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Experts gathered at the Web3 Festival in Hong Kong predict AI agents will lead the next leap in global finance with crypto, while how we interact with blockchain is likely to change indefinitely. Photo: AFP/Getty/TNS
Artificial intelligence

Crypto industry sees AI-driven agent economy as next growth driver

Experts gather in Hong Kong for Web3 Festival as firm predicts AI agents could facilitate up to US$5 trillion in global crypto sales by 2030.

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China energy security

China’s vast nuclear power sector now able to build 50 reactors at a time

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Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Patriotism is not a business plan for the Northern Metropolis

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Artificial intelligence

Asia’s supply chains could give it edge over US in AI race: Granite Asia’s Foo

Asia’s industrial ecosystem could deliver faster deployment of robotics and embodied AI systems, veteran venture capitalist says.

The current wave of AI development has entered a new phase where physical applications – from robotics to industrial automation – are becoming increasingly important, playing to Asia’s long-standing manufacturing strengths, according to a veteran venture capitalist. Photo: Xinhua
China energy security

China fast-tracks hydrogen strategy to ‘scale-up’ phase to boost energy security

China targets ‘bold innovation’ as falling renewable-energy costs allow it to leverage 50 per cent share of global green hydrogen production capacity.

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China technology

Opinion | US controls chips in the AI race, but China controls the scoreboard

Whoever produces tokens cheaply, at scale, has an advantage in the AI economy, just as cheap steel once decided industrial supremacy.

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China debt

China publicly criticises fiscal spending by ‘imprudent’ local governments

Amid belt-tightening drive, spotlight falls on projects deemed not in the public interest, including millions of yuan spent on promotional songs.

People descend a mountain with luggage as they move to new homes designed to alleviate poverty in Zhaojue county, Sichuan province, in May 2020. Photo: Xinhua
Semiconductors

How prolonged Iran war could disrupt Asia tech from chipmaking to data centres

LNG and helium shortages risk crippling Asia’s semiconductor supply chain and delaying AI infrastructure expansion, experts say.

Artificial intelligence

‘Common ignorance’: how China took the lead in global efforts to govern AI

As AI development gathers speed, governments and industry leaders say guardrails are needed to protect the public from the fast-moving tech.

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Africa

Benin election favours continuity amid al-Qaeda attacks, poverty

Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni has overseen a decade of growth in the West African nation despite jihadist attacks and extreme poverty.

Romuald Wadagni, Benin’s finance minister and the ruling party candidate for the presidential election, waves to supporters during a campaign rally ahead of the presidential election, in Cotonou, Benin, on April Friday. Photo: Reuters
Technology

Opinion | AI pessimism is a luxury the Global South cannot afford

Young, developing states must ride the tech waves if they don’t want to fall further behind and learn from others’ mistakes.

Leaders attend the AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, India, on February 19. Photo: Agencia Brazil/dpa
The Philippines

Manila vs Hong Kong: the 2 sides of Asia’s housing affordability crisis

Asia is home to 60 per cent of the world’s slum dwellers and some of the planet’s most expensive real estate.

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China debt

How China’s fake Titanic sank like a stone – and became a symbol of local excess

In 2014, a Chinese investor raised millions to build a full-scale replica of the Titanic. Now, all that remains is a rusting hull – and vast debts.

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Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek ramps up hiring ahead of V4 launch as chip strategy questions swirl

New roles in Inner Mongolia point to expansion of computing capacity ahead of V4 release, fuelling speculation over chip sourcing.

DeepSeek’s hiring push comes ahead of the expected debut of its next-generation flagship model, V4. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

AI fuels global trade growth as China-US flows shift, McKinsey finds

Data-centre expansion and AI investment push global trade ahead of economic growth, consultancy says.

AI-linked goods accounted for about one-third of global trade growth last year, according to McKinsey. Photo: AFP
Alibaba

Alibaba sets up top tech committee led by CEO to sharpen AI push

Restructuring brings core AI teams under tighter leadership as competition in China’s model and agent space intensifies.

France

Train driver killed after France high-speed rail collides with truck

Two people are in critical condition, while 11 others sustained less serious injuries.

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Technology

Opinion | In Asia-Pacific, the real maritime contest is over satellite surveillance

States’ ability to exercise territorial rights is increasingly mediated by their access to satellite data and analytics, but the tech is dominated by a powerful few.

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A J-15 fighter jet from the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong making an unusual approach to a Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force P-3C patrol aircraft conducting surveillance above the Pacific Ocean on June 8, 2025. Photo: Handout /Japan’s Ministry of Defence / AFP
China technology

China’s GPS rival, BeiDou, dominates at home. Now, it aims to convert the world

China is overhauling its home-grown satellite navigation system as part of a push to expand the network’s global influence.

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China property

Opinion | Reinflate the property sector? No, China wants an ambitious redesign

Beijing is attempting a difficult pivot: transforming real estate from a debt-driven growth engine into a pillar of a consumption-led economy.

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China travel

China builds record-breaking underwater tunnels to unite eastern, western hubs

China is building new high-speed rail lines that dive underneath major waterways, providing fast services without disrupting shipping traffic.

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China is building a high-speed rail tunnel stretching more than 14km (9 miles) under the Yangtze River between Shanghai and Taicang, Jiangsu province. Photo: People’s Daily
Artificial intelligence

Shenzhen activates China’s first 10,000-card AI cluster with Huawei’s chips

Hub launches new cluster built with Huawei advanced chips, delivering 11,000 petaflops of computing power in push for home-grown tech.

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Shenzhen has activated a new cluster, built with Huawei advanced chips, that delivers a computing capacity of 11,000 petaflops. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong environmental issues

Northern Metropolis data hub may top MTR Corp as Hong Kong’s No 1 power consumer

Environmental experts urge authorities to set energy efficiency standards for data centres to limit carbon emissions.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong on ‘yellow alert’, Kadoorie says, as Middle East war fuels oil crisis

CLP Power chairman Michael Kadoorie says Hong Kong’s electricity supply steady for now and touches on question of his retirement.

Ukraine war

Ukraine strikes Russian Baltic port, hundreds of drones shot down

Ukraine has intensified attacks on Russian refineries, oil depots and ports justified as part of the effort to cut revenues funding the war.

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A storage tank of Russia’s state oil pipeline company Transneft, pictured at the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, Russia in 2018. Photo: Reuters
China shipbuilding

China’s high-end yacht owners say industry growth stifled by structural gaps

Shipowners say billionaire Richard Liu’s new venture to make yacht ownership more affordable will need to surmount significant challenges.

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Richard Liu’s brand, Sea Expandary, has signed a strategic framework agreement with the coastal cities of Shenzhen and Zhuhai in Guangdong, for a high-end yacht industrial base with planned investment of about 5 billion yuan. Photo: handout
Japan

‘Damage Kyoto’s reputation’: plan for sky-high towers meets backlash

Opponents say the proposal to revise height restrictions for buildings around Kyoto Station to 60 metres will destroy the city’s unique views.

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Hong Kong science and tech

Hong Kong breaks ground on Northern Metropolis data centre to power AI push

Tech chief Sun Dong says project will further solidify city’s leading position as data connectivity hub linking China and the world.

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