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How China is turning Hainan from a tourist island into a major aerospace hub
Factories, supercomputing centres and satellite businesses are springing up in the province as officials push to build a fully fledged aerospace ecosystem.
17 Sep 2026 - 11:39AM
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Artificial intelligence
A ploy to entrench US lead? China pushes back on calls for slowdown in AI
15 Sep 2026 - 4:59PM
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Brics
Xi touts Brics cooperation on AI as US titans flag tech risks
14 Sep 2026 - 5:24PM
China technology
China’s five-year plan for its information and communications sector
China plans to grow the revenue of the information and communications sector to 4.1 trillion yuan by 2030.
9 Sep 2026 - 3:05PM
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Artificial intelligence
China targets fourfold boost in AI computing capacity by 2030 in major tech push
The nation’s intelligent computing capacity hit 2,185 eflops at the end of June, up 177 per cent from a year earlier, according to MIIT.
8 Sep 2026 - 2:00PM
Artificial intelligence
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Will geopolitics put a potential Musk merger between a rocket and a hard place?
Security concerns in Beijing and Washington could create ‘bottleneck’ if Elon Musk attempts to combine the two flagship companies.
5 Sep 2026 - 6:06AM
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Artificial intelligence
US tech chiefs Huang, Musk warn against AI curbs amid race with China
US tech leaders warn strict rules could blunt innovation and prevent the harnessing of economic gains from rapidly advancing AI.
3 Sep 2026 - 6:16PM
Jensen Huang speaks at the G20 Innovation Ministerial summit. Photo: Reuters
US-China tech war
China urges global AI cooperation, not rivalry, ahead of Xi-Trump summit
With the high-stakes meeting just weeks away and tech tensions escalating, Beijing uses a G20 ministerial forum to advocate collaboration on the emerging technology.
2 Sep 2026 - 9:30PM
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Artificial intelligence
‘Slop’ purge: Chinese watchdog scrubs millions of harmful AI posts
Clampdown sweeps across 2,400 websites and apps as cyberspace watchdog escalates fight against generative tech abuse.
2 Sep 2026 - 5:49PM
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Artificial intelligence
OpenAI executive urges US-China AI safety talks ahead of Trump-Xi summit
Dean Ball, a former White House adviser, says the window for cooperation will ‘widen’ in next few months but will not stay open forever.
1 Sep 2026 - 8:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Gates pitches US-China AI cooperation ahead of Xi meeting
The Microsoft co-founder may travel to Beijing in November as he seeks support for global cooperation on managing potential AI risks.
27 Aug 2026 - 5:06PM
Bill Gates last met Chinese President Xi Jinping in June 2023. Photo: Xinhua via AP
Semiconductors
Cut off from Europe, Nexperia China eyes self-reliance through domestic wafers
The Chinese division is betting on a high-stakes, home-grown supply chain pivot to bypass suspended European wafer shipments.
24 Aug 2026 - 6:00PM
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China’s private sector
China clears Geely for landmark satellite test to spur commercial space drive
Geespace secures a two-year satellite IoT trial from MIIT, the first approval for a private Chinese firm.
21 Aug 2026 - 5:34PM
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Artificial intelligence
Zhipu AI’s answer to Project Glasswing marks shift for Chinese cyber safety
Company’s ‘Shield of Open Source’ programme offers free security audits to help users patch software vulnerabilities.
18 Aug 2026 - 2:38PM
Robotics
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Chinese robots on the march despite tech war hurdles
Recent US ban on new robots is unlikely to prevent robotics becoming China’s next export engine after electric vehicles.
17 Aug 2026 - 12:15PM
Artificial intelligence
Zhipu launches GLM-5.3 model as China seeks Mythos-level edge in cyber defence
Company says GLM-5.3 outperformed leading US systems in cybersecurity tests, beating Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 on CyberGym.
14 Aug 2026 - 7:03PM
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Alibaba
China’s richest province taps Alibaba to power its AI and chip push
Guangdong province deepens ties with China tech giant to boost digital innovation by focusing on AI, semiconductors and smart services.
14 Aug 2026 - 7:07PM
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Meta strikes at China’s open AI lead, betting on potential US curbs
Meta’s renewed push into open-source models aims to attract US businesses wary of the regulatory risks associated with adopting Chinese AI.
11 Aug 2026 - 6:08PM
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends the annual Allen and Company Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho on July 9, 2026. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence
China’s Kimi K3 AI model escapes a closed cyber test: researchers
Kimi K3’s escape did not involve the hacking of an external system, unlike recent breaches by OpenAI and Anthropic models.
7 Aug 2026 - 6:37PM
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Cybersecurity
China launches probe into Palo Alto Networks as US trade tensions intensify
The move comes just a day after Beijing imposed sanctions on a string of US firms and tightened controls over the drone supply chain.
6 Aug 2026 - 6:40PM
2026 Xi-Trump summits
Disputes over AI, robotics, trade mount ahead of planned Xi-Trump summit in US
Tech and trade rifts and forced labour claims test US-China cooperation ahead of Xi Jinping’s planned visit to Washington in September.
5 Aug 2026 - 9:00PM
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Chinese data centre component firms hammered as US drafts ban
Shares of firms including Zhongji Innolight, newly listed in Hong Kong, dive on news US is working on plan to ban imports from China of new models of their core product.
5 Aug 2026 - 5:32PM
The stock code of Zhongji Innolight is displayed in Exchange Square, Central, after its Hong Kong listing. Photo: Sam Tsang
Artificial intelligence
China’s Moonshot AI seeks US$50b round as year-end Hong Kong IPO eyed: sources
Unicorn dismantles offshore structure to pave way for potential listing as investor appetite surges after release of Kimi K3 model.
5 Aug 2026 - 3:24PM
US-China tech war
China embraces basic science as US downplays it amid AI race
Top official greets scientists doing research from foundational to frontier, with country committed to raising R&D spending by at least 7 per cent a year.
4 Aug 2026 - 5:00PM
Semiconductors
China boosts chip-design safeguards amid tech self-sufficiency push
Revised rules sharpen penalties and expand rights, underscoring Beijing’s strategy to build resilience across semiconductor and AI ecosystem.
3 Aug 2026 - 8:18PM
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