China's tech billionaires

The discounts underscore Tesla’s sliding output and fading demand, as analysts warn of intensifying EV price battles.

By packaging tokens and coding plans like everyday retail goods, AI labs are opening a new front in their push for sustainable revenue.

Active A-share market trading boosts investment firms’ top line by 50%, as mega IPOs predicted to fuel underwriting and sponsorship growth.

Leading electric vehicle battery makers’ profits by far outpace the industry’s carmakers in first half.

The AI firm has managed to become profitable by carving out a niche involving one-person firms and productivity tools, company executives say.

Robotics has supply chain synergy with smart EV production because key components like cameras and radar, as well as software, are in both.

Lower costs and faster growth rates let China’s AI firms narrow the divide, raising the question: does the spending gap still matter?

The research directly counters claims that vertical stacking creates a thermal bottleneck, the tech giant’s paper says.

While the company stresses the tour does not signal the vehicle will be sold in China, some observers believe it could still bolster the brand’s position.

Fully AI-generated, 30-episode Journey to the West series debuts, as shifting production economics transform the industry.

Security concerns in Beijing and Washington could create ‘bottleneck’ if Elon Musk attempts to combine the two flagship companies.

With wheels and four legs, aid for visually impaired people represents push to expand AI and robotics into more applications.

Agentic AIs now use five times as many tokens as humans, giving lower-priced models from Chinese firms a competitive edge, analysts say.

The DIHK finds German firms facing Chinese competition back stronger EU action, but its trade chief warns against ‘blanket measures’.

This week: The US and China both back limited AI regulation at G20 event, China blocks G20 communique criticising large trade surpluses, Xi visits Kyrgyzstan and Egypt. Next week: China factory-gate prices may rise for sixth month, August trade data may show further boom, SCMP holds Central Asia conference, and more.

The confidential filing could see the hi-tech provider listed in Hong Kong by year-end.

TrendForce says 20 per cent increase is “moderate”, with memory costs for 256-gigabyte iPhone 18 Pro model up nearly 400 per cent in a year.

Xiaomi Auto says it has signed agreements with eight car dealer groups to build a sales and service network in Germany.

Chairman says it plans to invest US$1.49 billion in the new battery technology over the next two years.

White-collar, corporate jobs could be in the firing line as artificial intelligence proves quicker at tasks requiring data-heavy tech skills.

With US$1 trillion earmarked for this year alone, a look at where and why Beijing is investing, where progress stands and what comes next.

Former White House staffer calls for espionage and cyber options as Washington prepares for a potential Chinese breakthrough.

Electric vehicles generally travel abroad as finished, branded products. Chinese robotics could spread differently.

The leading Chinese AI start-up has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong listing and aims to go public early next year, sources say.

Post-earnings results suggest an emerging divide as differing revenue growth and model capabilities may shape their market standing, analysts say.

As Chinese tech giants ramp up artificial intelligence spending, TikTok’s parent company is set to expand data centres in Ulanqab.

US tech leaders warn strict rules could blunt innovation and prevent the harnessing of economic gains from rapidly advancing AI.

The last of China’s ‘four little dragons’ to go public has drawn millions of retail investors, despite odds of securing an allocation at less than 0.03 per cent.

Net buying surges for third straight month as AI pivot benefits MiniMax, Alibaba and Tencent, while investors eschew traditional industries.