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The Long March 5 rocket is seen at the Wenchang Space Launch Site. Photo: Nora Tam
China's space programme

Moon mission delay a hiccup, but there’s no stopping Chinese rocket city’s rise

Rocket launches transform Wenchang from a farming community to a booming space city, drawing tourists and skilled workers in droves.

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Alibaba

Exclusive | Jack Ma buys HK$600 million of Alibaba shares, signalling AI confidence: sources

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Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek leads surge in low-cost Chinese open-weight models on US platform

China energy security

China sends airborne wind turbine up 4,000m to generate power

The craft, developed by a Chinese start-up, uses winds at high altitude to produce electricity.

The S4000 craft. Photo: CCTV
The S4000 craft. Photo: CCTV
Semiconductors

Why is Xiaomi doubling down on in-house chips amid a profit slump?

Chinese tech giant’s Xring O3 3nm AI processor scheduled to debut aboard folding smartphone in September.

Blockchain

Bitcoin tops US$80,000 for first time since May as US moves boost crypto

Washington’s buy-back efforts for US debt, cryptocurrency policy support credited for 25 per cent rally.

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LandSpace

Meet Dai Zheng, the space veteran betting on China’s reusable rocket revolution

LandSpace’s rocket booster recovery has supercharged the country’s commercial space ambitions – and validated a former state engineer’s start-up gamble.

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Dai Zheng of LandSpace in a CCTV interview broadcast on August 20. Photo: CCTV
Dai Zheng of LandSpace in a CCTV interview broadcast on August 20. Photo: CCTV
Semiconductors

China’s advanced chip deficit to shrink from 92% to 34% by 2035, Goldman says

The increase will be driven by aggressive capacity expansion at SMIC, China’s largest contract chipmaker, as well as improving yields.

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Banking & finance

Alibaba’s record stock sale adds to Hong Kong tech flood

The Chinese tech giant will use the US$10.2 billion in proceeds raised to help fund its artificial intelligence buildout.

Semiconductors

China’s next mega chip listing could break CXMT’s market records

IPO funds to fuel YMTC parent CCSH’s expansion, with nearly US$5 billion set aside to boost chipmaking capacity and accelerate R&D.

While the final offer price and total proceeds have yet to be set, the planned size of YMTC’s listing signals a massive fundraising push. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

In Focus | Once known for livestock, a rural Chinese city pivots to AI super units

Fueled by cheap wind power and a cool climate, Inner Mongolia’s Ulanqab is turning energy produced in its pastureland into power for the AI boom.

Photo: Dennis Yip
Photo: Dennis Yip
Alibaba

Top Alibaba executives purchase US$15m in shares following landmark AI placement

The personal investments from Joe Tsai and Eddie Wu follow firm’s 710 million share sale, one of China’s largest AI fundraising efforts.

Artificial intelligence

China’s internet army is quietly embedding AI into everyday lives

From RedNote to Meituan, digital platforms are bypassing third-party providers to build in-house AI models.

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Robotics

Chinese robots tackle tennis, smash race records at World Humanoid Robot Games

Event highlights robots’ remaining weaknesses, including balance issues, limited autonomy and battery constraints, while underscoring need for faster networks.

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A Galbot humanoid robot dives for the ball during a tennis match with a human player before the opening ceremony for the second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Robotics

Are humanoid robots the future? Chinese makers instead highlight practicality

The industry is seeing a shift from flashy demonstrations, like kickboxing and dancing, to real-world deployment.

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Onlookers watch a robot thread a string through a needle during the World Robot Conference in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: AP
Onlookers watch a robot thread a string through a needle during the World Robot Conference in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: AP
US-China tech war

As talent tug of war rages, who are China’s most generous tech employers?

Companies are rolling out an unprecedented wave of stock grants amid fierce domestic headhunting and an intensifying US-China tech race.

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI-backed legal tech firm pivots to Chinese Kimi K3 open-weight model

San Francisco-based Harvey says its new model, Harvey Tenet, was post-trained on top of the open-weight Kimi K3 base.

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Artificial intelligence

China’s telecoms giants bet on ‘token factories’ as AI drives revenue growth

The country’s ‘big three’ telecoms operators are investing heavily in AI computing capacity, as they cash in on a surge in token usage.

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China Telecom and other Chinese carriers have made AI tokens a key part of their growth strategies. Photo: Shutterstock
China Telecom and other Chinese carriers have made AI tokens a key part of their growth strategies. Photo: Shutterstock
Alibaba

What’s next for Alibaba as US$56 billion AI spending plan hits halfway mark?

Aggressive spending strains cash, but Alibaba’s AI cloud growth points to strong long-term returns, analysts say.

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.

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Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI firms forced to optimise software as local chips trail Nvidia’s

Surging token usage as artificial intelligence moves into large-scale deployment spurs search for new approaches.

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Chinese AI companies are optimising software to cope with surging workloads. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Artificial intelligence

Semiconductors | China’s supernodes go mainstream as AI model sizes grow

Giant arrays of AI chips, China’s way around US export curbs on the most advanced silicon, become widely available to meet growing compute needs of models, agents.

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US-China tech war

SpaceSail’s record funding fuels China’s satellite challenge to Musk’s Starlink

Company pairs landmark capital with rapid satellite deployment and overseas expansion as China’s private aerospace sector breaks new ground.

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Artificial intelligence

Shanghai lays out digital economy plan to catch up with Beijing, Shenzhen

Government to accelerate use of blockchain, build AI infrastructure in line with national mandate to boost digital contribution to GDP.

Robotics

From spectacle to scale: why China’s robotics firms face a ‘critical juncture’

China’s robots have won global attention with a string of viral stunts. But firms now face growing pressure to generate real-world returns.

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A robot band plays music during the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
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