on April 10 shows vehicles to be exported at Yantai port in east China’s Shandong province. Photo: Xinhua
China’s private sector

Turning cast-offs into cash: China’s Zhuanzhuan looks to Europe, US for growth

From phones to luxury bags, the recycling platform wants to take its ‘trash to treasure’ model global as second-hand demand accelerates.

China’s recycling start-up Zhuanzhuan plans to tap into Europe and the US. Photo: Handout
Science

China launches war on Alzheimer’s that may affect 10% of population by 2050

Chinese biotech firms tackle urgent initiative to create four new pharmaceutical drugs to treat world’s fastest growing form of dementia.

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Moore Threads

Moore Threads posts US$4.3m profit as Nvidia rival surges amid Beijing chip push

Beijing-based GPU maker turns a corner in the first quarter of 2026 after posting a US$16.5 million loss a year earlier.

Robotics

Editorial | Robots are all well and good – so long as they do no harm to humans

Advanced robots in daily lives are both inevitable and desirable. But it’s more important that they work as humanised machines.

A humanoid robot squares off against a visitor during a demonstration at an exhibition in Hong Kong on April 13. Photo: AP
Artificial intelligence

OpenClaw adds DeepSeek V4 models as tech world assesses Huawei tie-up

The popular AI agent adopts the Chinese firm’s V4 Flash and its flagship V4 Pro models and also integrates other capabilities.

OpenClaw has adopted DeepSeek’s new V4 Flash as the default model. Photo: Shutterstock
Robotics

From supply chain to record growth: Shenzhen dominates China’s robotics sector

The output of the city’s robotics industry hit a record in 2025, rising 20 per cent year on year to over US$35.4 billion.

Science

Will the future world order be determined by who controls low Earth orbit?

Amid Starlink’s ability to service conflict zones, Chinese article warns of ‘new form of power’ to allow or cut connectivity in real time.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng sets August goal to overtake Tesla’s self-driving tech in China

Carmaker bets on training AI in China’s dense urban roads to build a competitive advantage for expansion into Europe and Southeast Asia.

He Xiaopeng, CEO of Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng, walks past the new SUV GX six-seater on the opening day of Auto China 2026 in Beijing. Photo: AFP
Banking & finance

Default in our stars: China banks use satellites to track assets, cut loan risks

Analysts say orbital monitoring of sites, property and other assets provides vital data on borrowers.

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China economy

Opinion | Why Beijing is going all in on tokens – and what it really wants

Export of tokens not only embeds China’s energy advantage into global AI systems, it pulls the value chain deeper into the country’s interior.

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DJI

As DJI duels Insta360, China sharpens global hardware edge amid US scrutiny

Western competitors like GoPro face shrinking footprints as strategic shifts of Chinese firms disrupt the status quo while navigating FCC-led national security bans.

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
DeepSeek

Huawei, DeepSeek strengthen China’s AI self-reliance with V4 collaboration

DeepSeek says its V4 model will have throughput issues until the second half of the year, until Ascend 950PR supernodes ‘ship at scale’.

Huawei Ascend 384 supernode chips on display at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, July 26, 2025. Photo: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

Video | Why AI is driving a solo start-up wave in China

Workers are harnessing AI to set up one-person businesses as cities pledge to invest in the technology’s expansion.

Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV makers target global expansion at Auto China amid energy shock

Most carmakers taking part in the exhibition have either debuted models designed for export markets or announced expansion plans.

Artificial intelligence

Why China’s optical communications sector is the latest AI boom beneficiary

What are optical modules, why are they so critical and which Chinese makers’ stocks are soaring?

Data centres are shifting from copper wires to optical interconnect systems, which can provide the massive bandwidth that AI set-ups demand. Photo: Shutterstock
China energy security

Why China is spending billions on a robot army to run its power grid

China’s grid operators plan to purchase thousands of robots in 2026 alone, including devices to inspect and maintain vital infrastructure.

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An employee of China Southern Power Grid demonstrates controlling a humanoid robot at the company’s robotics laboratory in Guangzhou. Photo: Reuters
China-EU relations

‘It’s a tightrope’: why Europe’s wind industry faces a growing China dilemma

A debate is swirling in Europe over what role China should play in its wind power push, as the continent confronts the Middle East energy crisis.

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Artificial intelligence

Investors rotate to China’s chipmakers as DeepSeek intensifies AI competition

Efficient new model boosts outlook for computing power demand but pressures valuations of AI application developers.

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