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Artificial intelligence
AI apps soar in China as Lunar New Year giveaway battle boosts user growth
Tech firms score win as AI assistants become part of holiday consumption – from buying food and booking travel to planning entertainment.
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Huawei
Huawei’s revenues surge to US$127 billion as it continues to defy US sanctions
24 Feb 2026 - 3:11PM
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Artificial intelligence
China’s tech giants pursue AI, semiconductor talent in US amid fierce rivalry
21 Feb 2026 - 9:00PM
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Tencent
Why China’s tech giants cannot afford to lose the global AI race
AI rivalry is challenging the traditional strategies of China’s ‘big tech’ firms and how they have monetised their products in the past.
21 Feb 2026 - 11:05AM
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Artificial intelligence
How Chinese AI put a new spin on Winter Olympics action
Chinese tech firms have been using the Milano Cortina Games to showcase their capabilities to a global audience.
20 Feb 2026 - 7:00PM
Artificial intelligence
The next interface race: how AI is bringing smart glasses into focus
LLVision CEO Wu Fei explains how advances in AI and hardware are pushing smart glasses closer to everyday use.
20 Feb 2026 - 2:38PM
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Artificial intelligence
China’s tech giants report huge gains from Spring Festival marketing blitz
ByteDance’s viral video generation model Seedance 2.0 was closely integrated with the Spring Festival gala’s programming on Monday night.
19 Feb 2026 - 9:00PM
An advertisement for ByteDance’s Volcano Engine platform and Doubao chatbot is seen at Beijing Capital International airport, February 5, 2026. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence
Chinese AI and robotics firms appoint millennial, Gen Z stars as chief scientists
Young talent drive AI innovation at Chinese tech firms, focusing on fundamental research and strategic planning for future technologies.
19 Feb 2026 - 12:13PM
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Robotics
China’s Unitree eyes 20,000-robot output after viral success of annual gala
With shipments set to jump and investors watching closely, Unitree is positioning itself at the forefront of China’s humanoid robotics push.
18 Feb 2026 - 9:30AM
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Artificial intelligence
Global AI race heats up as Chinese tech giant releases new model
With multimodal capabilities and open weights, Qwen-3.5 signals Alibaba’s ambition to anchor the next phase of global AI deployment.
16 Feb 2026 - 7:05PM
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Artificial intelligence
Humanoids go mainstream as China’s robotics champions appear at CCTV spectacle
ByteDance, Unitree, RedNote, Bilibili and Kuaishou among the firms involved in the unparalleled nationwide marketing opportunity.
17 Feb 2026 - 4:46PM
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Bot the star of the show: a dancing robot delights during China Central Television’s Spring Festival Photo: CCTV
Artificial intelligence
ByteDance ‘strengthening safeguards’ after Seedance AI video controversy
Pledge comes after Hollywood, governments speak out against tool amid deluge of video clips featuring celebrities, copyrighted characters.
15 Feb 2026 - 7:04PM
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Artificial intelligence
Beijing warns tech giants to curb ‘involution’ amid AI giveaway war
Companies should ‘uphold a fair and competitive’ environment to ‘foster innovation and healthy development’, regulator says.
15 Feb 2026 - 2:30PM
Artificial intelligence
China’s Lenovo warns of ‘prolonged’ memory crunch, looks to AI for rebound
Top PC maker posts a 21 per cent profit drop amid chip squeeze, but bets on AI-powered devices to sustain growth amid industry upheaval.
12 Feb 2026 - 8:14PM
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba’s Qwen tops 120 million orders in 6 days amid China’s AI shopping battle
Campaign has sparked a behavioural shift towards AI-powered shopping, which Alibaba says is becoming a more popular lifestyle choice.
12 Feb 2026 - 5:07PM
The number of orders signals growing acceptance of AI-powered shopping. Photo: Getty
Mainland China
Baidu unveils AI-driven Wikipedia challenger in bid for global users
BaiduWiki, a version of the firm’s Baidu Baike online encyclopaedia, is available in English, Spanish, French, Russian and Japanese.
12 Feb 2026 - 10:51AM
Artificial intelligence
China’s Zhipu AI launches new major model GLM-5 in challenge to its rivals
The GLM-5 represents a shift in AI development from ‘vibe coding’ to ‘agentic engineering’ to generate an enhanced performance.
12 Feb 2026 - 8:41PM
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Made in China 2025
Capital injection: China backs AI drug makers in self-reliance drive
A wave of government-linked investment is boosting Chinese AI drug makers, underscoring Beijing’s drive to build its own biotech ecosystem.
11 Feb 2026 - 5:14PM
The recent wave of investment in AI drug development aligns with Beijing’s drive for technological self-sufficiency. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors
China’s SMIC expects flat revenue as drop in low-end orders offsets AI growth
The contract chipmaker’s profit falls short of analyst estimates amid ‘challenges’ brought on by memory supply crunch.
11 Feb 2026 - 4:28PM
Artificial intelligence
Indonesia telco chief warns of digital colonisation, backs China open-source AI
Indonesian executives stress that localisation and sovereignty are key to AI adoption in the fast-growing Southeast Asian market.
10 Feb 2026 - 11:00PM
E-commerce
China calls on delivery, ride-hailing firms to respect gig-worker rights
Meituan, Alibaba, Didi Chuxing among 16 firms summoned for guidance session on rights of country’s more than 200 million gig workers.
10 Feb 2026 - 4:24PM
China’s private sector
Before the factory floor, the dance floor: robots find path to market at US$145
Humanoid robots may one day transform factories and warehouses, but for now their most immediate role is keeping the party going.
10 Feb 2026 - 8:30AM
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What the butler saw ... costumed robots perform a skit. Photo: Handout
Robotics
Chinese vacuum maker using Temu’s playbook dreams big with Super Bowl debut
Dreame showcases robot vacuum in a Super Bowl commercial, drawing on Temu’s US prime-time campaign that helped it challenge Amazon.com.
9 Feb 2026 - 10:20PM
Electric & new energy vehicles
Pony AI and Toyota roll out robotaxis in China’s autonomous drive push
Guangzhou-based Pony AI begins output of 1,000 autonomous cabs and targets a 3,000-unit fleet by the end of 2026 as it expands globally.
9 Feb 2026 - 8:28PM
Artificial intelligence
ByteDance’s new model sparks stock rally as China’s AI video battle escalates
Seedance 2.0 thrills early adopters with cinematic realism and fuels debate over AI’s role in filmmaking and content creation.
9 Feb 2026 - 6:30PM
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