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Artificial intelligence
Compact AI model from China’s StepFun outshines rivals from DeepSeek, Moonshot
StepFun says its lightweight model Step 3.5 Flash aims to redefine efficiency and reasoning in China’s growing AI race.
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Artificial intelligence
‘Value for money’: OpenClaw picks Chinese AI models for cost edge over US rivals
3 Feb 2026 - 8:00AM
Artificial intelligence
Red packet rumble: will Tencent’s cash giveaway work again in crowded AI market?
3 Feb 2026 - 12:36AM
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba’s Qwen ramps up AI app race with Spring Festival giveaway blitz
Alibaba unveils US$432 million campaign to push mass-market adoption of its AI as rivalry with Tencent, Baidu and ByteDance intensifies.
2 Feb 2026 - 8:51PM
Alibaba’s Spring Festival campaign will be launched across its ecosystem that includes shopping platform Taobao and on-demand retail and food-delivery service Shangou. Photo: Simon Song
Artificial intelligence
China’s AI labs race to debut latest models before Lunar New Year
More firms expected to follow Alibaba and Moonshot with model releases, as the festival becomes a key period to establish visibility.
2 Feb 2026 - 4:48PM
Semiconductors
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang urges TSMC to expand capacity amid AI chip crunch
Taiwan trip highlights supply chain strains, with Huang saying Nvidia alone could potentially require TSMC to more than double its capacity.
1 Feb 2026 - 7:00PM
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Robotics
‘Optimus chain’: Chinese suppliers form backbone of Tesla’s humanoid robot plans
Tesla’s pivot to producing humanoid robots is expected to engage a network of key Chinese component makers.
1 Feb 2026 - 2:00PM
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Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot is seen on display at a company showroom in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo: Shutterstock
E-commerce
China slaps US$3.7 million fine on Kuaishou for live-streaming e-commerce breach
The penalty reflects a broader regulatory crackdown on content and operations deemed undesirable or harmful on Chinese online platforms.
31 Jan 2026 - 3:39PM
Semiconductors
China’s Wingtech, owner of Nexperia, expects wider loss amid row over chipmaker
Wingtech projects a loss of up to US$1.9 billion in 2025, owing to the Dutch government’s takeover of Nexperia.
31 Jan 2026 - 6:07PM
Artificial intelligence
Ant Group’s open-source push aims to move robots from lab demos to real-world work
Flashy robots can dance and backflip on cue, but Ant Group is betting open-source AI can take them beyond scripted moves.
30 Jan 2026 - 9:00PM
Artificial intelligence
China tech giants ByteDance and Alibaba to ramp up AI infrastructure efforts
The two firms’ actions are poised to further intensify the global AI arms race.
30 Jan 2026 - 8:00PM
ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo wants to optimise efficiency across the firm’s AI infrastructure. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba AI chip push hits 100,000 mark, beating local rival Cambricon: sources
The milestone underscores Alibaba’s growing footprint in AI hardware, as Chinese firms accelerate efforts to build home-grown processors.
30 Jan 2026 - 7:24PM
Smartphones
China gives Apple ‘best iPhone quarter in history’ with 38% revenue growth
Sharp recovery is a ‘most surprising result’ amid ‘aggressive competition from domestic brands like Huawei’, IDC analyst says.
30 Jan 2026 - 6:00PM
Semiconductors
Alibaba’s T-Head unit unveils details of AI chip designed to rival Nvidia’s GPUs
The launch of the Zhenwu 810E marks the latest initiative by China’s Big Tech firms to develop a domestic alternative to Nvidia’s AI chips.
29 Jan 2026 - 6:00PM
Semiconductors
Nvidia wins approval for Taiwan headquarters to secure AI chip supply
Jensen Huang’s expansion plan highlights Silicon Valley chip designer’s reliance on TSMC as AI demand accelerates.
29 Jan 2026 - 5:00PM
Jensen Huang says Nvidia’s engineering staff in Taiwan have outgrown their existing office. Photo: Reuters
Semiconductors
Hygon’s chips ‘safe’ from AMD security flaw amid China’s tech self-reliance push
That result shows Hygon’s efforts in redesigning the chip architecture licensed from AMD with self-developed innovations.
28 Jan 2026 - 10:00PM
Semiconductors
Beijing weighs H200 imports amid uncertainty for China tech giants
More than 400,000 H200 chips reportedly approved for ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent as China balances AI needs with tech self-reliance push.
29 Jan 2026 - 7:27PM
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Artificial intelligence
‘Teach our children well’: Jack Ma urges changes to China’s education in AI era
China’s educators must teach students to ask thousands of good questions, rather than give the same correct answer, Ma says.
28 Jan 2026 - 7:00PM
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Alibaba Group Holding founder Jack Ma speaks to Chinese rural teachers in a video conference call on Monday. Photo: Jack Ma Foundation
Semiconductors
Iluvatar CoreX targets Nvidia’s Rubin with GPU road map amid China chip push
Chinese chip designer outlines a multi-year GPU plan to outperform Nvidia’s next-generation Rubin platform within two years.
27 Jan 2026 - 9:00PM
Artificial intelligence
China’s Alibaba, Moonshot claim latest AI models challenge OpenAI, Google
Alibaba says Qwen3-Max-Thinking is its ‘best model so far’, while Moonshot calls Kimi K2.5 the world’s most powerful open-source model.
27 Jan 2026 - 5:30PM
Artificial intelligence
China’s Baidu merges key app businesses to drive consumer AI push
Merger of Wenku and Wangpan into a new AI unit comes as tech firms race to turn their services and apps into the next ‘super app’.
27 Jan 2026 - 5:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba’s Qwen-3 becomes one of world’s first AI models to operate in orbit
The entire Qwen-3 process – from uploading queries to on-orbit inference and sending results back to Earth – took less than two minutes.
28 Jan 2026 - 11:16AM
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Adaspace Technology’s constellation of 12 satellites, equipped with AI-powered computing systems, was launched on May 14, 2025. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence
How China’s AI video generator Kling challenges Google’s Veo, OpenAI’s Sora
With Kuaishou’s tool headed for US$240 million in annual revenue, the firm is one of the world’s most undervalued AI stocks, JPMorgan says.
26 Jan 2026 - 9:30PM
Artificial intelligence
Geely-linked veteran Yin Qi joins Chinese AI start-up StepFun as chairman
StepFun closes US$690 million B+ funding round as the company doubles down on “physical AI”.
26 Jan 2026 - 9:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Tencent’s Pony Ma teases new AI social feature for Yuanbao app
The Shenzhen-based firm is sharpening its AI strategy and talent pipeline, after acknowledging rivals are reshaping the pace of development.
26 Jan 2026 - 8:24PM
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