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Wency Chen
Senior 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.
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.
Areas of Expertise:
Cross-border e-commerce, Big Tech, AI Languages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
Makers of power semiconductors, including Germany’s Infineon, US-based Texas Instruments and China’s Yangjie Technology, have raised prices.
To accelerate development and help secure foundry capacity, ByteDance is collaborating with US chipmaker Qualcomm.
China’s office workers are worrying whether their jobs can be done by artificial intelligence – and whether their companies will make the switch.
The Chinese AI giant is looking to double in size as it seeks to become a ‘driving force’ in the creation of artificial general intelligence.
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Executives at MWC Shanghai say next phase needs to encompass both the skies and oceans to meet skyrocketing demand for AI computing.
FusionAlpha is a simulator designed to help developers test reactor designs on computers before committing to expensive physical experiments.
Liang remains committed to pursuing artificial general intelligence (AGI) – a vision he reinforced to investors repeatedly last month.
Driven by AI’s massive power demands and satellite bandwidth limits, tech giants and superpowers are moving data centres into orbit.
Alibaba unveils Qwen robot models to push AI beyond chatbots, as embodied intelligence becomes the next frontier in global AI.
The country is pushing for self-reliance in important industries amid competition with the US over advanced technology fabrication.
Major platforms are deploying paid subscriptions and coding tools, favouring practical utility over raw power to unlock significant commercial revenue.
Shanghai-listed AI chipmaker plans H-share sale to fund next-generation GPU development, supply-chain investment and global expansion.
Proxy stocks and supply chain speculation are among options after being locked out of what could be largest listing ever.
Alibaba consolidates key AI teams under CEO Eddie Wu and appoints Qwen leader Zhou Jingren as chief scientist.
The company’s expected listing may boost overall satellite industry profit as it expands into more space-based applications.
DeepSeek’s founder and CEO Liang Wenfeng is reportedly committing around 20 billion yuan of his own capital.
Listing plan highlights Unitree’s push to invest more in robot ‘brains’ as it joins competitors in China’s humanoid rush.
For Mi Lei, founder of venture capital firm CAS Star, the sudden fascination with photonics is less a surprise than a delayed validation.
Chinese fintech giant looks to dominate the transaction layer of the emerging ‘agent economy’ as AI evolves to executing real-world tasks.
Chairman Joe Tsai uses firm’s mobile AI tool to draft a sweeping tech pact in moments, as ‘frontier technologies’ increasingly enter the global limelight.
China could be a leading player in the new technological battlefield, but the US has a substantial lead in essential tools such as reusable rockets.
Chinese e-commerce and cloud computing giant forecasts 30 billion yuan AI revenue in 2026, with agents driving more than half of cloud sales.
Longer battery life, real-world use cases and a less-is-more strategy to reduce weight and increase comfort help intelligent eyewear shed novelty image, boost sales.
‘Relatively advanced’ chips to start entering China in second half, as US is ‘pulling back’ on tariff war and tech decoupling, analysts say.
Beijing casts computing power as a national infrastructure, likening tokens to mobile data as telecoms firms roll out mass-market packages.
The chairwoman of manufacturing giant Lens is one of the country’s richest self-made women, working her way up from Shenzhen’s factory floors.
ArkClaw’s subscription model and surging token demand mark ByteDance’s new approach to agent economics.
China listed behind only the US and UK, reflecting the country’s ‘major scale’ in AI, biotechnology and talent, says data consortium.
Rising fibre prices and surging output cement China’s role as the backbone of global optical connectivity for AI.
