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Andrew Yao speaks at the Global Developer Pioneers Summit in Shanghai. Photo: Handout

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Chinese expert calls for world models and safety standards for embodied AI

Turing Award winner Andrew Yao says embodied AI needs reasoning, planning and control in one framework.

15 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM

China-led Asia-Pacific lifts global aviation outlook as profits set to soar

15 Dec 2025 - 8:05PM

1 station, 116 million trips: Shenzhen breaks travel record as rail usage booms

15 Dec 2025 - 7:30PMvideocam

Big Tech

Why Nvidia chip is unlikely to derail ambitions of China’s Huawei, Moore Threads

China’s huge demand for AI computing power leaves room for growth for both US and domestic chips, analysts say.

15 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM

Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence processors will give China a much-needed boost in computing power. Photo: Shutterstock

Big Tech

Kimi developer Moonshot shows China’s growing AI depth: US government report

Washington’s evaluation highlights an increasing number of Chinese companies developing world-leading open-weight AI models, not just DeepSeek.

15 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM

Banking & Finance

Market volatility, family feuds fuel Hong Kong’s wealth transfer anxiety

In Hong Kong, there were 198 ongoing lawsuits over deceased estates as of the end of September, the second largest category among cases.

15 Dec 2025 - 7:03PM

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Banking & Finance

Hong Kong’s eMPF to hit fee-cut target 5 years early, saving US$6.4 billion

MPFA chairwoman Ayesha Macpherson Lau says digital system boosts returns as assets rise to US$196.5 billion.

15 Dec 2025 - 5:23PM

A key advantage of the eMPF is cost savings from digitisation, says Ayesha Macpherson Lau. Photo: Edmond So

China Business

Can Volkswagen regain its China market share with its US$3.5 billion bet?

Volkswagen, which once had 50 per cent of China’s vehicle market, has invested €3 billion in its largest R&D centre outside its home country in Hefei.

15 Dec 2025 - 4:31PM

China EVs

Xpeng steps up ‘go global’ drive with Malaysian assembly hub for Southeast Asia

The Guangzhou-based company said it would partner with Malaysia’s EP Manufacturing to locally assemble intelligent EVs.

15 Dec 2025 - 5:00PM

China Business

Hong Kong stocks slide after China data shows growth running out of steam

China’s November retail sales miss estimates, while falling housing prices show no signs of slowing down.

15 Dec 2025 - 4:45PM

China’s retail sales growth slumped in November, missing forecasts and highlighting prolonged challenges in the world’s second-largest economy. Photo: AFP

Business

China’s home prices slide further in November as authorities vow to stem decline

China’s years-long housing downturn shows no signs of easing as new home prices fell 0.4 per cent month on month on average in 70 cities.

15 Dec 2025 - 1:19PMvideocam

China’s top 100 developers sold homes worth 4.4 trillion yuan worth of homes last year. Photo: EPA

Commodities

Chinese mining giant CMOC buys four Brazilian gold mines to expand

CMOC will own the Aurizona, RDM, Fazenda and Santa Luz mines, with 8 tons of combined annual gold output.

15 Dec 2025 - 12:55PM

Banking & Finance

Hang Seng Bank shareholders to vote on HSBC buyout proposal on January 8

Hang Seng Bank’s independent financial adviser recommends that shareholders vote in favour of HSBC’s proposal to privatise the lender.

15 Dec 2025 - 4:49PMvideocam

China Business

China’s AI sector poised for growth despite US restrictions: venture capitalist

China’s AI sector gains confidence with DeepSeek’s emergence, but tech ecosystem needs to improve, GSR United Capital’s Zhou Qi says.

15 Dec 2025 - 3:43PM

China and the US are the two top players in global AI development, with the former leading in humanoid robotics and open-source large language models, according to a venture capitalist. Photo: Reuters

China Business

China’s Geely Auto raises bar on car safety with world’s largest test centre

Carmaker expands testing to 27 categories at Ningbo facility to prioritise safety over discounts in a crowded market.

15 Dec 2025 - 8:30AM

A worker checks the frame of a car on a production line under Geely Auto’s Zeekr brand in Ningbo. Photo: Getty Images

Business

With luxury absent, new entrants steady Hong Kong retail property

Newcomers from across Asia and Europe take advantage of cheaper rents while big-ticket brands delay major commitments.

15 Dec 2025 - 7:30AM

Banking & Finance

Vanke’s bondholders reject payment extension, raising default risk

The rejection in a three-day vote that ended late on Friday gives the developer a grace period of five business days to pay 2 billion yuan of onshore bond.

14 Dec 2025 - 5:00PM

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Banking & Finance

Exclusive | Meet the Illinois farmer sowing the seeds of the world’s biggest IPOs of 2026

Jeff Rowe, a fifth-generation Illinois farmer, runs a Chinese-owned Swiss company in Basel that is aiming for one of the world’s largest IPOs in Hong Kong, due in 2026.

6 Dec 2025 - 11:18AM

Jeff Rowe, the CEO of Syngenta, at his family farm in the US state of Illinois on September 30, 2025. Photo: Anthony Collins/Handout

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong reaps the fruits of fintech seeds sown nearly 10 years ago

Hong Kong’s rise as a fintech hub is due to the concerted regulatory push, with the city competing with Singapore for regional leadership.

30 Nov 2025 - 4:44PMvideocam

Business

Hong Kong talent scheme: They came for jobs. Will they stay to buy homes?

Imported professionals could sustain the property market – if they put down roots and transition from renting to owning.

22 Nov 2025 - 10:00AM

Tech War

How Nexperia saga exposes Europe’s waning influence in US-China chip war

The dispute around the Dutch chipmaker shows the erosion of Europe’s geopolitical neutrality in the face of escalating US-China rivalry.

15 Nov 2025 - 11:00AM

Nexperia is caught in a geopolitical tussle between the Netherlands and China. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

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Opinion | How China is cementing its central role as the architect of green tech

Hiba Malik

11 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM

Ma Jun,Sean Kidney

Opinion | How yuan internationalisation is helping to close the climate finance gap

Ma Jun

Sean Kidney

3 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM

Macroscope | What China, not the free market, gets right about climate finance

Anthony Rowley

22 Nov 2025 - 5:29PM

Opinion | As Japan takes aim at crypto, first mover Hong Kong must look out

Hugh Harsono

21 Nov 2025 - 5:46PM

Opinion | As China’s tech rises, companies must rethink their R&D strategy

Ni Tao

21 Nov 2025 - 5:30AM

Opinion | Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai: the rise of the ‘family office triangle’

Radu Magdin

19 Nov 2025 - 4:30PM

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Pony.ai set to further open China’s autonomous-driving frontier

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What’s behind HSBC’s privatisation of Hang Seng Bank?

HAng Seng

Taiwan firm creates clothing from banana waste

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Gold scams in China and changing global politics

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