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Artificial intelligence
Chinese AI stalwart Zhipu eyes expansion on back of Belt and Road Initiative
Zhipu AI’s plan reflects intensifying efforts by both Chinese and US companies to widen the global adoption of their AI systems.
3 hours ago
Artificial intelligence
Trump’s Mideast visit clears path for advanced AI chip deals led by Nvidia
4 hours ago
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Tencent
Tencent posts strong quarterly revenue as video gaming giant bets big on AI
13 minutes ago
E-commerce
Beijing tells food delivery giants to simmer down as feud gets too hot to handle
Five government agencies, led by the State Administration for Market Regulation, urged the instant commerce giants to follow competition regulation.
5 hours ago
Food delivery riders from rivals Meituan (yellow) and Ele.me (blue) rest on their motorbikes in Chongqing on December 29, 2024. Photo: Getty Images
Foxconn
Foxconn profit surges amid AI boom, but trade tensions cloud outlook
The Taiwanese iPhone assembler and AI server maker reported a 91 per cent leap in first-quarter profit but downgraded its full-year outlook.
6 hours ago
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba pushes global adoption of Qwen3 AI models via more developer platforms
The Qwen3 family of AI models can now be deployed via large language model platforms Ollama, LM Studio, SGLang and vLLM.
13 May 2025 - 6:08PM
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E-commerce
China’s Meituan to bring Keeta food delivery to Brazil under US$1 billion deal
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva presided over the deal-signing event in Beijing.
13 May 2025 - 2:08PM
Meituan founder and CEO Wang Xing (left) meets Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Beijing on Monday. Photo: Handout
Smartphones
Samsung debuts Galaxy S25 Edge, as smartphones go slimmer
The US$1,099 device is 5.8mm thick and comes months ahead of Apple’s slimmed-down iPhone 17.
13 May 2025 - 10:49AM
Robotics
Huawei, UBTech team up to bring humanoid robots to factories and homes
The partnership aims to establish smart factories, leveraging Huawei’s strengths in self-developed AI processors.
12 May 2025 - 9:59PM
Artificial intelligence
China’s StepFun aims to stand out in AI race with multimodal models
Players in China’s AI industry are struggling to differentiate their products after DeepSeek’s success triggered a surge in reasoning models.
12 May 2025 - 7:00PM
Artificial intelligence
New Alibaba method slashes costs of training AI for search by 88%
The Chinese tech giant has introduced a way to train AI models without constantly connecting to external search engines.
12 May 2025 - 8:00AM
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Alibaba researchers have introduced a less costly approach to improve AI models’ search capabilities. Photo: Shutterstock
Alibaba
Alibaba’s Joe Tsai: AI set to transform operations in next five years
Tsai and chief people officer Jane Jiang Fang answer questions from the staff, including the impact of the US-China trade war on the company.
11 May 2025 - 6:00PM
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E-commerce
Temu points Chinese sellers to new markets amid US tariff woes
US tariffs are prompting Chinese merchants to seek alternative markets, but some sellers remain hopeful that the worst is soon behind them.
11 May 2025 - 9:00AM
Electric & new energy vehicles
BMW, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz recall nearly 70,000 vehicles in China
The large-scale recall follows a series of Chinese measures aimed at improving car safety after an accident involving a Xiaomi EV.
10 May 2025 - 8:58PM
Alibaba
Jack Ma’s Alibaba visit sparks nostalgia over company’s humble start
A cheerful mood at Alibaba’s annual event for friends and family, as the company navigates business challenges.
10 May 2025 - 6:30PM
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Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, visits the company’s campus in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Friday. Photo: Handout
Xiaomi
Xiaomi founder has ‘hardest time’ since fatal crash involving its car
Lei Jun, an active social media user, has been relatively quiet on Weibo after a fatal accident involving a Xiaomi electric vehicle.
10 May 2025 - 4:30PM
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Artificial intelligence
Alibaba’s Quark, China’s most popular AI app, launches ‘deep search’
The upgrade combines the reasoning capabilities of AI models with online search to answer complex user queries.
9 May 2025 - 9:00PM
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US-China tech war
Tech war: China’s top chipmakers see shares plunge amid tariff uncertainty
SMIC and Hua Hong both warned of challenges in the second half of 2025, but reported strong revenue growth for the first quarter.
9 May 2025 - 8:00PM
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The logo of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation at the chipmaker’s facilities in Shanghai on March 15, 2024. Photo: AFP
Semiconductors
Nvidia modifies H20 chip for China to overcome US export controls: sources
Chinese customers have been notified by Nvidia that it aims to release the downgraded version of the H20 chip in July, sources say.
9 May 2025 - 1:59PM
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Alibaba
Alibaba breaks down barriers as e-commerce giant focuses on core priorities
Alibaba will ‘mobilise at full strength and concentrate our efforts on a few core strategic priorities’, CEO Eddie Wu says in memo to staff.
9 May 2025 - 7:08PM
Video gaming
China’s video gaming firms bet on overseas revenue growth amid weak home market
Overseas sales of China-developed video games in 2024 increased 13.4 per cent from a year earlier to US$18.6 billion.
9 May 2025 - 7:00AM
E-commerce
China’s e-commerce giants to kick off midyear shopping festival next week
Alibaba, JD.com, and ByteDance’s Douyin will start promotions on Tuesday, as e-commerce giants fight for a slice of limited consumer spending.
8 May 2025 - 8:00PM
JD.com started 618 as a one-day event in 2004, and now it is one of China’s biggest shopping events spanning multiple weeks. Photo: Getty Images
Huawei
Huawei unveils a HarmonyOS laptop, its first Windows-free computer
The device features Huawei’s AI assistant and a wide range of Chinese software, including WPS and Alibaba’s DingTalk.
8 May 2025 - 6:00PM
Semiconductors
How China’s self-sufficiency drive is dividing the global tech ecosystem
Countries need to be ready for a world of bifurcated supply chains and data flows, economist Gary Ng says during a panel hosted by the Post.
9 May 2025 - 12:50PM
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Artificial intelligence
Lost something on a train? How AI is helping people recover their stuff
A new ‘lost-and-found platform’ at various stations and other locations in Japan is having much success in reuniting people with their items.
8 May 2025 - 4:15PM
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