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Can Xiaomi disrupt the home appliance market like it did with EVs?
Despite early success at home, industry watchers caution that the company faces significant challenges in competing with established players.
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Alibaba
Taobao’s daily orders soar as China’s instant e-commerce war heats up
7 Jul 2025 - 9:00PM
Huawei
Huawei defends AI models as home-grown after whistle-blowers raise red flags
7 Jul 2025 - 6:00PM
Semiconductors
US curbs, Nvidia delays likely to drive Samsung’s profit down 39%
The world’s biggest maker of memory chips is projected to report its lowest income in six quarters.
7 Jul 2025 - 5:05PM
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A Samsung flag flutters outside the company’s building in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: AFP
TikTok
TikTok building new version of app ahead of expected US sale: report
The news follows Trump’s Friday statement about talks with China and a possible deal.
7 Jul 2025 - 1:00PM
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E-commerce
Meituan captures record orders as e-commerce war fuels demand for delivery
Daily orders surpassed 120 million on Meituan’s instant delivery service platform on Saturday; Taobao and JD.com also reported good volume.
6 Jul 2025 - 5:01PM
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VR and AR
Meet the Chinese start-up behind Google’s Android XR glasses
Despite waves of hype, mixed-reality technology has yet to achieve mainstream adoption due to high costs, hardware limitations and application scarcity.
6 Jul 2025 - 9:00AM
Project Aura’s AR glasses are powered by Android XR. Photo: handout
Smartphones
China’s smartphone shipments plunge 21.8% in May amid weak consumption
The May figures marked a downward shift from the previous three months, as monthly shipments from February to April all rose year on year.
5 Jul 2025 - 6:00PM
DeepSeek
DeepSeek’s LinkedIn AI job listings show hunger for international Chinese talent
DeepSeek joins a global scramble for AI talent that includes the biggest players, from Meta and OpenAI to ByteDance and Alibaba.
4 Jul 2025 - 7:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Meta’s AI lab is stacked with Chinese talent, drawing attention back home
Seven of 11 publicly listed recruits at the new Meta Superintelligence Labs graduated from prestigious Chinese universities before moving to US.
4 Jul 2025 - 7:00AM
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Alibaba
Alibaba seeks US$1.5 billion from exchangeable bonds for cloud, e-commerce push
The zero-coupon bonds maturing in July 2032 can be exchanged for Alibaba Health shares.
4 Jul 2025 - 1:01AM
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Alibaba Group holds about 64 per cent of Alibaba Health. Photo: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Electric & new energy vehicles
Xpeng launches G7 ‘Super AI’ SUV, taking on Xiaomi YU7 and Tesla Model Y
The G7, Xpeng’s first model to feature its in-house Turing AI chip, starts at 195,800 yuan (US$27,325).
3 Jul 2025 - 9:48PM
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba AI model-based agentic framework tops global ranking
DeepSWE, trained on the Qwen3-32B model, scored 59 per cent accuracy in the latest industry benchmark to outperform a DeepSeek-V3 variant.
4 Jul 2025 - 7:11AM
Apple
Apple’s China iPhone sales face headwinds in second half: Counterpoint
Sales of Apple’s flagship device ‘will stumble amid weak consumer spending and an ageing iPhone 16 cycle’, Counterpoint analyst says.
3 Jul 2025 - 8:16PM
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba leads US$14 million funding round in Chinese AI agent start-up
AI agents, designed to perform specific tasks, are increasingly seen as the future of business automation.
3 Jul 2025 - 6:00PM
AI agents are programs that are capable of autonomously performing tasks on behalf of a user or another system. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Artificial intelligence
OpenAI to rent massive amount of computing power from Oracle
Totalling about 4.5 gigawatts, the unprecedented sum of energy could power millions of homes.
3 Jul 2025 - 11:45AM
TikTok
TikTok Shop cuts more US jobs as Trump’s ban deadline looms
The team has also been replacing US-hired staff near Seattle with managers connected to China.
3 Jul 2025 - 10:45AM
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Artificial intelligence
Microsoft cuts 9,000 roles in its largest lay-off in years
The cuts will have an impact across teams, geographies and tenure, a company representative says.
3 Jul 2025 - 9:46AM
A Microsoft sign at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Photo: AP Photo
Artificial intelligence
China AI champion Baidu rolls out sweeping changes to online search platform
As an initial effort, Baidu’s search bar was enlarged and turned into a ‘smart box’ that handles more tasks than simple text queries.
2 Jul 2025 - 10:03PM
Alibaba
Alibaba’s US$7 billion subsidy deepens China’s instant shopping battle
The renewed push follows JD.com’s aggressive entry into China’s food delivery market in February.
2 Jul 2025 - 7:00PM
ByteDance
ByteDance’s Douyin launches Yelp-like AI chatbot to suggest eateries, reviews
The chatbot called Tanfan can also be used to compare selected restaurants and watch food video blogs.
2 Jul 2025 - 5:00PM
Alibaba
Alibaba Cloud expands AI footprint with data centres in Malaysia, Philippines
Southeast Asia is a key market for China’s Big Tech firms and a battleground for US-China AI rivalry.
2 Jul 2025 - 2:16PM
A smartphone displays the logo of Alibaba Cloud in this arranged photograph. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Semiconductors
Intel’s new CEO explores big shift in chip manufacturing business
Since taking the company’s helm in March, CEO Lip-Bu Tan has moved fast to cut costs and find a new path to revive the ailing US chipmaker.
2 Jul 2025 - 11:05AM
Huawei
Huawei to open-source self-developed programming language Cangjie
The language supports general programming for apps on HarmonyOS Next, Huawei’s self-developed platform.
2 Jul 2025 - 5:07PM
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US-China relations
China’s Huawei must face US criminal charges, US judge rules
The telecoms company is accused of trying to steal technology secrets from US rivals and misleading banks about its work in Iran.
2 Jul 2025 - 9:38AM
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