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Banking & finance
China’s wealthy swap real estate for insurance, gold as retirement looms
Declining returns on property are prompting China’s affluent to diversify their investments, including high-value insurance policies and gold.
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Artificial intelligence
China takes confident strides to develop more AI innovation in 2026
3 Jan 2026 - 11:00AM
Semiconductors
China’s top contract chipmakers pursue acquisitions amid self-sufficiency drive
2 Jan 2026 - 9:00PM
Semiconductors
US grants TSMC annual licence to import American chipmaking tools into China
The approval ‘ensures uninterrupted fab operations and product deliveries’, according to the world’s largest contract chipmaker.
1 Jan 2026 - 3:22PM
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Washington has granted TSMC’s Nanjing operation an annual licence to import US chip manufacturing equipment into China. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence
China’s Moonshot AI raises US$500 million in latest funding round: report
The Kimi AI model developer is now valued at US$4.3 billion, with cash reserves worth US$1.4 billion.
1 Jan 2026 - 10:00AM
Tourism
China’s Gen Z consumers drive rise in homestay bookings to ring in the new year
Gen Z travellers made up more than 50 per cent of total homestay bookings for the 2026 New Year’s holiday period.
1 Jan 2026 - 9:00AM
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Semiconductors
Nvidia asks chipmaker TSMC to ramp up H200 production amid China demand: sources
Chinese tech companies place orders for more than 2 million H200 chips for 2026, according to sources.
31 Dec 2025 - 5:03PM
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The exact additional volume of H200 chips Nvidia intends to order from semiconductor foundry TSMC remains unclear. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence
China-founded Tripo AI updates 3D content platform as users more than double
‘This shows that we’re on the right track,’ founder and CEO Simon Song Yachen says.
31 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM
Robotics
Chinese robot vacuum maker Dreame gives staff gifts of gold, trip to Antarctica
Dreame’s surprise largesse reflects its robust business growth in 2025, as it remains one of the world’s top robot vacuum cleaner brands.
29 Dec 2025 - 7:32PM
Greater Bay Area
Greater Bay Area assets poised to lead surge in China’s expanding C-REIT market
By the end of last month, China had nearly 80 C-REITs, raising a total of over US$28.3 billion, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
28 Dec 2025 - 11:30AM
Smartphones
Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra, backed by Leica, challenges Apple’s iPhone Pro Max in imaging
The 17 Ultra’s US$998 starting price is nearly 8 per cent higher than the previous generation owing to the soaring cost of memory chips.
25 Dec 2025 - 11:14PM
Xiaomi’s new 17 Ultra premium smartphone. Photo: Weibo
Artificial intelligence
ByteDance, other major Chinese tech firms lead local consumer AI market: report
ByteDance-owned Doubao remains the country’s top consumer AI app, as DeepSeek’s namesake chatbot takes the No 2 spot.
24 Dec 2025 - 8:31PM
Yuan
China expands digital-yuan push to Singapore and Asean trade routes
PBOC pledges to integrate e-CNY into the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, boost adoption in Southeast Asia via China’s CIPS payment network.
24 Dec 2025 - 7:30PM
Retailing
‘C-beauty’ cosmetics brands find retail expansion outside China a slow slog
‘For established domestic cosmetics companies attempting to expand abroad, progress is still in its early stages,’ CLSA’s Chris Gao says.
24 Dec 2025 - 11:30AM
Semiconductors
Nvidia aims to start H200 AI chip shipments to China by mid-February: sources
The US chip designer plans to fulfil initial orders from existing stock, with shipments expected to total 40,000 to 80,000 H200 chips.
23 Dec 2025 - 4:33PM
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Significant uncertainty remains, as Beijing has yet to approve any H200 chip purchases. Photo: Shutterstock
Banking & finance
Global firms turn to M&A in EVs and biotech to deepen China investment: KPMG
Survey of multinational corporations finds optimism in life sciences, healthcare and manufacturing, with half forecasting revenue growth.
23 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
Banking & finance
Chinese AI, chip start-ups court global investors with Hong Kong listing plans
GigaDevice and Montage are each aiming to raise as much as US$1 billion from Hong Kong listings as early as January, report says.
19 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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US-China relations
US highlights Panama security ties as China-linked canal ports deal stalls
US envoy’s coastguard visit near Panama comes as Beijing presses for Cosco control and Washington pushes back.
19 Dec 2025 - 4:59AM
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US Ambassador Kevin Cabrera visited the US Coast Guard cutter Alert during its port call in Panama City, highlighting the enduring maritime partnership between the United States and Panama. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence
Tencent shakes up AI operations, names recent recruit as chief AI scientist
Vinces Yao Shunyu now serves as chief AI scientist under the CEO’s office, reporting directly to Tencent president Martin Lau.
17 Dec 2025 - 10:00PM
Made in China 2025
China’s new drug insurance: lifeline for patients or squeeze on big firms?
New insurance formulary trims costs of Alzheimer’s and cancer therapies and marks a small win for global novel drug makers.
17 Dec 2025 - 7:30AM
IPO
Biren Technology’s Hong Kong IPO gets go-ahead from Beijing
Shanghai-based Biren plans to float about 372 million shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
16 Dec 2025 - 7:01PM
IPO
MetaX set for Shanghai debut amid frenzy over AI chip stocks, Nvidia uncertainty
The Shanghai-based graphics processing unit designer plans to raise US$596 million from the sale of 40.1 million shares.
16 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM
MetaX Integrated Circuits’ C500 graphics processing unit is designed for AI and high-performance computing applications. Photo: Handout
Yuan
China’s currency comeback: yuan seen breaking key dollar level in 2026
Analysts bet US Federal Reserve rate cuts and thawing trade tensions will drive China’s yuan past the 7.0 psychological barrier.
15 Dec 2025 - 6:18PM
Electric & new energy vehicles
High-end car sales sink in China as cheaper brands trump European marques
Many buyers were swayed by a 20,000 yuan (US$2,830 ) trade-in subsidy offered by the government for purchasing electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
14 Dec 2025 - 3:22PM
Artificial intelligence
Sea change: China narrows AI gap with US 3 years after ChatGPT shock
The turning point came when DeepSeek released its V3 and R1 models, which were on par with OpenAI’s GPT and Meta’s Llama models at the time.
14 Dec 2025 - 12:57AM
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