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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.

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China’s private sector

Kelly Zong steps down as Wahaha chief amid bitter inheritance feud

China technology

Video | Hiking in China made easy with rental exoskeletons

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Robotics

UBTech humanoid robots to patrol China-Vietnam border crossings

The initiative features the industrial-grade Walker S2, billed as the world’s first humanoid robot capable of replacing its own battery.

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A UBTech humanoid robot seen at the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing in July. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Ant Group’s vibe coding app hits 1 million downloads in just 4 days

LingGuang, an AI app that generates custom software applications, sees a surge in popularity.

Ant Group

Alibaba founder Jack Ma visits Ant Group as fintech giant ramps up AI efforts

Ma’s visit marks almost a year since he publicly endorsed Ant Group’s AI initiatives during the firm’s 20th anniversary.

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IPO

China’s Unitree Robotics completes pre-IPO tutoring for onshore listing

The unicorn is reportedly aiming for a valuation of up to US$7 billion in a listing on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-style Star Market.

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A Unitree robot seen at the Web Summit in Lisbon last week. Photo: AFP
Semiconductors

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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Hong Kong stock market

Rising China robotics star AgiBot restructures in potential bid to join IPO race

Shanghai-based firm’s move comes as a wave of Chinese humanoid robot makers – including Unitree and Leju – gear up for public listings.

Science

World-leading cancer drug scientist Lin Wenbin joins China’s Westlake University

The move follows distinguished contributions at the University of Chicago towards developing more effective cutting-edge treatments.

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Lin Wenbin, the internationally renowned molecular materials chemist, chemical biologist and oncologist, pictured during his tenure at the University of Chicago. Photo: Handout
2025 National Games

National Games: Chinese hurdler Wu Yanni chasing beauty as well as results

Flamboyant athlete who was ‘made for hurdling’ divides opinion like no other, will be out to go one better than the silver she won in 2021.

Wu Yanni (left) in round one of the 100m hurdles at the Paris Games, where she clocked China’s best time at the Olympics. Photo: Xinhua
China manufacturing

China’s southwestern industrial base eyes breakthroughs on novel drugs

As country pushes for scientific and technological self-reliance, Chongqing will provide support for pharmaceutical research and development.

Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI app start-ups lag behind US peers in making money: report

Only four Chinese developers are included in the world’s top 100 AI apps from private firms by annual recurring revenue.

SCMP Highlights

‘Historic moment’ in US-China ties; scientist deaths: SCMP daily highlights

From Chinese seeking ‘affordable dignity’ dining out to a top Belgian neurologist moving to China, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

US President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before their meeting in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday. Photo: White House/Planet Pix via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Science

Top Belgian neurologist Steven Laureys joins China’s Hangzhou Normal University

European scientist is one of the world’s first to use brain-imaging tech to study hidden awareness in unresponsive patients.

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Belgian neurologist Steven Laureys uses advanced brain imaging and electrophysiology to study how consciousness is sustained and restored. Photo: Handout
E-commerce

Alibaba boosts instant commerce drive with US$281 million convenience store plan

A network of Taobao-branded partner convenience stores is expected to roll out in more than 200 cities across the mainland.

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong developer NWD seals record deal for global firm Aecom’s Asia headquarters

Multinational firms, including Ralph Lauren and Lush, drive up occupancy rate of NWD’s grade A office building in Cheung Sha Wan.

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Robotics

Start-up Deep Robotics scrambles for top talent amid China’s quest for dominance

The company needs talent in the algorithm area to help fine-tune its humanoid robots, top executive Li Chao says.

Hangzhou-based Deep Robotics debuted its biped humanoid robot DR01 at the World Robot Conference last year. Photo: Handout
DeepSeek

Will DeepSeek’s new model break the ‘long-context’ bottleneck holding back LLMs?

The solution proposed by DeepSeek in its latest paper is to convert text tokens into images, or pixels, using a vision encoder.

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Robotics

China’s Unitree builds course for students to learn how to train robot dogs

The curriculum reflects efforts in China to increase robotics training data, while deepening the industry’s talent pool.

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek unveils AI model that uses visual perception to compress text input

New release continues Chinese start-up’s efforts to raise AI models’ efficiency, while driving down the costs of building and using them.

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With the Chinese start-up’s new DeepSeek-OCR model, users would be able to do scalable ultra-long context processing. Photo: Shutterstock
Robotics

China’s Unitree Robotics unveils latest humanoid ahead of US$7 billion IPO

The firm’s latest creation comes as it prepares for a mainland listing, underscoring China’s growing edge in humanoid robotics over global rivals.

Unitree’s H2 humanoid has been touted as its most lifelike to date. The company is currently eyeing a US$7 billion IPO. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong economy

City Beat | Opportunities for Hong Kong on sidelines of Xi-Trump summit in South Korea

Receiving foreign leaders would be a powerful way for Hong Kong to showcase what it has to offer as one truly unique Chinese city under two systems.

China trade

Robots take centre stage at Canton Fair, defying US tariff concerns

Booths displaying hi-tech products attract plenty of potential buyers at China’s oldest and biggest trade exhibition.

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China travel

Battery fire aboard Air China flight to South Korea forces emergency landing

No injuries reported as plane departing Hangzhou for Seoul diverts to Shanghai.

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A video clip circulating online showed travellers and crew trying to put out a fire in an overhead compartment. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | More than a tech hub, Northern Metropolis can be a cradle for culture

By focusing on creative industries, the development can enhance Hong Kong’s soft power push within the Greater Bay Area and beyond.

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US-China trade war

China’s secret weapon in chip battle with US: intense city rivalry

China’s megacities are racing to draw capital to the semiconductor sector as they compete to become chip powerhouses.

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US-China 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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