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Ann Cao
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Ann Cao is a Shanghai-based technology reporter for the Post, covering technology start-ups and policies in the city and eastern China. She graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a master's degree in journalism.
Ann Cao is a Shanghai-based technology reporter for the Post, covering technology start-ups and policies in the city and eastern China. She graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a master's degree in journalism.
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Technology, gaming, e-commerceLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
That number falls short of Nvidia’s over 1 million China-specific H20 chips produced in the last nine months of 2024, analysts estimate.
Still, Jensen Huang says his company’s technology remains a generation ahead of those developed by Chinese rivals.
The chip designer pledged to build 20 AI factories on the continent, including a German facility in the works to be equipped with 10,000 GPUs.
Ren Zhengfei’s comments underscore Huawei’s commitment to achieving chip self-sufficiency, with compound semiconductors playing a key role.
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Photonic chips are a critical hardware component for quantum computing and high-speed optical communications.
SMIC’s asset sale reflects efforts by Chinese semiconductor firms to strengthen their operations amid tightened US tech restrictions.
Douyin’s high adoption rate in Hong Kong reflects a broader trend among China’s Big Tech firms to expand services beyond the mainland market.
Electronic design automation firms Empyrean, Primarius and Semitronix are poised to drive China’s chip design tools market after the US ban.
Preliminary data shows Apple, Xiaomi, Huawei, Midea and Haier each rang up sales of over US$13.9 million on the two shopping platforms.
The Intewell operating system is designed to serve as foundational software for embodied intelligent robots.
After Nvidia revealed the H20 ban in mid April, CEO Huang has repeatedly signalled the importance the company places on the Chinese market.
‘Macroeconomic uncertainties and significant investments in the ecosystem’ are expected to continue affecting PDD’s earnings outlook, UBS analysts say.
Alibaba’s Taobao Instant Commerce service and Ele.me have surpassed 40 million daily orders within a month of launch, the company says.
Both companies’ Shanghai-listed shares would be suspended for up to 10 trading days starting Monday, according to stock filings.
Eddie Wu sees Alibaba Cloud providing the ‘best AI technical services’ to support Chinese enterprises’ global expansion.
The rankings were based on domestic consumers’ online purchase behaviour, according to a Peking University report.
The PC maker’s CEO said Trump’s tariffs dented performance last quarter, but its US$69.1 billion in 2024/25 revenue is among its best.
Following its zoological naming scheme, Alibaba is rebranding the unit responsible for streaming and filmmaking as it looks for growth outside core businesses.
The strategic collaboration is expected to serve as ‘the foundation of a long-term partnership’ between Meitu and Alibaba.
Inquiries from the US on Alibaba’s B2B marketplace surged over 40 per cent the week after Washington and Beijing hit pause on the trade war.
Production of industrial robots in April outpaced increases seen in earlier months amid national enthusiasm around the technology.
Internally, the company is also betting big on the integration of AI technologies with its traditional e-commerce business.
The Hangzhou-based company’s adjusted earnings rose 36 per cent year on year to 32.6 billion yuan in the March quarter.
The RTX 5090D GPU has been especially popular in the country, with prices rising more than 10 per cent in the past month.
US export controls and DeepSeek’s low-cost artificial intelligence model could both help China’s efforts to replace US semiconductors with domestically developed chips.
Tsai and chief people officer Jane Jiang Fang answer questions from the staff, including the impact of the US-China trade war on the company.
SMIC and Hua Hong both warned of challenges in the second half of 2025, but reported strong revenue growth for the first quarter.
Alibaba will ‘mobilise at full strength and concentrate our efforts on a few core strategic priorities’, CEO Eddie Wu says in memo to staff.
Overseas sales of China-developed video games in 2024 increased 13.4 per cent from a year earlier to US$18.6 billion.
