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Visitors look at a display of a reconfigurable AI chip at the Zhongguancun Exhibition Centre in Beijing, March 25, 2026. Photo: Xinhua

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Profits in China’s chipmaking sector soar 2,500% in first half amid AI boom

Surge marks a stark contrast with the same period last year, when AI had yet to trigger the massive global data centre buildout.

CXMT surge shows why China stock buyers see IPOs as one-way bet

China’s CXMT soars 466% on debut to become most valuable mainland-listed firm

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DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng’s surprising philosophy revealed in leak

Tech founders are not known for ‘restraint’. But a transcript shows Liang Wenfeng is chasing an ultimate goal in AI, not short-term gains.

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DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng says his company sets prices to earn only a reasonable profit. Photo: Weibo
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng says his company sets prices to earn only a reasonable profit. Photo: Weibo

Tech Trends

After Apple leak, has India lost ground in its supply chain race with China?

In the wake of a cyberattack on a local Apple partner, insiders say India has a long way to go before challenging China as a manufacturer.

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Supernodes hold promise to break China’s AI bottlenecks – but will they deliver?

Tech firms are racing to build colossal clusters for next-gen AI, but cost, power and scale remain challenges.

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Policy

China hits Trip.com with US$765 million antitrust penalty

The country’s biggest online travel services provider is accused of abusing its ‘dominant market position’.

Trip.com reported revenue of 62.4 billion yuan in 2025, up 17 per cent year on year. Photo: Shutterstock
Trip.com reported revenue of 62.4 billion yuan in 2025, up 17 per cent year on year. Photo: Shutterstock

Policy

How Beijing became China’s biggest tech venture capitalist, from AI to chips

China’s tech sector thrives on state-backed investment, reshaping funding dynamics and sparking a debate about balancing risk and innovation.

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Big Tech

Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law: a new path amid US sanctions

Company founder Ren Zhengfei says the new framework is crucial for survival, enabling chip advancements without EUV lithography.

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Tech Trends

Surging memory chip prices make profitable budget phones ‘impossible’

Major smartphone vendors will try to abandon the money-losing segment despite strong consumer demand, and pivot to more value-added products.

People test the latest Xiaomi smartphones ahead of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. February 28, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

Tencent fires WeChat manager after 7-figure bonus leaks online, sparks uproar

Screenshots of the executive’s eye-watering compensation went viral on social media, which Tencent said caused a ‘severe negative impact’.

Tencent Holdings has fired a manager whose seven-figure pay package leaked online, sparking heated discussion on social media. Photo: Shutterstock
Tencent Holdings has fired a manager whose seven-figure pay package leaked online, sparking heated discussion on social media. Photo: Shutterstock

Banking & Finance

Chinese GPU start-up MetaX confidentially files for Hong Kong listing: sources

Firm’s year-end listing plan underscores China’s chip self-reliance and follows Biren, Iluvatar and Moore Threads in the fundraising rush.

Tech War

China’s Kimi K3 well behind US rivals in cyberattack ability, study shows

Kimi K3’s overall score of 32.2 per cent compares with top, unnamed US models that average 76.2 per cent.

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China Economy

Open Questions | Nobel economist on anti-China, anti-science US, AI’s risks

MIT’s Simon Johnson, former IMF chief economist, on Trump’s wrong turns, including tariffs, the AI threat to Chinese jobs and the chances of a global recession.

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Robotics | Chinese robot co-workers on the rise. Say hello to AI cobots

Collaborative robots designed to operate alongside human workers are a fast-growing market for Chinese firms, with AI making them smarter and more useful.

Chinese robot co-workers on the rise. Say hello to AI cobots

China Business

Investors fret as China’s A-share divorces echo Bezos’ Amazon split

Retail investors worry about secondary share-price movements following equity transfers resulting from large shareholders’ divorces.

Tech War

AI experts blast US claims of ‘IP theft’ by Moonshot’s Kimi K3

Researchers point to the lack of evidence for any distillation claims, while some highlight Kimi K3’s technical innovations.

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Insert token: how China’s surging AI use is turning compute into currency

As the cost of running AI models continues to drop, the token economy is reshaping ecosystems far beyond corporate cubicles.

Illustration by Henry Wong
Illustration by Henry Wong

Tech

The AI industrial revolution: why US faces a historic tech reckoning from China

From EVs to robotics, China’s advancement in cutting-edge tech has seen it shake off the West’s long-standing belief in US exceptionalism.

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For China’s tech workers, AI ‘optimisation’ sounds like ‘unemployment’

China’s office workers are worrying whether their jobs can be done by artificial intelligence – and whether their companies will make the switch.

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Big Tech

Can Huawei’s ‘chip queen’ help China beat the US tech blockade?

He Tingbo says her epiphany came from an ancient irrigation system in Sichuan province, built without modern machinery or electricity.

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Another ‘DeepSeek moment’? What China’s Kimi K3 means for the global AI industry

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Kimi K3 is an advanced chatbot developed by Moonshot AI, a Chinese technology company backed by Alibaba Group Holding. Photo: Shutterstock

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Profits in China’s chipmaking sector soar 2,500% in first half amid AI boom

Visitors look at a display of a reconfigurable AI chip at the Zhongguancun Exhibition Centre in Beijing, March 25, 2026. Photo: Xinhua

China Economy

Payment arrears and ‘involution’ still slam traditional China industries: survey

A worker checks automated spool winders at a factory in China’s Zhejiang province last month. A recent poll of private firms in the country found that many are still struggling. Photo: Xinhua

Hong Kong

Black Lake CEO’s strategy to sell AI solutions to factories: turn to food couriers

Zhou Yuxiang, founder and CEO of Black Lake Technologies. Photo: Nora Tam

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China’s CXMT soars 466% on debut to become most valuable mainland-listed firm

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