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Huawei Technologies’ founder Ren Zhengfei in Taiyuan in Shanxi province on February 9, 2021. Photo: Xinhua

Huawei’s founder makes subtle dig at lofty pursuits in AI by the US

Ren’s subtle dig at the US approach to AI reflects the strategy behind Huawei’s own AI investments.

6 Dec 2025 - 7:04AM

China’s Xiaomi says returns from AI investments ‘far exceed expectations’

5 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM

Artificial intelligence

Moore Threads aspires to become ‘leading global player’ in AI chips after IPO

5 Dec 2025 - 5:00PM

Banking & finance

CSRC vows deeper reforms to open China’s capital market and boost tech listings

CSRC chairman Wu Qing outlines ‘deep transformation’ of capital market to attract long-term investors who ‘can stay and can develop well’.

5 Dec 2025 - 5:01PM

The Chinese capital market requires a “deep transformation” to enhance its “inclusiveness and adaptability”, says Wu Qing. Photo: Reuters

Meta plans budget cuts as high as 30% to its metaverse efforts

Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse vision has not taken off despite his conviction that people will one day work and play in virtual worlds.

5 Dec 2025 - 10:19AM

Artificial intelligence

Can China fund its AI push? Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt casts doubt

Capital from the government and Big Tech firms is set to make up for any lack of market-driven capital, analysts say.

4 Dec 2025 - 9:00PMvideocam

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China’s top AI chip firms set for bumper IPOs as Nvidia kept out of market

Shanghai-based MetaX set its IPO pricing at 104.66 yuan, according to a company filing on Wednesday.

5 Dec 2025 - 11:59AM

The Moore Threads MCCX D800 AI server is displayed at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, July 5, 2024. Photo: SCMP

How Huawei could use a 2022 patent to make 2-nm-class chips without key tool

The proposed solution offers a technical pathway to support a 2-nm process using older DUV technology.

4 Dec 2025 - 12:00PM

TikTok to invest more than US$37 billion in Brazil data centre

China is Brazil’s top trading partner and is seeking to expand economic and political ties across the region amid tensions with the US.

4 Dec 2025 - 10:45AM

US-China relations

Nvidia CEO meets Trump, says he’s not sure if China would accept H200 chips

He says he and the US president discussed export controls before he met lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee.

4 Dec 2025 - 6:26AMvideocam

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks briefly to reporters in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: EPA

Huawei’s new app allows AirDrop-style transfers between HarmonyOS and Apple iOS

HarmonyOS 6 is expected to be found in more than 90 Huawei devices after a software update by year end.

3 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM

Richard Yu Chengdong, chairman of the Consumer Business Group at Huawei, showcases the Mate 80 series smartphones on November 25, 2025. Photo: Handout

Elon Musk reiterates aim to transform X into a ‘WeChat++’ super app

Users ‘live their life on WeChat in China’ and there is no equivalent app elsewhere in the world, the entrepreneur says.

3 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba’s Qwen app becomes the world’s fastest growing AI app as MAUs surge 149%

Just two weeks into its public beta, Qwen has shown explosive growth, underscoring Alibaba’s challenge to global rivals OpenAI and Google.

3 Dec 2025 - 5:00PM

Artificial intelligence

Amazon to use Nvidia tech in AI chips, roll out new servers

Nvidia has been pushing to sign up other chip firms to adopt its NVLink technology, with Intel, Qualcomm and now AWS on board.

3 Dec 2025 - 11:05AM

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI CEO declares ‘code red’ to improve ChatGPT as rivals move in

The call comes after Google released its Gemini 3 AI model last month that gained praise for its capacity to reason and code.

3 Dec 2025 - 10:07AM

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Artificial intelligence

Huawei-style ‘chip stacking’ seen as a path for China to rival Nvidia’s GPUs

With US curbs biting, experts say near-memory computing and chip stacking could narrow the AI hardware gap with Nvidia.

2 Dec 2025 - 9:02PM

Artificial intelligence

China’s DeepSeek challenges Google DeepMind with new AI model

DeepSeek’s V3.2-Speciale equals Google’s Gemini 3 Pro in reasoning capabilities, the Chinese start-up says.

2 Dec 2025 - 4:51PM

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Nvidia takes US$2 billion stake in Synopsys as AI deal spree accelerates

Nvidia’s flurry of investments has raised concerns that it is paying customers to buy its chips.

2 Dec 2025 - 11:23AM

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks at the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference in Washington, DC, on October 28, 2025. Photo: AFP

Changan Auto becomes latest Chinese carmaker to join humanoid robot bandwagon

State-owned carmaker invests US$31.8 million to take a 50 per cent stake in Changan Tianshu Intelligent Robotics Technology.

1 Dec 2025 - 9:00PMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

Beyond DeepSeek: Moonshot and MiniMax step up as China’s new frontier AI labs

DeepSeek might be grabbing the headlines, but Chinese start-ups Moonshot AI and MiniMax are emerging as serious rivals to US frontier labs.

30 Nov 2025 - 9:00AM

Tensions flare as Wingtech slams chipmaker Nexperia’s head office over deception

The heightened tensions underscore the complexity in resolving the two sides’ dispute over the control of the Dutch chipmaker.

28 Nov 2025 - 10:27PM

Wingtech, Nexperia’s Chinese owner, remains at odds with the Dutch chipmaker’s head office. Photo: Shutterstock

Meituan swings into loss in ‘milk tea’ subsidy war with instant commerce rivals

Hefty subsidies on milk tea and lunchboxes drive Meituan from profit to loss, underscoring the ferocity of the war to reshape food delivery.

28 Nov 2025 - 9:36PM

Hefty subsidies on milk tea and lunchboxes are driving Meituan from profit to loss. Photo: Shutterstock

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba Cloud team wins top AI award for breakthrough in model efficiency

The research could help reduce training and inference costs for Alibaba’s next generation Qwen models without sacrificing accuracy.

28 Nov 2025 - 9:00PM

Stampede for Moore Threads’ IPO as China flexes its GPU ambitions

Chinese investors continue to clamour for AI chip plays, as Moore Threads IPO draws 4,000 times subscription.

5 Dec 2025 - 12:00PM

Alibaba launches US$537 Quark AI glasses to challenge devices from Meta, Xiaomi

The glasses are expected to ‘usher in a revolution in human-computer interaction in the AI era’, Alibaba vice-president Wu Jia says.

27 Nov 2025 - 8:58PM

Alibaba Group Holding’s Quark AI Glasses are named after the company’s Quark AI assistant. Photo: Handout

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