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Wency Chen
Reporter, Tech
Wency tells stories that explore how technologies are reshaping society, with a focus on cross-border e-commerce, AI, the supply chain and others. Before joining SCMP, Wency contributed to KrASIA, Wired, Rest of World, World of Chinese, Tech in Asia, Vice China (BIE), Harper's Bazaar, etc. She attended Columbia Journalism School.
The China Semiconductor Industry Association clarified that the place of origin for chips is determined by the location of the wafer fabrication plant.
Chipmakers and analysts anticipate benefits to China’s chip supply chain from the fresh US tariffs, including for equipment and components.
Concerns about technological decoupling have risen after Microsoft ended commercial services for some clients in China.
TikTok Shop has increased efforts to recruit cross-border merchants for European markets, including Spain, Germany, Italy and France.
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The policy changes affect many of China’s 120,000 online exporters, whose major market is the United States.
The new processors integrate Loongson’s central processing unit cores, which are based on its in-house instruction set architecture.
Newly appointed AgiBot chief scientist Luo Jianlan, who previously worked at Google, spearheads the advanced AI research effort.
The telecoms industry veteran’s ascension reflects ZTE’s efforts to revive its fortunes in 2025 via its AI strategy.
The IoT & AI Insider Lab in the Zhangjiang hi-tech zone likely closed in January or February, nearby workers say.
Rural residents, who account for a third of China’s 1.4 billion population, are eager to apply AI services.
The equipment start-up kept a low profile until this week, when it unveiled about 30 new products at the Semicon China show.
Taobao’s initiative aligns with China’s broader regulatory efforts to address the misuse of generative AI.
The Hangzhou start-up known for its robot dogs told local media it had no immediate plans for additional fundraising.
The updated BIS list includes more than 50 new Chinese entities, including six units of cloud computing provider Inspur Group.
Cook was among 80 company executives who attended the China Development Forum, an annual event to facilitate dialogue with global investors.
Robots have become a hot investment area in China as VC firms, supply chain partners and tech giants jostle to back leading start-ups.
The robotics start-up co-founded by former Huawei ‘Genius Youth’ recruits has an ambitious 5,000-unit production target, far exceeding 2024 output.
The cloud storage provider has sought to restore public trust after a public outcry from a doxxing incident involving the child of a vice-president.
CEO Huang explained how Nvidia’s latest products could dramatically boost reasoning capabilities for large models like DeepSeek’s R1.
The US semiconductor firm and main rival of Nvidia has been promoting its infrastructural support for DeepSeek’s AI models.
Hong Kong PolyU’s Yang Hongxia says China’s DeepSeek is purely engaged in AI model development.
Manus AI’s product partner apologised on social media, admitting the team underestimated the public’s enthusiastic response.
While Manus has provided little information to the public, its demonstration video has triggered massive interest in China’s AI community.
Hangzhou-based DeepSeek has dominated the spotlight in China’s AI arena at the expense of local peers such as Moonshot and MiniMax.
Theoretical margin was based on a 24-hour run, actual revenue may be lower because of cheaper pricing, off-peak discounts and free-to-use options.
The scramble for talent comes as Chinese start-up DeepSeek sets off a national frenzy to adopt AI in various industries.
The start-up, whose founder attended President Xi’s business symposium last week, has become a hot investor target.
Users accessing the V3 or R1 models between 12.30am and 8.30am China time can get steep discounts starting from Wednesday.
Former Alibaba scientist Yang Hongxia is at the forefront of an effort to evolve AI beyond DeepSeek’s breakthroughs.
