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Huawei Technologies is one of the world's largest smartphone makers and telecommunications equipment providers. The company also sells a range of consumer electronics from smart home devices and appliances to rooftop solar products and electric vehicles. The company's 5G equipment has been banned outright in a number of countries – including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Sweden and the UK.
Atoms is launching amid a global surge of interest in so-called AI agents – systems designed to carry out tasks autonomously. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Ant-backed Chinese AI agent developer DeepWisdom aims to help solo entrepreneurs

The system, powered largely by open-source AI models, seeks to deliver a finished product without the user writing a single line of code.

China-Canada relations

Editorial | China-Canada turnaround in ties marks new spirit of global cooperation

European Union

Opinion | In the tech race, Europe can choose a path that sidesteps US-China rivalry

China economy

China’s AI and EV boom drives record power demand, widening energy gap with US

The main drivers of the growth are the tertiary sector – covering services including AI cloud services – and residential use.

A drone photo taken on December 16, 2025 shows workers on a power transmission line in east China’s Anhui Province. Photo: Xinhua
Artificial intelligence

China curbs US AI chips, shuns foreign capital in pursuit of tech self-reliance

These restrictions signify a new phase in the US-China tech war where ‘offensive and defensive roles have shifted’, says an analyst.

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China-Canada relations

Xi Jinping and Mark Carney refresh China-Canada ties with ‘historic’ state visit

After a near-decade of distant relations, the two countries are ‘forging a new partnership’.

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Artificial intelligence

Zhipu AI breaks US chip reliance with first major model trained on Huawei stack

Zhipu claims GLM-Image achieved industry-leading scores among open-source models for text rendering and Chinese character generation.

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Zhipu said the achievement proved the feasibility of developing powerful multimodal models without US chips. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Smartphones

Huawei reclaims top spot over Apple in China smartphone market

Huawei turns to China-designed processors to complete a rebound from US sanctions and ship nearly 47 million smartphones domestically.

Chinese offshore investment

How China’s global investment model is changing – and what it means for the yuan

The trade war, weak domestic demand and stronger policy support push more firms to invest overseas, with growing implications for currency.

China-Canada relations

What will top the agenda when Canada’s Mark Carney heads to China?

The Canadian prime minister will have the economy and the US on his mind when he lands in Beijing next week.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will arrive in Beijing on Tuesday for a five-day trip. Photo: The Canadian Press
Canada

Canada’s Carney to meet Xi in China, as Trump tariffs hurt US ties

PM Mark Carney will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for trade and other talks in first such trip by a Canadian leader in nearly a decade.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the start of a meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, in October. Photo: The Canadian Press via AP
Science

China’s sensitive technology at risk after Trump abducts Venezuela leader Maduro

From oil infrastructure to telecommunications, Chinese investments in the country have been long-standing and extensive.

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US-Venezuela conflict

What assets does China have in Venezuela, and what may happen with Maduro gone?

US move calls into question China’s future financial commitments in Latin American country, potentially hurting Beijing’s regional strategy.

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Semiconductors

Baidu and Huawei tighten grip on China’s GPU cloud as chipmakers chase IPOs

A Frost & Sullivan report shows Baidu and Huawei far ahead in China’s GPU cloud market, reflecting the fast adoption of home-grown AI chips.

China’s home-grown artificial intelligence chips gain traction amid rising demand for computing power and a wave of public listing plans. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

Chinese chipmaker Black Sesame’s Huashan A2000 clears US review hurdle

The chip has passed relevant reviews following nearly a year of technical clarifications and communications with US authorities.

Black Sesame said it is the only Chinese chip company to pass reviews by the US. Photo: Shutterstock
ByteDance

Exclusive | ByteDance to pour US$14 billion into Nvidia chips in 2026 as AI demand surges

Chinese unicorn’s computing needs have climbed across its portfolio of popular apps, cloud unit Volcano Engine and large language models.

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US-China trade war

China’s Shenzhen targets AI in ‘every household’ as US tech rivalry heats up

Local officials want to embed cutting-edge tech across society in coming five-year plan.

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Artificial intelligence

Huawei hails Ascend AI ecosystem as Atlas 900 supernode rolls out

Chairwoman Meng Wanzhou hails company’s breakthroughs in 2025, vowing to take advantage of ‘strategic opportunities’ in AI.

The Huawei booth at the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, June 26, 2024. Photo: AFP
Electric & new energy vehicles

Dozens of Chinese EV makers under pressure to fold or trim operations: analysts

Grappling with expiring cash subsidies and tax incentives, China’s car market is forecast to see deliveries slump next year.

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Artificial intelligence

China’s AI toy boom: Huawei, JD.com, UBTech make big push into growing sector

China’s AI toy sector is forecast to expand to US$12 billion by 2030, up from US$3.5 billion this year.

Semiconductors

Chinese AI champion iFlytek forms new entity to expand into semiconductor design

Shandong Yixun Information Technology’s scope of operations includes integrated circuit design and other AI-related fields.

The latest move by iFlytek underscores the growing importance of semiconductor design in China. Photo: Shutterstock
Electric & new energy vehicles

Luxury EV built with Huawei tops Porsche’s Panamera and BMW’s 7 Series in China

Chinese carmakers gain confidence in the premium segment as Maextro S800 – developed by Huawei and JAC Group – tops sales above US$100,000.

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The Maextro S800 recorded more than 2,100 deliveries in mainland China last month. Photo: Getty Images
China technology

Huawei cuts Pura X prices as Samsung and Apple foldables loom

Huawei has cut prices on its widescreen Pura X by as much as 800 yuan, as foldables face fresh pressure from Samsung and Apple launches.

Smartphones

Huawei’s HarmonyOS crosses ‘survival line’ as user base hits 27 million

HarmonyOS 6, the latest iteration, was initially made available to developers in June and released to Chinese consumers in October.

Artificial intelligence

China’s Sugon launches AI infrastructure to rival platforms from Nvidia, Huawei

The Beijing-based supercomputer maker says its scaleX platform represents China’s first 10,000-card AI supercluster.

Supercomputer maker Sugon launches scaleX platform at an event in Kunshan, a city in eastern Jiangsu province. Photo: Handout
Semiconductors

China eyes mastery of EUV lithography, bolstering AI chip ambitions: analysts

‘As the semiconductor dream has become a national security issue, I would not underestimate China’s ambition,’ Natixis analyst Gary Ng says.

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Chinese scientists at a high-security Shenzhen laboratory earlier this year built a prototype extreme ultraviolet lithography machine. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

US launches review of Nvidia’s H200 chip sales to China: sources

The inter-agency licensing review involves the US departments of Commerce, State, Energy and Defence.

Semiconductors

China to remain biggest buyer of chipmaking equipment through 2027: SEMI

China chipmakers are projected to continue outspending the world on wafer fab equipment through 2027, report says.

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